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Originally Posted by elboricua 6
IMO you have a dilemma ..Originally Posted by Fire419
Thanks for the info! I was also curious about the 14-40 f/4L as a walkaround, but I sort of felt as if the f/4 was a bit too slow, especially since it doesn't have IS. Is my concern justified?
Right now I'm shooting with the XSI, the 18-55 IS kit lens and the 50mm f/1.8. After shooting with the 50, the sharpness and speed has absolutely blown me away. Now, I know I won't get such wide apertures with zoom lenses (without spending the big $$$$ at least), but what I'm really looking for is a reasonably priced replacement for the kit lens. As of now, I'm sorta looking into the 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM kit that comes with the 40d/50d, but I'm worried it might not be wide enough for a walkaround. On the plus side, if offers me a really wide zoom range to play around with (important I feel, as a beginner). I'm also not sure how much of an upgrade it will give me in image quality when compared to the 18-55 kit.
So my dilemma is as such: get the 28-135 and keep the 18-55 for wide purposes OR sell the 18-55 for whatever I can get (peanuts), and get the 17-40 f/4L as a walkaround? Image quality is important to me. It was like the heavens cleared once I started shooting with the nifty fifty.(Granted, I know I could also buy the 17-55 f/2.8 EFS or 24-70 f/2.8L, but right now the cash flow just aint there. ). Any advice?
BTW awesome pics everyone, I'll have some posted up soon
I'm not a pro - expert or anything close to it ..
However, if I was you I'll keep my 18-55 IS and buy another chepo 55-250 IS and call it a day - if you haven't review it is the best lens for the buck and the images are sharp. Just noisy and slow and at time when zooming in the view finder jumps but its normal. You probably can find one in Adorama or B&H for like 200 bucks - probably cheaper than the 28-135 which I don't know anything about because I don't see many people raving about.
Now I'm going to tell you why ...
if you decide to keep the 18-55 IS because of the Wide Angle you get at the low end and buy a 28-135 IS for the ZOOM you have two serious problem IMO. 1st being you have to much overlap 28-55 then that mean that no matter what if you need anything below 28 and anything above 55 you still have to do a swap. no that only leaves you 56-135 instead of 250? and the 18-27???? That's just waste of money IMO -- but maybe that's just me .. you need to read a little more and ask people that know because like I said I'm not an expert neither I claim to be - but IMO that's just logical but I can be very wrong. I say buy the nifty fifty two and avoid doing lens changes just for a few MM ..
I was just looking at the Sigma website and they have a 18-50mm f/2.8 II EX OS HSM or and 18-70mm f/2.8 II EX OS HSM
and the Tamron AF17-50mm F/2.8 XR Di II LD Aspherical (IF).
