That's some really great advice. Thank you all. I think I'm gonna have to go with the 17-55 as I'm concerned I'll miss the wider angles on the 50. I'm sure it'll probably still focus much better in low lightthan my 18-55.As for the tripod I already havea decent manfrottoit's just not always convenient to carry around and get set up. Also I'll be using this lensfir standard daylight landscape duties as well so the IS will probably help a lot since I'd like not to use a tripod too much.


Thanks again