Chris,


I can't make a recommendation, because all of the above are good options to upgrade your kit. But here are two different alternatives that I haven't seen discussed...I am not trying to muddy the waters, just a different angle:
  1. For your budget (with current prices, this is a little tight) you could buy the EFS 15-85 and the EF 70-200 f4 non-IS. What I like about this is that you upgrade bothof your zoom lenses so you are taking quality photos throughout this focal range and you can use the 85 f1.8 for DOF on portraits. I own the 15-85 and think that it is optically amazing and it works very well for how I shoot. I've used it for portraits, waterfalls, landscapes, etc. Very versatile lens. The disadvantage is the speed of the 15-85 and the age/lack of IS on the 70-200.
  2. You could go "all prime." It is something I don't see myself doing, but it is something others seem to have done and like. So it is up to you. But you have 50/85 mm already covered. You could pick up a Sigma 30 mm f1.4, 200 mm f2.8and have a very fast kit.



Like I said, just some thoughts. Everything being discussed is a "right answer" to upgrading your kit. Sometimes the hardest decisions are picking which right answer you want. []


Brant