Ms. Secretary,


Check out what this lady does with a rebel..... http://saralondesworld.blogspot.com/search?updated-min=2008-01-01T00%3A00%3A00-08%3A00&updated-max=2009-01-01T00%3A00%3A00-08%3A00&max-results=9


Doesn't look like she's spent a fortune on glass.


I agree with the other posters that you should "invest" in glass, "buy" bodies. Your 40D is a semi-pro camera and is more than enough.


"2.8 or 4"... IS or Not?" What are you going to do with the 70-200? I always ask myself what it is I will use that lens I'm getting ready to buy for. Do you have a specific idea or you just think you need it? I say this, because in your original post it sounds like your excited but not certain.


I carry three lenses with a used 5D. 17-35 f2.8 L, 28-75 f2.8 L, & 70-200 f2.8 L That is my "kit". I have a EF 50 1.4 and a EF 100 f2.8 Macro. I bought all these lenses over a period of two years while taking over 30,000 photos among three different camera bodies. My original lens was a Tamron 28-75 f2.8 Dithat came on a used 20D and within two days I added a Tamron 17-50 f2.8. The 20D is gone but I still have and use on occasion both of those lenses on my 40D. I bought the wide angle 17-50 f2.8 simply because we were heading to the state fair and I new in my mind the photos I wanted to take. It worked very well without breaking the bank at the time.


I am extremely happy with the IQ of the photos thatmy "kit" produces.I am left withno excuses. It all boils down to what I am learning and how I grow as a photographer. I still dream of one day owning a EF 200 f1.8 L but in the mean time I'll be very contentto shoot what I've got.


Chuck