Quote Originally Posted by DavidEccleston


If you went with the Tamron 17-50, and the 50mm, you'd have a decent indoor/outdoor setup, sacrificing a bit a reach. This option would be well within your budget.



Istarted out by replacing my [url="http://www.the-digital-picture.com/Reviews/Canon-EF-S-18-55mm-f-3.5-5.6-IS-Lens-Review.aspx][b]Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS[/b][/url] kit lens with the <span style="font-family: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-themecolor: text1;"]Tamron 17-50mm f/2.8 XR Di IIand a <span style="font-family: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-themecolor: text1;"]Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II. I highly recommend the pair. I recently replaced my ancient Canon EF 75-300mm f/4-5.6 II USM (possibly not that different from your Tamron) with a<span style="font-family: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-themecolor: text1;"]Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 <span style="color: #ff0000;"]L<span style="color: #000000; mso-themecolor: text1;"] USM Lens[/b]and love it. If I had it to do over, given the same budget I'd get them all again andin that exact order.


<span style="font-family: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-themecolor: text1;"]<span style="font-family: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-themecolor: text1;"]<span style="font-family: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-themecolor: text1;"]You might keep in mind I got a small lighting setup before I got the <span style="font-family: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-themecolor: text1;"]<span><span style="color: #000000; mso-themecolor: text1;"]<span style="font-family: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-themecolor: text1;"]Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 <span style="color: #ff0000;"]L<span style="color: #000000; mso-themecolor: text1;"] USM[/b]. I highly recommend that as well.