I offer this advice from a beginners perspective and someone that has watched your progress, your battles played out in front of everybody and your unbridled passion for your photography. You obviously want to learn and improve and are trying hard to make that happen.


If you really want to change your gear again, I think you should look very seriously at the combo that just keeps on getting recommended on this site by those in the know.


Grab a 7D and the 17-55mm F2.8 IS. You will have fast AF and great metering and a lens that has IQ that rivals anything that Canon produce. Your keeper rate from this set up will improve and you have built in flash and so on.


You have an eye for interesting composition and some artistic flair, this set up would help you develop that. Look what Sean produces from this combo.


Your frustration is palpable in some of your posts and I think this combo may give you the most help to achieve what you want. The 85mm F1.2 is a fantastic lens but the learning curve on that would arguably be a lot steeper than your 35mm F1.4. Swapping from the 35 to the 85 won