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YankeeZephyr Regular Member • Posts: 115
Decsions decisions decisions, and I can't decide - Help...
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Hi, I have been looking through this forum, the Canon SLR Lens Forum and a few others external to this site, and I'm probably more confused than when I started, so looking for some solid advice

I have a 500D, and have started to replace the kit lenses with something better

I recently brought the 70-200 f4 L and am now looking for a replacement for the kit's 18-55

I had thought about the 24-105 f4 L IS and was comfortable with that, until I read comments that 24 is not that wide and for an L lens this one is a bit lacking.  One suggestion there was to go for the 17-85

The Sigma 17-70 has also been mentioned as a decent replacement as well (i'd like to either meet or overlap the 70 mark)

I will look at ultra wide later (10-22 or similar) so not worried about that at the moment

My budget is around the $1000 mark, and this will be used as a walk around lens primarily

My usual habits are landscape, cityscape, aviation and museums if that helps

I'm open to other suggestions, but would prefer new over 2nd hand or refurbished

Thanks very much for your help

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Canon EOS 500D (EOS Rebel T1i / EOS Kiss X3)
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