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Need help with lens purchase strategy

Started Jan 5, 2013 | Discussions thread
OP Syscrash New Member • Posts: 6
Re: Need help with lens purchase strategy

Klaus dk wrote:

Wait. You can do a lot with the 18-55, which, despite it's lowly price, is a good performer. Try it in the situations you mention and see how far it gets you. You may not need it, but I miss a wide angle option in your list.

Definitely not going away from the 18-55.  It has done very well for most of my shooting needs, and I will use it for a lot of my shooting situations (outside of video taking, as its AF is REALLY noisy).

But its lowlight shooting could be better (will be getting a speedlight to compensate) and its range is not where I need it for sporting and school events, where I need to shoot my little munchkins from a distance.  Would like to be able to crawl up their noses from the stands!  Couple that with a need to get a lens with quieter AF, i was looking for the next range level up for out of the house shooting scenarios.

Thanks a million for the reply!

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