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Buying new lens 17-40 or else?

Started Jan 25, 2014 | Discussions thread
cale johnson
cale johnson Regular Member • Posts: 121
Re: Buying new lens 17-40 or else?

I think you have a great setup for travel. Depending on where you're going and how long you stay, you might want to leave the 50mm behind. You cross that focal length twice, or nearly twice with the 55-250. The only thing you'll gain with the 17-40 is low light performance and getting that (faster than f4) gets very expensive in a zoom. I would wait to put more money into a faster zoom until you know for certain what camera comes next. (The camera business has been pretty dynamic of late with new models available with more features and lower prices coming pretty much constantly.)

If I were in your position, I would consider getting a fun lens like a Samyang 8mm fisheye.

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