What lens to purchase?

blink667 wrote:

Drew O wrote:

Hey, we all get a touch of GAS now and then. The current rebates have given me a bit (just ordered a 16mm...)

If I were you, I would pick up a 14mm, which is on super-sale right now! That'd cover the wide end, and it's a nice compact lens that would complement your 18-55 for travel. Of course, I don't know what kind of shooting you do or if you ever really want something on the ultra-wide end. For me, 14mm+18-55 is an awesome travel setup, sometimes adding in the 35/1.4 or 56/1.2 for people shots.

10-24 is a very nice lens, but it's large and heavy and I find that the 10-14mm range is almost TOO wide. Long experience has shown me that I tend to keep shots from the tighter end of that lens's zoom range, so I don't often carry it these days.

16-50 is just too damn big and expensive, and doesn't give you much capability beyond the 18-55 in my opinion especially since it lacks OIS.

My advice, as a fellow recovering GAS sufferer: Buy a 14mm, spend the rest on printing/framing a few of your favorite shots, or on a trip to capture some new favorites.

I bought a used 14 and find myself using it more than the 18-55 since I like shooting wide. It's an excellent lens and very compact but if you aren't interested in landscape, it may not create enough value for your kit.

The 14mm is such a good deal right now in the US.  It does seem that size is at least a little consideration in your mind, so I would pick it over the 10-24.  It is such a nice lens.