New lens advice

[Meirion 658]

I have a canon 450D with the Standard Kit lens 18-55, Canon 55-250 and the Sigma 10 - 20 lens. I feel as if i have out grown the Standard kit lens and am looking for something with a wider reach and more of a walkabout/every day lens.

I have been looking at buying the Canon 24-105 F4 L IS lens however at £950 it a little bit out of reach. Is there a similar lens that will give me similar if not better quality for less ££££.

Any help would be appreciated

 

[corny]

I would strongly suggest Tamron 28-75mm which you should be able to pick up under £300. Bang for bukc it is outstanding. Get a new one though to help protect from alleged 'bad copies'

With the left over £600 you could then buy a Sigma 100-300mm second hand!!

 

[stan the man]

I have a canon 450D with the Standard Kit lens 18-55, Canon 55-250 and the Sigma 10 - 20 lens. I feel as if i have out grown the Standard kit lens and am looking for something with a wider reach and more of a walkabout/every day lens.

I have been looking at buying the Canon 24-105 F4 L IS lens however at £950 it a little bit out of reach. Is there a similar lens that will give me similar if not better quality for less ££££.

Any help would be appreciated

hi meirion..i can highly recommend the sigma 24-70 F/2.8 lens,a fantastic little performer,and with a constant aperture of 2.8..great for low light situations,and will sit nicely between your 10-20 and 55-250.

it's this one here...

http://www.warehouseexpress.com/product/default.aspx?sku=1005263

i'm sure you'll get it cheaper if you look around...

 

[HoppyUK]

How often do you use shorter focal lengths than 24mm on your kit lens? (Check Exif records.) If it's quite often (it certainly is for me) then the 24-105L - very lovely lens that it is - will frustrate you. Consider EF-S 17-85mm IS - great walkabout range on a crop camera like the 450D.