Struggling with choice 400D upgrade

[mrpdl]

Hi Folks

Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I have a Canon 400D with a couple of lenses mainly a Tamron 18-250 f5.6 and Tamron 10-24 f4.6.

At present I am a generalist photographer but I am getting more serious with my photography and producing some really good pictures. I think now is a good time to take the next step but cannot decide on new or old or 7d, 5d, 60d etc. I do enjoy sports photography and also landscapes so that is why I am drawn by either 7d or 5d.

Or do I just get a good quality lens with a f2.8.

Any advice or thoughts would be great fully received.

Budget is not more than £1000

Thanks

 

[LongLensPhotography]

Ok, tamron lenses you have are non starters to begin with. Your 400d are already outresolving them, and they are too slow for sports. A couple f/2.8 zooms would be a better start

Once you've got those, then 7d, any of 1D/1Ds or 5dmk3 (not 1 or 2) will get you into sports and landscapes. It's not a cheap hobby, but probably not as bad as golf or yachting

edit: or you may also consider nikon, considering you have to start fresh anyway

 

[stu.artd]

Your wide angle lens is aps-c only so wouldn't work with the 5d so you'd also need to budget a new wide angle lens in somewhere and I think you'd really struggle to manage that within budget (I'm thinking by 5d you mean 5d mk2), as a result I think you'd be better off with a 7d which has improved AF or with a faster lens.

What do you feel is holding you back, the 400d or the 18-250 ?

 

[strumstrum]

Your wide angle lens is aps-c only so wouldn't work with the 5d so you'd also need to budget a new wide angle lens in somewhere and I think you'd really struggle to manage that within budget (I'm thinking by 5d you mean 5d mk2), as a result I think you'd be better off with a 7d which has improved AF or with a faster lens.

What do you feel is holding you back, the 400d or the 18-250 ?

I think the 18-250 is DiII so again APS-C only..

 

[mrpdl]

Thanks for the info. Appears I still have more to learn about the lenses I use.

At present it sounds like the lens maybe holding me back. Perhaps I start of with a new lens then migrate to a better camera.

Any recommendations on a better generic lens equivalent to my Tamron 18-250. I find it so useful to cover the generic photos I take. Or should I now specialise?

 

[stu.artd]

I think the "ideal" is probably something along the lines of a 24-70 2.8 along with a 70-200 2.8 rather than a single general lens, but you're likely going to be adding to what you have, not replacing.
You could just about get a canon 24-105 f4L from hdew or panamoz and a 70-200 f4L from amazon for £1000, when you count the cash back canon give on the 70-200. Your budget would stretch to a canon 70-200 2.8L or a sigma 70-200 2.8 OS if you do want a fast zoom.

 

[mrpdl]

I think the "ideal" is probably something along the lines of a 24-70 2.8 along with a 70-200 2.8 rather than a single general lens, but you're likely going to be adding to what you have, not replacing.
You could just about get a canon 24-105 f4L from hdew or panamoz and a 70-200 f4L from amazon for £1000, when you count the cash back canon give on the 70-200. Your budget would stretch to a canon 70-200 2.8L or a sigma 70-200 2.8 OS if you do want a fast zoom.

Thanks Stu.

Will look into your suggestions. Thanks again.