What should I buy next?? New camera or another lens?

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I've got a Canon 550d, which I've had nearly 4 years.

My lenses are 18-55mm, 50mm 1.8, 24-105mm L, 70-300mm IS USM and the 40mm pancake.

I could happily sell the 18-55mm and 50mm, but wont as they are worth keeping as back up.

I'm not really into wildlife photography so the 70-300 is good enough for my purposes.

The 40mm and 24-105 are my go to lenses when I pick up the camera. Particularly the 40mm given how compact the camera is sa a unit with that lens on.

Since buying the DSLR, I've been regularly buying new things (like lenses) to add to the range of equipment.

But I haven't bought anything this year and have a dilemma about what to get next.

I think the two things missing from my line up are a wide angle lens and a macro lens.

But then I think, as I'm obviously enjoying this photography lark should I be thinking about moving up the Canon camera range. A 7d mk2 appeals. Or should I be thinking about full frame?

So my question is , new camera or new lens. Any thoughts welcome!
 
You haven't mentioned in what ways you find your current gear lacking.
 
Do you shoot jpeg or raw?

A couple of things which helped me a lot were moving from jpeg to raw and later switching processing packages. Other than that I can recommend the Sigma 12-24mm and 150mm f2.8 macro. Moving to FF might be something different too.
 
@chris malcolm . Macro and wide angle is where I have a gap. I use a cheap macro filter on my 40mm lens at present.
 
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woof woof said:
Do you shoot jpeg or raw?

A couple of things which helped me a lot were moving from jpeg to raw and later switching processing packages. Other than that I can recommend the Sigma 12-24mm and 150mm f2.8 macro. Moving to FF might be something different too.
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I shoot in jpeg. I've never got my copy of Photoshop to accept RAW images. I wasn't aware of the Sigma 12-24, thanks for the tip. I'd seen the 10-20 but noticed that was EF-S only. I don't want to restrict myself in case I do get a full frame at some point.
 
If you can't load your raw's in PS you could try converting them to DNG, that's what I do. The DNG converter is free and easy to use, Google and you shall find. Seriously, I recommend that you give raw a go as I found it a good move.

I had the Canon EF-S 10-22mm and I was disappointed with it. I replaced it with the Sigma 12-24mm and I thought that the Sigma was a much better lens. I used it and liked it on my APS-C Canon 20D and on my 5D it was a different beast :D That wide a view doesn't work for everything and wide angle can be IMVHO one of the most difficult things to get right but if the subject suits and you do get it right then a wide angle shot can be a very nice thing :D
 
woof woof said:
If you can't load your raw's in PS you could try converting them to DNG, that's what I do. The DNG converter is free and easy to use, Google and you shall find. Seriously, I recommend that you give raw a go as I found it a good move.

I had the Canon EF-S 10-22mm and I was disappointed with it. I replaced it with the Sigma 12-24mm and I thought that the Sigma was a much better lens. I used it and liked it on my APS-C Canon 20D and on my 5D it was a different beast :D That wide a view doesn't work for everything and wide angle can be IMVHO one of the most difficult things to get right but if the subject suits and you do get it right then a wide angle shot can be a very nice thing :D
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Sounds like a good lens. I think you may have answered my dilemma very quickly for me.
 
haha :D

If you do go the wide route I'd recommend either reading a few blogs or sitting down and having a good long think and then heading out to see what works and what doesn't as, as I said, I think that using a wide angle well can be a difficult thing to do.
 
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