OK, so I've come to the point where at this point I'm trying to decide between a newer body and a replacement lens
Input on this would be appreciated:
Current body is a 400D. Nothing fundamentally wrong with it, everything works; There's just a few things I'd like to change:
* Not quite heavy enough.
* No spot metering by default. (I have 400 plus, so it's available just a slight PITA)
* No live view.
The appropriate replacement seems to me to be a second-hand lowish shutter count 50D or a higher shutter count secondhand 60D.
On the other side of the equation, I've had my eye on a Tokina 12-24 for about 6 months. This would replace the kit 18-55 that does wide angle duty currently.
Again, there's nothing wrong with the 18-55 per-se, I'm just constantly finding it's not quite as wide as I'd like in an ideal world.
Other lenses:
Olympus OM 50mm F1.8 & adaptor
(Spare Canon 28-105, lens creep and a nasty wobble)
Canon 28-135mm
Canon 75-300mm (Next on the list, but it's the least used I've got)
As I say, I can't decide between the two.
Live view would be very useful in some tripod work, but on the flip side I could probably add weight with a battery grip.
New glass on the other hand is very tempting, but the 18-55 only really gets used about 20% of the time, and the width isn't a show-stopper....
At a guess, the Tokina would work out about £50 more when getting rid of the old kit is taken into account.
Input on this would be appreciated:
Current body is a 400D. Nothing fundamentally wrong with it, everything works; There's just a few things I'd like to change:
* Not quite heavy enough.
* No spot metering by default. (I have 400 plus, so it's available just a slight PITA)
* No live view.
The appropriate replacement seems to me to be a second-hand lowish shutter count 50D or a higher shutter count secondhand 60D.
On the other side of the equation, I've had my eye on a Tokina 12-24 for about 6 months. This would replace the kit 18-55 that does wide angle duty currently.
Again, there's nothing wrong with the 18-55 per-se, I'm just constantly finding it's not quite as wide as I'd like in an ideal world.
Other lenses:
Olympus OM 50mm F1.8 & adaptor
(Spare Canon 28-105, lens creep and a nasty wobble)
Canon 28-135mm
Canon 75-300mm (Next on the list, but it's the least used I've got)
As I say, I can't decide between the two.
Live view would be very useful in some tripod work, but on the flip side I could probably add weight with a battery grip.
New glass on the other hand is very tempting, but the 18-55 only really gets used about 20% of the time, and the width isn't a show-stopper....
At a guess, the Tokina would work out about £50 more when getting rid of the old kit is taken into account.