first post, a bit of a dilema....

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hi first post here and looking for a little advice.

i've had some camera gear nicked, and this week will be getting £600 to spend in jessops.

i've got a canon 350d at the moment, and i'm looking at either:

keeping the 350d, treat it to a battery grip, and a tamron 18-270 VC lens

or

sell the 350d and get a either a 500d and tamrons 18-200 or the nikon d5000 and the tamron 18-200.

obviously the first option comes with the image stabalisation, but whats the better option?


my gut tells me to go for the more expencive lens, as that will always be a good lens, where as a new camera will not always be good in comparason. i can always get a new/better body at a later date?

btw i'm very much an amateur and only bought the 350d two years ago to take better pics of my boy, but i'm getting in to it more and more lately.

thanks for your help.

Alan
 
If you are limited to spending the money at Jessops then you are right to get THE best quality lens you would use...time will always let you upgrade teh body.

I have a canon and my walkabout is a Sigma 18-200. My yearning is for similar coverage and faster glass. But it depends what you like to photograph.
 
Well your right Tina, but i dont think any of the lens OP mentioned would be considered that great. Not in a 'long-term investment' kinda way anyway.

If limited to Jessops, i'd be tempted to spend it all on a proper decent lens, one you know will last you for the rest of your life (potentially).

F/2.8, let the light in, quadruple your shutter speed for the same ISO. Much quicker focusing especially in low light, great DOF and bokeh, no moving front element, full time manual focus override etc..

Then just save up for a second hand 40d or 50d, (£400 and £500 respectively).
 
yeah has to be in jessops unfortunatly.

should have said i'd quite like a lens that i can keep on, i'm in the forces and at the moment spend min 4 months of the year in afghanistan, and dont like the thought of the lens coming off while i'm there.

the dust over there is unreal.....
 
my thoughts are get an all round lens at the moment untill i get better/more comfortable and invest in more specific lenses when i have half a clue what i'm doing with them....

i had a sigma 70-300mm before but was sick of changing it anytime i wanted to take pics of the family etc.
 
not knowing what lenses you have, I'd go for a decent lens first, it would appear you are in need of a telephoto anyway, then upgrade the body later. That is the path I went, Sigma 150-500 first then the 7D a year later.
 
At the moment I'm left with the 350d body on it's own. So you recon go for the 18-270 then upgrade the body at a later date?

I don't know enough about cameras and photography to get specific lenses yet.
 
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