i want to replace my canon 500d kit lens suggestions

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hi, i find the kit lens on my canon 500d very poor (too soft. too much chromatic abberition) and wish to replace it with a better quality buget lens that i hope will carry me thru till a time when i can afford a high quality lens.

do budget lenses exist in the +-18-50mm range exist? the focal range i use most is 18mm. i use the small apertures most, such as f11, for landscapes. IS would be a bonus but not essential.

i also have the 55-250mm f4-5.6 IS i bought for £165. this lens i find GREAT for the price. it would be grood if i could find find something with the similar quality and price.

at present i have researched the:
canon 17-85mm 4.5 IS... soft as my kit lens.
sigma 17-50mm 3.5 ... dodgy reviews about quality ???????? not sure.
tamron17-50mm ... good reviews but out of my price range.

other options i am thinking about are the 50d 18-55 kit lens. hows this ? i am not sure where to look, i could not find any on ebay (or not looking in the right place).

thanks for your attention.
 
What lens have you got? The standard kit lens on your 500D should be the same 18-55 IS
you refer to with the 50D, and TBH it's as good as you'll get for anything like the price. (Note the IS version, which is completely different to the non-IS that used to be the regular kit lens.)

However, there are two things to try. First of all, you will not get the best out of any lens at high f/numbers due to diffraction. This is not a fault, it's the laws of physics. The best overall optical quality will be found around f/5.6 to f/8.

The other thing is to use Canon's DPP Raw processing software that came free with your camera. It has a custom aberrations correction facility that does a great deal to get rid of CA, and also corrects distortion and vignetting completely.
 
>> ....you refer to with the 50D

i do not quite understand. is my 500d 18-55 IS the same as the 50d kit?
 
Actually the 18-55mm IS is very good, and will easily produce sharp images with low CA, if it doesnt it is probably user error or extreme conditions. Where it does fall down are fast focusing, low light conditions and build quality.

If you are using it for landscape f/8- f/11 then you don't really need an upgrade at all, filters and a better tripod would be much better value.
 
J... said:
>> ....you refer to with the 50D

i do not quite understand. is my 500d 18-55 IS the same as the 50d kit?
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There is only one Canon EF-S 18-55mm IS lens.
 
J... said:
>> ....you refer to with the 50D

i do not quite understand. is my 500d 18-55 IS the same as the 50d kit?
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Yep, as said above, the 18-55 IS lens from your 500D will be the same lens :thumbs:
 
F11 sounds too tight to me for 18mm - try F8. Keep an eye on shutter speed. Also post some samples of the issues you're finding.
 
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