Lens upgrade?

[Vixxen]

I've been using my 50mm 1.8 For a year now, and after dropping it, it has given up the ghost. It still works on manual, which is great, but I don't tend to take pictures of " stationery" subjects.

So I thought, in line with starting my own business up, why not upgrade?

But after shopping about I'm still baffled. I don't have a massive budget, which is why I bought the 50 to start with. So I am looking for something not too expensive, but better than the lens I've got

 

[stumac]

I have the sigma 50mm 1.4 and the canon 85mm 1.8 and for the money both are fantastic

 

[mortimerhill]

What camera do you have and what do you want to photograph?

What limitations did the lens have, even when it was working properly?

 

[Nod]

What system do you use? I was recently considering an upgrade to my 50mm f/1.8 Nikkor AF (the old, screw driven one) which I bought second hand to the relatively new f/1.4 AF-S version and was advised by the salesman that my lens was better, its only disadvantage being the 1/3rd stop. Then again, my D700 has the screw to AF it, yours may not if you use Nikon.