hi folks just after a bit of advice on what other lenses to add to my collection. i don't have one type of photography i go after and like to photo a wide selection. was looking at a tamron 18-200 mm lense. . would love a bigger lense but currently saving for one . many thanks everyone
if you would like bigger and you already have the 70-300 covered i would suggest saving up for the sigma 100 -400 c (i have the ef mount version) as you say you do a lot of styles / ranges of photography i use this lens for quite alot of stuff, adding a x2 i can go longer, adding ext tubes i can go much closer, adding tubes and x2 i can do macro. my second fav lens range is 55-200mm aside from those maybe consider picking up a cheap fish eye lens if you want to get something you dont already have ( i have a 7.5mm for m mount mirroless,) maybe if you find yourself using a particular focal length a prime might be another option.
Keep on saving. The rule of thumb is to invest your money in good lenses. While you are saving, go out and try your current lenses. See how you get on with them, and see where they fall a little short. You did mention that you like low light photography, so maybe consider faster primes. When you are out with your gear, you may find that you want a wider angle of view, or a more telephoto sort of image. Once you start finding your style, then you can make better informed choices. Just be careful, this can be a very slippery slope. You think you have all the lenses you want, and then, oh I just want one more. Gary
I have a wide range of lenses but the only one I use for general photography now is the Tamron 18-400mm F/3.5-6.3 DI-II VC HLD All-In-One Zoom. It hasn't been off my 7Dii for a long time. It's around $650 US and is brilliant, Check out a few reviews and look at some pics on the net. The 18-200 just won't cut it in comparison, although the 18-200 is very cheap at around $200. Save for a better lens than the 18-200. The sigma 100 -400 c that Caladina speaks of is around $950 and a good lens. The only draw back is it doesn't go wide. Your call though, watch the YouTube reviews
as john is over here in uk the sigma is £645 at park cameras, but yes not going wide is a draw back if you need wide as well, good call 1sac.
thanks everyone for all your replies . ill stick with what i have at present . and do the saving and treat my self to a good lense by then ill have hopefully moved on in the novice world and be better at it . thanks once again
when i take the sigma tele out i sometimes take a 7artisans 7,5mm or the 15-45 canon as they are small so i have that end covered, the 18-400 tam would be a great choice if i didn't have those covered i am looking at getting a laowa 9mm zeroD for wide as i like the youtube reviews i have seen, but before that i might get the laowa 100mm macro, using the sigma 100-400 as a macro lens requires a fair bit of tube and vert which works well but its not the best solution, esp if i want to do alot of field work. also as gary said, wanting that next lens is a rabbit hole wayyyyy to easy to fall down, then there is the lighting if you like doing studio/creative sometimes i feel like alice in wonderland.
