hopemax
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In 2013, I bought a Canon T3i before our 1st trip to Hawaii. It came with the standard 18-55, and 55-250 lenses. After 2 trips to Hawaii, a trip to London, and an ungodly amount of Disney / Universal trips the 18-55 lens acts like the motor is wearing out. There are times it works great, and then times it won't auto focus. The rotate click trip worked for awhile, but I think it's just time for something new.
I hoped having this camera would turn me into a photography guru, and while I am generally satisfied with my photos, can shoot in the various manual modes, and composition is much improved.. when it comes to lens specs, I still feel like it might as well be a foreign language.
For awhile, I've had two lenses on my Amazon wish list and I'm wondering which one people prefer, if there is another lens that is newer than these that is not on my radar (similar price range, I can't do a $1000 lens), or if this is a "no wrong choice" scenario.
I also own the Nifty Fifty. We are going to Hong Kong in May, and likely Tokyo in Nov/December.
While shooting with the kit lens, there have been several times where I wanted "just a little more zoom" (usually shows at Disney where I wanted to zoom in on a single performer ) but didn't really want to swap it out for the 55-250 because then I lost the wide shots. But there are, as everyone knows, a lot of low light situations at Disney where the 2.8 would certainly be nice. I've seen comments about issues with dust and the 2.8 lens, also weather resistance (HK will likely be wet and humid and FL certainly is).
Thanks for your help!
I hoped having this camera would turn me into a photography guru, and while I am generally satisfied with my photos, can shoot in the various manual modes, and composition is much improved.. when it comes to lens specs, I still feel like it might as well be a foreign language.
For awhile, I've had two lenses on my Amazon wish list and I'm wondering which one people prefer, if there is another lens that is newer than these that is not on my radar (similar price range, I can't do a $1000 lens), or if this is a "no wrong choice" scenario.
I also own the Nifty Fifty. We are going to Hong Kong in May, and likely Tokyo in Nov/December.
While shooting with the kit lens, there have been several times where I wanted "just a little more zoom" (usually shows at Disney where I wanted to zoom in on a single performer ) but didn't really want to swap it out for the 55-250 because then I lost the wide shots. But there are, as everyone knows, a lot of low light situations at Disney where the 2.8 would certainly be nice. I've seen comments about issues with dust and the 2.8 lens, also weather resistance (HK will likely be wet and humid and FL certainly is).
Thanks for your help!