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<blockquote data-quote="Clovishound" data-source="post: 828406" data-attributes="member: 50197">A couple questions that may help folks narrow things down. 1. Budget What are you looking to pay? I would recommend not skimping on the lens quality for a lens you are going to use a lot. I do understand about not having plenty of free cash to dump on whatever you want, and sometimes compromises must be made. Be sure and look at several reviews before buying.2. New or Used? I assume, since you bought the camera used, you would be OK with a used lens. 3. What kind of photography do you plan to do with it? For example,f you are looking toward landscape, you might want to lean more toward the wide angle side. Looking at your posts, I don't see a clear genre that you seem to be most interested in. A &quot;normal zoom&quot; is my least used lens. I'm more into long telephoto and macro. Having said that, I would be loathe to give up the extra coverage of my 24-70 for more on the tele end.4. What other lenses do you see yourself getting in the future? A plan for future purchases will help keep you from buying something that doesn't fit in as well for future needs as part of a system.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Clovishound, post: 828406, member: 50197"] A couple questions that may help folks narrow things down. 1. Budget What are you looking to pay? I would recommend not skimping on the lens quality for a lens you are going to use a lot. I do understand about not having plenty of free cash to dump on whatever you want, and sometimes compromises must be made. Be sure and look at several reviews before buying. 2. New or Used? I assume, since you bought the camera used, you would be OK with a used lens. 3. What kind of photography do you plan to do with it? For example,f you are looking toward landscape, you might want to lean more toward the wide angle side. Looking at your posts, I don't see a clear genre that you seem to be most interested in. A "normal zoom" is my least used lens. I'm more into long telephoto and macro. Having said that, I would be loathe to give up the extra coverage of my 24-70 for more on the tele end. 4. What other lenses do you see yourself getting in the future? A plan for future purchases will help keep you from buying something that doesn't fit in as well for future needs as part of a system. [/QUOTE]

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