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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lee" data-source="post: 218733" data-attributes="member: 8142">Lenses, like any piece of gear solve a problem. So if a specific lens is a solution to something that none of your other lenses are, you have a basis for at least considering the investment.  If you want to zoom in at 250 mm and you have an 18-105 mm lens, I would say you can safely justify a need for a 55- or 70-300mm for example.  Sometimes it is easier to find out what, if anything you are missing by looking at your current habits.  Go look through a range of your photos taken with an all purpose lens and take note of what your average focal length is. Take note of times when you are seriously under exposed because you can't/don't want to use a flash. If this happens often, you may need a good mid range fast lens. What do you like to shoot? Do you think you are likely to change your interests in subject matter or type of photography?  There are so many questions you can ask yourself but simply going through what you usually do and making a note of those "Damn! I really need just a bit more ... " moments. If the same problem keeps recurring, you can probably justify a lens or another piece of gear to solve it. I only did portraits when I started out. Not very good. Actually terrible. I thought I only wanted to do portraits because it was all I had ever really tried. I still like taking photos of my family. But I can't say I'm 'into portrait photography'.  What I'm saying is, your interests are likely to change over time so rather than look at it as buying more and more gear, look at it as adapting to suit your needs at various stages. Just make sure you are disciplined enough to let the stuff go when that purpose is covered by another purchase or is no longer used very much.</blockquote>

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