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<blockquote data-quote="eidian" data-source="post: 337307" data-attributes="member: 14514">I think that you need to use that lens/camera combination more--you're assuming that the lens isn't sharp enough based on what? It's interesting to see how so many people think that a DSLR is going to take perfect pictures on its own and if the pictures aren't perfect, it's the equipment that's at fault. If I thought like that, I'd have 50 lenses already instead of 5. Change your mentality from &quot;I need a new lens&quot; to &quot;The pics aren't coming out the way that I want...how do I correct that with settings?&quot;. That's how I figured out that I needed a 35mm prime because the bakeh on the 18-55 wasn't dramatic enough for the closer shots that I was taking. I didn't realize that I needed a wide-angle until I started taking family group shots (again, the 18-55 was sharp, but I had to back up quite a ways to fit everyone in).Take that approach and you'll not only learn how to use your current equipment, but you'll also be able to make good lens decisions based on the fact that you'll know what you want exactly when thinking about your next lens--you won't be asking people what lens will give &quot;sharper landscape pictures&quot;. You'll be asking questions like, what lens has good depth-of-field or which wide-angle lens to capture landscapes or what lens is fast enough for night shots of landscapes.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="eidian, post: 337307, member: 14514"] I think that you need to use that lens/camera combination more--you're assuming that the lens isn't sharp enough based on what? It's interesting to see how so many people think that a DSLR is going to take perfect pictures on its own and if the pictures aren't perfect, it's the equipment that's at fault. If I thought like that, I'd have 50 lenses already instead of 5. Change your mentality from "I need a new lens" to "The pics aren't coming out the way that I want...how do I correct that with settings?". That's how I figured out that I needed a 35mm prime because the bakeh on the 18-55 wasn't dramatic enough for the closer shots that I was taking. I didn't realize that I needed a wide-angle until I started taking family group shots (again, the 18-55 was sharp, but I had to back up quite a ways to fit everyone in). Take that approach and you'll not only learn how to use your current equipment, but you'll also be able to make good lens decisions based on the fact that you'll know what you want [B]exactly[/B] when thinking about your next lens--you won't be asking people what lens will give "sharper landscape pictures". You'll be asking questions like, what lens has good depth-of-field or which wide-angle lens to capture landscapes or what lens is fast enough for night shots of landscapes. [/QUOTE]

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