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<blockquote data-quote="Horoscope Fish" data-source="post: 201565" data-attributes="member: 13090">Based on your post I'm not seeing a need for a big zoom and speaking only for myself, of all my lenses, my &quot;big zoom&quot; is the one that sees the least amount of use. I've found happiness in wider, shorter, faster primes and medium to light tele's, personally, with their fast apertures and lighter weight I feel almost ninja like. If you want to go wide, I suggest you get your freak on with something *really* wide like the Tokina 11-16mm with it's very nimble f/2.8 aperture.If I shot as you do, and there's some significant overlap, I'd dump the 50mm f/1.8 and replace it with a 35mm f/1.8 and an 85mm f/1.8 instead. At that point your arsenal consists of two superbly fast, versatile primes plus your 18-105mm as a your go-to, Jack of all trades, daily carry lens. Select a wide, or super-wide angle lens like one of the Tokinas, or whatever you think is best, and BAM! Your shooting style is covered with a minimum of bulk, weight and fuss.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Horoscope Fish, post: 201565, member: 13090"] Based on your post I'm not seeing a need for a big zoom and speaking only for myself, of all my lenses, my "big zoom" is the one that sees the least amount of use. I've found happiness in wider, shorter, faster primes and medium to light tele's, personally, with their fast apertures and lighter weight I feel almost ninja like. If you want to go wide, I suggest you get your freak on with something *really* wide like the Tokina 11-16mm with it's very nimble f/2.8 aperture. If I shot as you do, and there's some significant overlap, I'd dump the 50mm f/1.8 and replace it with a 35mm f/1.8 and an 85mm f/1.8 instead. At that point your arsenal consists of two superbly fast, versatile primes plus your 18-105mm as a your go-to, Jack of all trades, daily carry lens. Select a wide, or super-wide angle lens like one of the Tokinas, or whatever you think is best, and BAM! Your shooting style is covered with a minimum of bulk, weight and fuss. [/QUOTE]

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