Advice: 7D or 70D and a new lens - (16-35L, 17-40L, 24-105L, 10-22)

[Vanilla]

So my current set up is as follows:

Canon 500D with Canon 50mm Lens, Tamron 18-270 VC PZD, Canon 70-300mm and Canon 18-55. I really only use the Tamron these days.

This lot has done me quite well. I took the 500D and the Tamron 18-270 all around the world and was very happy with it.

Body:

I think it's time to upgrade.Sure, body's are good for many years and the 500D is nice but there is so much more out there 5/6 years on!.

I'm looking at the 7D and 70D but leaning towards the 70D simply because it's brand new and the benefits of a 7D may well be lost on me.

I like the idea of the flip out screen, wifi, built in HDR (tho will likely still do my own), more stops for HDR and better movies.

Lens:

So this is the toughie!

I liked the zoom of the Tamron and I did look into Prime Lenses for zoom before I realised that, looking back, most of my favourite pictures were landscape.

My knowledge of lenses is not that good but my friend recommended I look into the following lenses:

Canon 16-35L, 17-40L, 24-105L, 10-22.

Does anyone have any experience with these?

My criteria is a decent walk around lens which is good for landscape. I'm leaning towards the 24-105L. Not pricey, a good classic apparently.

I can also just use the kit lens that comes with the 70D -18-135mm - silent auto focus for Video.

What do you think? Advice and opinions welcome - I don't know a lot about photography so feel free to lecture.

 

[Vanilla]

Thanks for the advice guys, admittedly when my friend was recommending the 24-105 he was trying to get my to go down the full frame route, I just re-read his mail.

Will look into the 15-85mm

 

[Vanilla]

If you make movies, the 70D is an epic upgrade due to the Dual Pixel AF. Many review sites refer to this as a "game changer".

If you want burst rate, 7 shot bracketing, wifi with remote control, touchscreen focusing in Live View, AF microadjustment, much improved AF and Auto ISO with a min/max setting (wish I had this on my 50D) again the 70D is an excellent upgrade.

The sensor is still an excellent sensor. You'll see about half a stop of improved noise handling, which is still pretty good considering you're getting another 5 megapixels.

Might be worth trying Magic Lantern on your 500D first though, it might give it another lease of life.

I'm still weighing up a 70D myself. Have seen a few minty secondhand ones appearing for a few hundred quid off...

All good points but I think I will go for a new body. Sure, picture quality may be similar but there are just so many new features out there.

I will probably buy from one of the well known Hong Kong sellers to save a bit.

 

[Vanilla]

As mentioned above, if you're looking for some kind of magical upgrade in picture quality then you won't get much of an improvement from a 500d to the 70d. It's probably a bit better with high ISOs but other than that it's fairly similar.

For me I wanted better AF and better burst mainly and better bracketing is also useful for me.

The touchscreen AF is pretty nice too for shooting at very awkward angles

As above It's more the combination of new features. i'll improve the pic quality with a tasty new lens!