I own a Canon 550D complete with 3 lenses - an 18-55 IS, a 55-250 IS, and a 50mm 1.8. I've just returned from a trip to New Zealand and the USA, and whilst I'm extremely happy with the photos I took, I did feel there were some missed opportunities due to the kit not being versatile enough in a couple of areas.
The first is the lens reach. The 18-55 was mostly fine as the walkabout lens, but there were a number of times where the reach wasn't enough. Fine, I swapped over to the 55-250 and away I went. Unfortunately, there were quite a few occasions where by the time I'd swapped the lens, I'd missed the photo op. This has made me start thinking about getting a lens with a longer reach.
Having read up on a few of the lenses online (Canon 18-200, Sigma 18-250, Tamron 18-270, etc) I understand that the quality of the photos won't be as good as the 18-55/55-250 combo, but just how much will I lose? Out of these types of lenses, which would you go for?
The second area was the strap. I'm using the standard Canon strap that came with the camera, and struggled to find a way to carry it comfortably all day without it banging into everything, whilst still having easy access to it. I've seen some straps online with clips for quickly unhooking the camera that look like they'd be just the ticket, however do these work well? Do any of you have any suggestions as to which would be good to try?
The first is the lens reach. The 18-55 was mostly fine as the walkabout lens, but there were a number of times where the reach wasn't enough. Fine, I swapped over to the 55-250 and away I went. Unfortunately, there were quite a few occasions where by the time I'd swapped the lens, I'd missed the photo op. This has made me start thinking about getting a lens with a longer reach.
Having read up on a few of the lenses online (Canon 18-200, Sigma 18-250, Tamron 18-270, etc) I understand that the quality of the photos won't be as good as the 18-55/55-250 combo, but just how much will I lose? Out of these types of lenses, which would you go for?
The second area was the strap. I'm using the standard Canon strap that came with the camera, and struggled to find a way to carry it comfortably all day without it banging into everything, whilst still having easy access to it. I've seen some straps online with clips for quickly unhooking the camera that look like they'd be just the ticket, however do these work well? Do any of you have any suggestions as to which would be good to try?