Macro or Wide Angle Zoom

VapourTrail · 3 Dec 2007 at 21:03

I've been quoted £150 for my old Canon EOS 5 with my 28-105mm and 100-300mm lenses so I'm in the market for a new lens to add to my D80 and 18-200mm lens. I've narrowed my choice down to either a Sigma 10-20mm wide angle zoom or a 105mm macro. Any thoughts/comments on which one would be a better complement to my kit for the time being? Eventually I plan to get both but I'm not sure that going down to a 10mm wide angle is better than getting a fast 105mm lens that would be good for both portrait shots and macro work.

VapourTrail · 4 Dec 2007 at 20:58

VapourTrail, maybe you should get both....

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Wish I could afford to

Really posted this partly to see where the discussion would go.

As I'm only prepared to buy one new lens at the moment I'm not convinced that as I already have a 18-200 that going down to a 10-20 will give me much more - but I may be wrong as I've never used a wider lens than the one I currently use. Getting a F2.8 105 macro however, would give me a faster lens that could be used for portraits as well as macro work which is an area that I would like to experiment with. At the end of the day I want everything - but don't we all