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Russic · 01-05-2012, 01:42 PM

I'm very similar to mac_gurl. I have a fixed 50mm canon that I use for low light situations and it works great. You lose all the versatility of course, but the trade off is cost and light performance. My 18-200 is a lens I adore, but in poor lighting situations it's almost not worth bringing out of the bag (my body doesn't do well in higher iso's).

My advice is go 50mm and the 18-200. I know it exceeds your budget by a couple of hundred, but I'd rather hold off on the purchase for a couple of months than go without one of them.

01-05-2012, 01:42 PM	#3
Russic Dances with Wolves Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Section 304 Exp:	I'm very similar to mac_gurl. I have a fixed 50mm canon that I use for low light situations and it works great. You lose all the versatility of course, but the trade off is cost and light performance. My 18-200 is a lens I adore, but in poor lighting situations it's almost not worth bringing out of the bag (my body doesn't do well in higher iso's). My advice is go 50mm and the 18-200. I know it exceeds your budget by a couple of hundred, but I'd rather hold off on the purchase for a couple of months than go without one of them. Last edited by Russic; 01-05-2012 at 01:45 PM.