Need a new lens for Canon T2i

[Thor]

So my best friend is visiting Iceland next month I need to get a new lens, my stock one is pretty solid but I want a 2nd lens that can handle more zoom and give me awesome quality images.

Ive been wanting this one for so long, but curious if I am going too crazy since spending the $700 on this, or just do a decent upgrade for the $300 range.

Canon EF 70-200mm f/4l USM Lens

Any thoughts on this and/or recommendations on other lenses, $700 is well over what I planned to spend but the reviews on this lens have always made me desperately want it.

[Thor]

Oh and this was the other lens I was thinking about:

Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM

Also, since most of my pictures are of trips around Iceland, so nature shots, landscape stuff, and in the winter I might just have to consider a IS with low f stop.

Or maybe there is a lens that works well for both, its so bright and sunny in the summers here, but dark and lots of northern lights in the winter.

[Yorkshire Flame]

The 70-200 F/4L is one of the sharpest lenses that Canon makes; I highly recommend it, and I think it is definitely worth the money.

[Bigtime]

You can't go wrong with the L series lenses. Just remember that on the T2i the low end at 70mm is actually ~112mm due to the sensor size. So if you are ok with that you should be good.

[Thor]

Right totally forgot about that, 112 is fine, I mean the plan is the stock lens for indoor, parties, the big boy is for my summer trips around Iceland's amazing outdoors and then I have to look into a good wide lens for northern lights/starry skies in the winters.

Uggh damn money sink.

[Bigtime]

The L series are pricey but I finally bit the bullet and got the 100-400 for my aviation photography, totally worth it.

[SebC]

Originally Posted by Thor

Also, since most of my pictures are of trips around Iceland, so nature shots, landscape stuff, and in the winter I might just have to consider a IS with low f stop.

Or maybe there is a lens that works well for both, its so bright and sunny in the summers here, but dark and lots of northern lights in the winter.

By the sounds of what you're doing (and the pictures I've already seen), what you need for low light is a tripod and a shutter remote.

As for your wide lens, you probably want the Canon 10-22.