What equipment next?

[DocFrankenstein]

Right now I have:
1) Drebel + kit lens
2) 70-200 sigma ex 2.8
3) 50mm mk 1
4) 256 mb card
5) Cheap tripod
6) I should soon receive a vosonic x drive
7) Vivitar 285 flash
8) a tripod head: manfrotto #56

I shoot with that.

I am thinking about getting next:
1) 1.4 sigma extender
2) Manfrotto legs
3) 17-40 L
4) or tamron 28-75
5) battery grip

I don't know if I am gonna use the 28-75... it doesn't seem wide enough and at the same time not long enough. What's better if you shoot crowds?

[sp00g3]

Get the Tamron.. you already have a wide angle for now.. but you are missing that middle Yes, you have the 50, but add everything else in between that you are missing.

[Adam Hicks]

Get either the Tamron the 70-200f4 or just sell the DRebel and use the money you're looking to spend to pick up a 20D ;)

[Olegis]

Hi Doc :wink:
I can see that your setup lacks wide-angle abilities, so I'd say to look into that area. The Canon 17-40 is superb piece of optics, but it may not be wide enough. You can look into the new Tamron SP AF 11-18mm F/4.5-5.6 Di-II (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=43970), or try other wide-angle solutions - Sigma 15-30, Sigma 12-24, the new Canon 10-22 etc.

[CyberDyneSystems]

He has the kit lens,.. so wide is not a priority

He has the 70-200mm f/2.8, so another 70-200mm f/4 is hardly a priority.

So why recomend lenses he has?

Doc,

Seems to me your own list makes the most sense..

I'd be looking for legs to put that head on... :wink:
The 1.4X T-Con is handy with your 70-200mm...

..and then maybe that Tamron mid range zoom.

Don't worry about the battery grip.. it is gravy.. not at all a neccesity. (much as some would believe)

Let me know when the X-drive arrives :)

[Jon]

Get the legs - they'll improve the sharpness of everything else. Can't do better than that, can you?