Lens for London trip

Long time listener, first time caller!

Currently I have a 50/1.4, 70-400/4 and Tamron 28-75 on my XT. However I am going to London soon and think I will need something wider. I am debating between selling the (very good) 28-75 for the Tamron 17-50, or simply buying either the 10-20 or 10-22. I think the 10-22 plus the 50 would make a very nice light pair to walk around London, covering the wide angles along with good portrait/low light capability.
However the 17-50 upgrade would be cheaper!
Any thoughts would be appreciated. Would 17 mm be wide enough for the tourists spots of London?

Cheers
David

Welcome David,
I think you are right about needing a 10-22 on a crop camera. Bring all the gear you can carry.

On a 350D (Rebel XT) I used the Canon 17-85 IS lens. Found it to be great, esapecially for hand held city street night shots. Very ocasionally I wished for something a bit wider. I now have a Tokina 12-24 and it will be with me next time we go there.
Pics can be seen here.
http://www.poseruniver​se.net …UK/London/Londo​n_Top1.htm

David:

London is awesome! I asked the same questions when we went last year and EVERYBODY said that you didn't need to bring a long lens. So, I took my 10-22 and my 24-70 and my 50 1.4 for low light. I really really wished I had a 70-200 once I was there.

Have a great time and mind the gap!

Ole Joe

10-22 is a awesome lens. I would go for that...

I really like the 10-22, but id love to have the 17-55 2.8 IS lens in my bag for travel.

My advice would be don't go to London .Come up north, we are far more civilised and you won't get black bogeys with the pollution . have a good trip all the same.

I live in London and like to carry both my 70-300 DO and EF-S 17-55 when going on photo shoots with visitors. This combination works nicely.

Potisdad wrote in post #3028825
Would 17 mm be wide enough for the tourists spots of London?

Cheers
David

Welcome to POTN David.

I use my 17-40 a lot around London, my website and flickr is packed full of this lens more than my 24-105. If you want to pick out small detail then take a standard to longer zoom, otherwise the 100mm or less will do very well!

Hi David
As another Londoner i would agree with rammy.
I find i use my 17-55IS (and before that a Tammy 17-50f/2.8) a lot more than i thought i would, even though i had a 24-105L and much prefer longer zooms.
I would say that 17-50 is good for around town and most of the tourist areas but also maybe something longer for picking out or isolating subjects like street performers or details on buildings etc. I would say 10-22 maybe a bit limiting if you need to zoom in.
The Tamron is a really nice lens. i sold my 28-75/f/2.8 to get this and although i missed the extra 25mm i was surprised at how useful the wider end was.
I only got the Canon 17-55IS because i wanted IS after having it in my 24-105L and i was alos off to Florida and only wanted to use one lens if i could.