If you had only $1000 to spend on your lens collection, what would you buy?

18-600 MM f/2.8 (just kidding. Actually a lens like this would cost well into the $xx,xxx

Canon EF-S 10-22 + EF 50 1.4
or
Canon EF 17-40 L + Ef 50 1.4

I'd go 50 f1.8, 18-55 kit lens and 70-300 IS.

*have a spanner for your works*

Thanks everyone for the informative posts. They have been great!

HH

If I only had $1,000 to spend for an XSi, I would get:

a used Canon 10-22 for $500 (hard to find for $500 but can be found),
a used Tamron 28-75 for $300, and
a new/used Canon 55-250 for $220.

That's about $1,020, close enough to $1,000.

Tamron 17-50 f/2.8
Sigma 70-200 f/2.8
or
Canon 70-200 f/4L

ed rader wrote in post #6921535
tamron 17-50, canon70-200L f4, 50 1.8.

ed rader

Exact setup Im going with. Already have the 70-200L, and the 50 1.8. Tamron comes very soon!

morefar wrote in post #6922504
yep, same here.

And here... except I went with Nifty and my total cost of all lenses was just around $700.

If you don't need IS, you can go with Canon 70-200 f/4 which from what I read is an excellent lens. That + Tammy + Nifty = just above $1000.

go with the EF-S 17-85 IS (Great all around) and EF 70-300 IS

with this season discounts it will be around 1K
and yes some people do not like the 17-85 > do not worry for your needs it will do a great job

10-22mm and 85mm 1.8 ..

Mentioned before but at around $1k the Tamron 17-50 2.8, canon 70-200L f4 and canon 50 1.8