question of lens line up

i currently have a canon 50 F1.4, a canon 70-200 F4, and a tamron 17-50 F2.8. Im lookin to upgrade my setup/get a little wider of a setup/go macro... soooo... i was thinking replacing the tarmon with the tokina 11-16 and the 70-200 with the canon 100mm macro. seem like a good decision? or should i keep the 70-200, and just swap the 17-50? i really want macro but i am afraid of 1.lighting and 2. getting bored of it really quickly. .opinions?

It seems to me like you're trying to do too much in one move. Unless you really don't use the 70-200 I wouldn't recommend getting rid of it. Likewise if you dropped the 17-50 to get 11-16, you'd end up with a huge hole in your coverage from 16mm to 50mm, i.e. all the commonest range for a crop camera. Wides are very useful and macro is great, but I'd recommend waiting til you can add one or other without giving up something else - unless as I say there's a lens you find you're not using.

Madweasel wrote in post #7839434
It seems to me like you're trying to do too much in one move. Unless you really don't use the 70-200 I wouldn't recommend getting rid of it. Likewise if you dropped the 17-50 to get 11-16, you'd end up with a huge hole in your coverage from 16mm to 50mm, i.e. all the commonest range for a crop camera. Wides are very useful and macro is great, but I'd recommend waiting til you can add one or other without giving up something else - unless as I say there's a lens you find you're not using.

I agree. Consider adding to your collection versus replacing anything. If there is a lens that you just don't use, sure, sell it and use that to buy another lens. I think it would be a big mistake to sell the 17-50 to get an 11-16, and I love UWA lenses! I couldn't live without my 18-50, though; it's just too common a range to do without IMO.

Aidenswarrior wrote in post #7839401
i currently have a canon 50 F1.4, a canon 70-200 F4, and a tamron 17-50 F2.8. Im lookin to upgrade my setup/get a little wider of a setup/go macro... soooo... i was thinking replacing the tarmon with the tokina 11-16 and the 70-200 with the canon 100mm macro. seem like a good decision? or should i keep the 70-200, and just swap the 17-50? i really want macro but i am afraid of 1.lighting and 2. getting bored of it really quickly. .opinions?

set your 70-200mm to 100mm...then lock up your 17-50mm tamron so you can't use it...then keep it like that for a week...i think you'll see that you'll miss many shots by doing what you're proposing...the tokina should be added to your line-up...it can't really replace anything, as you don't have that range covered...i'd just save up and add the lenses you want when you can...

true, never thought of that. thank you much all of you. great advice. i do love my 17-50, it is just really loud and sometimes annoys me, so i was thinkin of goin with something of better build quality, but the images i get with it are wonderful, and 70-200 does serve its purposes...hmm... guess ill have to start saving for the tokina