10-11-2011, 08:39 PM
What does a 500D go for these days? About half a 7D? As nice as the 7D is, if you don't know why you would need a 7D, then you probably don't!
The 70-300 should do well for park/zoo trips and that class lens is what I use most in that scenario. Which one is it? The 35-80 isn't really worth anything in a modern sense, but you can still experiment with it.
I think you would do well to look for the 500D with the EF-S 18-55 IS kit lens as a general purpose zoom. Make sure it is the "IS" version. Only when you find your limits with this and your existing lenses you can then look at spending the rest of the budget on where you want to go next. There are many better lenses you can look at, but there's an awful lot of choice and the price only goes up! So no need to run from the start.
The 70-300 should do well for park/zoo trips and that class lens is what I use most in that scenario. Which one is it? The 35-80 isn't really worth anything in a modern sense, but you can still experiment with it.
I think you would do well to look for the 500D with the EF-S 18-55 IS kit lens as a general purpose zoom. Make sure it is the "IS" version. Only when you find your limits with this and your existing lenses you can then look at spending the rest of the budget on where you want to go next. There are many better lenses you can look at, but there's an awful lot of choice and the price only goes up! So no need to run from the start.
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