Posted Jan 4, 2014, 7:26 PM
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Klatuu Barada Nikto
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Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: The Island of Misfit Architecture
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^ The upgrade from the T3i to the T4i is minimal, few people would notice the difference in your resulting images, and I imagine you saved a few bucks already by going with a previous generation. I would get comfortable with the gear you've got now before considering another upgrade, and at that point you might as well make it a true upgrade such as to a more advanced camera like a 70D - or even better to a full-frame sensor - rather than an incremental upgrade with maybe a couple new features and a few more megapixels.
As for lenses, you've got your basic ranges covered, but I would consider a couple of primes, starting with a "nifty fifty" (50mm 1.8 or 1.4). Primes give you unparalleled sharpness, with the tradeoff that you don't get any kind of zoom. The other benefits are wider apertures which will let you do some creative stuff with bokeh, and they perform superbly in low light (a 1.4 especially). Going prime will also really help you learn to better consider composition since you will have to "manually zoom" by moving closer or further from your subject, or make creative decisions about what can be included or cut from the frame.
As for travel, I tend to be crazy and take nearly all of my lenses with me wherever I go (insert pitch for a good and comfortable camera bag here), but if I was knowingly going into a potentially unknown/bad area alone I would probably just bring your two zooms since they give you maximum range and kit lenses tend to be inexpensive; if pressed to choose just one for greater paranoia, I would take the wider 18-55mm, since I find wide tends to be more useful in cities than telephotos.
These are of course just my opinions, your mileage may vary. Hope you find it helpful, though!
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