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I now have my T3i and the Tamron 17-50 and I also have from my other camera Rebel XTi 18-55mm lens. Do you think I need another lens or is this a good package to start with?
 
I'd suggest tossing in something on the long end, an 85mm rokinon/bower/samyang would be good
 
it depends on what you shoot most

* you could go, as DevonH suggested, for a portrait lens: that samyang (rokinon/bower/opteka/etc) 85mm f/1.4 is amazing, and as with all samyang lenses the price is great
* you could go for an ultra-wide: the tokina 11-16 f/2.8 is the usual recommendation
* you could go for a fast normal prime: the samyang 35mm f/1.4 is superb (sharper than lenses costing 4 times as much)
* or you could live by with what you have: for some people (e.g. Rockmore) that tamron it's just-about-enough for day-to-day shooting

maybe it would be wise to start shooting, and see, in a few weeks or months, what focal lengths you find yourself wanting most often

in any case, here are some other options:
http://www.similaar.com/foto/equipment/us_lensc.html
 
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I have the 17-50mm a 50mm 1.8 and a 55-250mm 4/5.6 with IS. I rarely need the other 2, but when I do it's a crisis. You should decide what your next must have lens will be. If your not sure and don't have a lot of cash a used 55-250 with IS will be under $200 on ebay and although not up to the L class IQ, it's not bad. I do need the range for some events and also learned I would not get a long zoom without IS. The upgrade to a 70-200 L zoom will be over a grand or 2 so with tight cash I'm glad I at least have the range in my bag. The 50mm 1.8 is worth having because of it's ultra low price and very sharp image, plus nothing to carry in terms of weight.

I shot this clip with the Tamron 17-50mm 2.8 and the Canon 55-250mm 4/5.6.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvEp...xt=C3231107UDOEgsToPDskL5awlxomGchORh-b6AKS3C
 
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amazon.com has it for $440 canon mount, bandh photo has it for $440-$25 dollar mail in rebate = $415. I picked one up with an old Canon XTi DSLR body for $250 off the local craigslist. :cheesy:
 
Have you considered trying some adapted old manual lenses? I find dedicated manual focus lenses way more fun for shooting video than AF lenses in manual mode. I've just got my 600D, and I've got an old Nikkor 50mm f/1.8 on there at the moment more or less full-time, as well as a bunch of Nikon AF primes. Nikons stay pretty expensive because they're a well-known brand, and all (well, most of) their old lenses still work with new Nikon bodies, but there are a million other brands out there that let you get manual focus good stuff for not much money.

I'm just waiting to get an adapter so I can mount my Olympus lenses on the 600D too... I have a 75-150mm f/4 zoom which I think will be a nice compact alternative to the hefty Nikon 80-200/2.8 AF-D, and you can get one of those for next to nothing. I think mine cost around £45 or so in more or less perfect condition, and the focus ring is soooo smoooooth compared to modern AF lenses. It might not be much good with a follow focus system (the focus ring moves forward when close-focusing), and it will almost certainly be useless with any kind of matte box on it (the filter threads turn when focusing), but as a handy lightweight tele for cheap, it seems pretty spot-on to me.

I think apertures are important too... once you start going with primes and using apertures between f/1.4 and f/2, you start realising that even f/2.8 feels too slow in situations such as indoor shots with no extra light available.
 
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