what would you buy?

[Pvapour]

off to America & Japan shortly so I'm going to pick up some equipment for myself (Canon) definitely a decent Macro lens + a good wide angle, some extension tubes, tri-po, remote.

any thoughts on what else would be good for a starter?

Is America the best place to buy in, is the Canon America warranty world wide now?

what would you get?

does anyone want something bought back?

[Kermit power]

My Canon 100mm f2.8 Macro lens is without doubt my favourite, although it really does require a ring flash to make the most of it. If I was told I could only take one lens somewhere, I think this would actually be the one I'd choose most often.

As for the wide angle, what sort of body have you got? If it's not a full sensor body, then pretty much every review I could find when I went looking rated the Sigma 10-20mm way above the Canon EF-S 10-22mm, and it was over £100 cheaper too.

[SamHH]

I can recommend the Sigma 105mm for macro. It seems very good to me and most reviews that I've seen say it's equal to the Canon. The only criticism I have is that the autofocus is very poor, so if you want to use it for non macro something else would be better.

I disagree that you need a ringflash though; I've seen excellent results with the Sigma and with other lenses using a normal flash on a bracket. I do this as well and don't have any complaints.

[Pvapour]

ef100 was on my list for the Macro, will look at the Sigma, dont mind non canon lenses, have the Tam 18-270 & really impressed.

anyone know the warranty side; Japan v USA?