Hey all.

Earlier this week I popped into the local camera shop with the intention for getting some passport photos, and ended up leaving not only with said photos, but a Canon 20d with the 18-55mm lens!! That was one pricey lunch break!!

Way back in the distant past I used to have a Film SLR, but much of what I learnt I've forgotten (and from what I remember anyway I pretty much made it up as I went along :P ). I've not used that camera since 1995. The year before last I got a Sony 717 and my interest was re-kindled and I found my way to this little corner of the world wide web :)

Anyway, I'm finding it very hard to decide what set of lenses I should obtain. Comparing the 18-58mm that I have to my old 717, I have a wider wide angle, but the max zoom is shorter. Now I didnt often use the max optical zoom on the Sony 717, except when using a close up lens (Hoya +4) for macro work. Dpreview.com lists the sony as having a 38mm-190mm lens. So compared with the old camera, I'm loosing a fair bit of telephoto performance.

So any suggestions on what a good second lens would be (may help to take a brief look at my gallery to see what images Ive produced with the old sony 717)?

Some ideas that I've had:

• 75-300mm lens. Giving me that telephoto capability. Would this be ok for close up work using +4 close up filter?.
• 17-85mm IS lens. This would replace the 18-55mm, the extra range giving more versitilty, and of course image stabilzation would be handy for a clumsy beast such as I.
• 10-22mm Wide angle...for those landscapes I like so very very much...but have never been able to fit in frame ;)
• I'm off to Iceland for a week in a months time. I'd like to have one new lens before I depart, and I can't make up my mind what! Basically though I want to first build a set of basic lenses that will cover the majority of pictures Im likely to want to take, and that will act as a base level from which I can learn from, and then expand upon.

Any advice to a D-SLR newbie is very much appreciated!