What to do?

Need a bit of help with lens if poss please.

Am i really needing some new lens or am i just itching to buy?

Basically i'm looking at mainly portraits and weddings, i will do other photography but i know the lenses i have will cover that for now.

What my question is, is do i need other lens. the ones i have are in my info at the bottom of my post. I'm thinking of a smc 27-80, the 35-70 that mike-p has for sale, or maybe a prime or two....maybe a 28mm. i have spent loads already getting everything i need to do portraits and weddings so budget is very tight now. Do i pick up any of these lens or do i get by with what i have and save up to get some real top notch lens? either way i will eventually go for some top end lens but my question is really do i need to spend any more right now?

If money is tight I would stick with what you have. I wouldn't go for the 35-70 etc. as you are basically repeating what you have. I would either (a) save up for a long time for some really class glass (you'll never regret buying the DA* 50-135mm for example, a lovely lens for portraits) or (b) if you really must feed your LBA pick up some manual primes such as a 28mm or 35mm, or even something "interesting" like the Jupiter-9 85mm or the Helios 58mm. These lenses often have unusual bokeh and an interesting feel to them when used for portraits fairly wide open.

HTH, K.

You certainly need to upgrade the Tamron to a DA 55-300, £200 in the classified, and edumads Sigma 17-70 (£170) would be a great upgrade to your kit 18-55. So yes of course you need to spend more.

Davex.

I have never felt the need to upgrade my Tammy...

Stick with what you have and save for some decent primes. Look for the Pentax-M 28mm f3.5 (or the K series version, but that's much rarer), it's a lot better than the standard f2.8 version. Also worth looking for a Pentax-A 50mm f1.7. Even at current prices you should be able to get good examples of both for about £120 the pair.

I have bought all the readily available lenses I want and can afford, now I hunt for the rare and unusual oddballs. Anything K series in other words - I have a 55mm, 120mm and 85-210mm zoom from that range, all of which are great.