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So I'm heading to Yosemite on July 8th. I was thinking about renting another lens for my Canon T3i. I have no idea what would be a good one or where to get one. I currently have a 18-55 and a 55-250. Thinking something wide angle but I truly have no idea what would be best for the trip. Any tips, thoughts, or good shops you can give?

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Check out borrowlenses.com as well. I don't do nature so can't give any advice on that.

^^^ this and lensrentals.com and rentglass.com are all good. I've rented a few but finally have upgraded to mostly L lenses so It's been awhile since I rented any.

Here are some images I've done. I really need to get my shit together and add more. http://500px.com/Jeva

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^^^ this and lensrentals.com and rentglass.com are all good. I've rented a few but finally have upgraded to mostly L lenses so It's been awhile since I rented any.

Here are some images I've done. I really need to get my shit together and add more. http://500px.com/Jeva

What are L lenses?

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I currently have a EF-S 17-55 F/2.8 IS lens from Lensrental.com that I am running on my T1I. I took a ton of photo's in raw and can't convert the darn things on my netbook. Took this one of my normal walking around lens just a minute ago as a JPEG so I could upload it.

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I have been liking the low light ability and the large fixed aperture. It also gets great reviews as being better than some of the "L" glass lenses in the same zoom range. Can't wait to get home and view the pics on a full size screen.

As a comparison, my normal lens is the 28-135 IS lens in the picture. It's not a bad lens when outdoors but it starts to show it's weakness indoors in low light.

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I'm a Nikon guy so I can't give you a specific recommendation, but I'd go with a prime in the 20 to 24 effective focal length range and as low of an f-stop as possible. It's really tough to beat a fast prime for quality landscape pics in the morning or evening when the sun is going to provide more dramatic lighting.

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I'm so confused haha. I dont know what any of this stuff means.

This'll get you started..

http://lifehacker.com/5815742/basics-of-photography-the-complete-guide

Look up a book called "Understanding exposure". A very good book for beginners and even those who think they know a thing or two.

**EDIT - link** http://www.amazon.com/Understanding-Exposure-3rd-Edition-Photographs/dp/0817439390/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1340847025&sr=8-1&keywords=understanding+exposure

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Simple concept. Silver line around the neck of the lens is the Cannon budget lenses. A gold line is their middle of the road lens. A red line means it is their top end stuff. Anything with a red line is also called "L" glass and I believe Scuba is correct that it stands for Luxury.

"IS" in the lens features means it has image stabilizing.

"USM" is their high speed ultrasonic focus mechanism. It is also much quieter than what is used on the silver line lenses.

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