Worth swapping my 18-75mm with a 50mm 1.8?

I Saw Silence

I'm getting a 50mm lens for my 400d in a few days and I'm thinking of just selling my kit lens to pay for half of the 50mm. Anyone think this a bad idea? Also if i need any kind of zoom i have my 70-300mm.

.Longshanks.

It depends on what u shot. I love the wider end of my kit lens but I love my 50mm 1.8 so so much more!

AnCatDubh

for the amount that you'd get (i'm guessing), then i'd hold onto the kit lens. Basically in theory, if you did get rid of it and in the absence of anything else, you're basically borked when you have a necessity to do less than 50mm and a gap (never mind a lens change) up until 70mm. Remember you are also on a cropped sensor (what's the canon 1.5 or 1.6???) so your 50 is going to perform like a 75mm or thereabouts which is a long way away from things if your scene doesn't allow for moving away. If the scene does allow it then sure you can zoom with your feet but that mightn't always be possible. Even the 18mm extreme on the kit is going to perform like a 30mm on a full frame.

Personally, i'd keep the kit until something better comes along. But at the same time defo get the 50.

Sleepy

Definitely keep it. Kit lenses fetch sod all second hand and you'd only find yourself limited by just having the 50.

Look around on ebay, I got my 50 1.8 for about €60 with a few days prowling...

I Saw Silence

Thanks for the quick replies. I think I'm going to stick with the kit lens. I found a 50mm on ebay for 70 and it wouldn't be worth it, especially if I'm going to be taking mostly indoor shots.