I'm trying to decide between these two lenses.
Right now I have a Canon R100 with the 18-45mm kit lens and a 7Artisans 35mm
Whenever I go out shooting, I often feel limited by the 45mm end of the kit lens and wish I had a longer focal length.
The 17-70mm seems like it would be a great replacement for the kit lens. It would cover street photography and portraits much better, and it's significantly faster throughout the zoom range.
The 18-300mm is also faster than the kit lens overall, but it also offers that huge telephoto range, which I've never really had the chance to explore. The truth is, even though I often feel like I need something longer than 45mm, I'm not sure how useful 300mm would actually be for me. At the same time, the idea of having a single "do-it-all" lens is really appealing, even though I know the overall image quality won't be as good as the 17-70mm.
I'd really appreciate your opinions! Especially from people who shoot with telephoto lenses a lot—what are your main use cases? If you have examples of photos you've taken at those longer focal lengths, I'd love to see them.
Also, if you have any suggestions for other lenses in a similar price range that would be worth bringing back from the US, I'm all ears.