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I agree with you to get the 70-200 IS as you are missing a telephoto zoom.
As for the 24-70L, I would ask you to think about it as you are planning to use it on a 1.6x body. I was running around with a 17-40L + 70-200/2.8 IS on my old Rebel 300D and I never found the need to fill in the 40-70mm focal length. You also have the 50mm prime so your gap is less (i sold off my 50/1.8 too!!). What i recommend you is to go out and try to borrow a 24-70 or 28-70 or 28-75 lens to play around and find out if the focal length will work for you. If you find yourself constantly having to switch between the 28-70 lens and your current 17-40L, i think you do not even need the 28-70 lens. If you are like me, you go need the extra mm on the long end and rather prefer the 17mm of the 17-40L. Remember you can "zoom in" by cropping but not vice versa. Personally, i want my walk-around lens to be a lens i can use without switching too often. As a result, when i upgraded to the 1DmkII, i had to get a 24-70L to get back the focal length i am used to..
180 macro: Do you really need to shoot at 1:1?? or are you more interested in close-up photography?? What i advise you is to either get some ext tubes or close-up filter (500D 77mm works great with the 70-200) and play with it.. ext tubes are a good idea as you can either sell them or slap on any macro lens to get even better magnification in the future... in a nutshell, you do need a dedicated macro lens to enjoy the world of close-up photography..
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