As people have mentioned, its difficult to recommend lenses when you havent really mentioned what your shooting style/preferences are. I mean that in the context of focal length. Do you like to shoot tight or wide?
No one has addresses your selection of photographic processing software, which I will take a stab at.
I do not own a Mac, and have not used Aperture, but have heard many positives on it. Adobe PS is the Mac Daddy of them all, but is grotesquely expensive, and would chew a huge amount out of your lens budget. I would recommend Adobe Lightroom, as it is a true workflow program, at a very reasonable price.
Nov 21, 2008 at 05:01 PM
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