recommend a lens
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- rafalski0
18-55mm is a cheap amateur lens that only gets 'crisp' stepped down to f6.3 and further. It is known to be "surprisingly good for the price", which doesn't actually say it's good. I'd recommend getting some quality 'universal replacement', ebaying the 18-55, and then starting to look for teles, primes etc.
A good lens that combines wide angle, range, sharpness, macro capability and fast aperture is the new Sigma 17-70mm f2.8-4.5 DC Macro. Canon 17-40L f/4 is a great lens, only twice as expensive. Some like sigma 18-50 f/2.8, but it's reportedly quite soft @f/2.8
I wouldn't buy a zoom that is 24 or 28 at wide angle for the rebel. They're neither wide nor long and belong in fullframe world.
IMO, of course :)btw, I ordered the Sigma 17-70, will have it on Friday