Originally posted by Andr3w I guess I should add that I shoot landscape/outdoors and always use a tripod. 90% of my shot are between f/8 and f/16. I don't expect to use this for wildlife (I know better) I was originally going to get the 17-70 and 55-300, but think I will stick with these two and add the 21mm and 70mm.
Do you have the 1st or second version of the 18-55?
Yes, if you are stopping down quite a bit, unless you are doing very large prints, I am sure you won't see any difference vs. more expensive lenses. The DA21 is a pretty cool lens. I had one for a short time, but sold it to help fund the DA15 - which I absolutely love. Possibly my favorite lens of all time.
My 18-55 is the second version, well actually the DA L. It's sufficient for snaps, and good stopped down some, but I prefer grabbing my DA15 (obviously wider with less distortion) or my M28 F3.5 (awesome, awesome lens).