Which lens comes next?

[Chocoholix]

Hello!!
I have been wanting to buy another lens but I do not know what to buy...
Currently I own, the standard lens that came with my camera (18-55 IS), a 50mm 1.8 and an 85mm 1.8, all Canon.

I do portait photography and action photography (in the sense that I also do a few kids' sport events).
Which other lens would you recommend? I have rented and tried a 200mm lens for my sport stuff but I found out it wasn't worth it, I got the same results with my 85mm... heck, I wasn't photographing lions in Africa, nor was I in a huge stadium 1000 feet away from the athletes :)

My other equipment are a Speedlite 480, softbox, tripod(s), a second flash unit with the appropriate hot shoe and remote, battery grip and extra batteries, umbrella lights and backdrop stand with backdrops plus several pieces of cocoons, hats etc etc for baby photography...

What else would you suggest I add to my equipment bag?

[RichardTaylor]

What can't you capture now with your existing equipment that you want to capture?
If you don't know what to buy then you possibly don't need it. Wait until you do need it (not want).

[Chocoholix]

Ok don't laugh but I would like to do panoramas and such.. Greece has beautiful landscapes... Although I haven't tried my 85mm lens (yet), I wasn't happy with the 50mm lens or the standard kit lens... hmmmmm.

[OsmosisStudios]

If panoramas is what you wanna do, then you've already got too much gear. The whole trick to panos is using slightly longer lenses and taking a bunch of photos. The trick is knowing how to do it, how to use the software you need, and how to get things right.

[Krusty79]

If you're serious about panoramas, they have panoramic tripod heads designed to eliminate the parallax effect.

Unless you want to make your own - How to Build a Panoramic Tripod Head (with pictures) - wikiHow

[inkista]

Originally Posted by Chocoholix

Ok don't laugh but I would like to do panoramas and such.. Greece has beautiful landscapes... Although I haven't tried my 85mm lens (yet), I wasn't happy with the 50mm lens or the standard kit lens... hmmmmm.

Did you try stopping them down past f/8? the kit lens itself may surprise you at the smaller apertures.

My recommendation would be an adapted Contax/Yashica Zeiss Distagon T* 28mm f/2.8, but I'm an eccentric.

[Tiberius]

Don't buy anything unless you have a need for it. As was mentioned, if you want to shoot something you can't shoot at the moment, then that should guide you.