Hello I am new to this forum and I am sure I am much more of an amateur than the many talented professionals here. I prefer to shoot portraits and people scenes of travel photography. My Canon XTI Rebel Kit lens, the 18-55, broke (actually I have a theory that the security of a recent foreign country...

...and I swear I have searched/read tons of posts on the subject, but I still have a lens question. :-) I'm going to be purchasing the Rebel XTi w/ the 18-55mm lens that comes with it. I'm also getting the 50mm/1.8. I don't know what those numbers mean haha but after doing some research here...