Personally the best lens this year is Canon’s 11-22mm STM
It’s small, it’s light, it’s sharp, it’s got image stabilization, it’s got low distortion…and it’s so CHEAP!!!
I don’t shoot people or go birding with it, but for any other occasions, like parties, hiking, travelling, street photography, it’s a must have.
Source Article from http://www.dpreview.com/news/2014/01/02/best-gear-of-2013-the-results-are-in
Started out doing photography at the age of 6 using an uncle's old 1940 kodak brownie box camera. At 15 years of age, I decided to buy my very own 1975 Praktica SLR camera. I now shoot with a Nikon D850. I do unpaid TFP and commercial paid work. 
