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02/01/2006 04:19:56 PM · #1 |
I want to replace my kit lens, probably with either the tamron 17-35 or sigma 15-30. the tamron is 2.8 at 17mm which I think is great but the sigma is wider and cheaper. but it's also got a 86mm thread and apparently you can't use polarisers, just gelatin rear filter. the problem with the tamron, according to fred miranda, is that good copies are excellent but bad ones are, well, bad.
Anyway, advice would be much appreciated!
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02/01/2006 04:31:07 PM · #2 |
I have the Tamron 17-35 (for nikon obviously) and I wouldn't trade it for the world. It's a wonderful lens!!!
The f/2.8 IMO is crutial to such wide lens, as DOF in wide lens is high anyway. Thus I would need the wider aperture possible to get small DOF photos with it.
I don't know the sigma though, so I can't really be totaly objective, but I don't think the difference between the 17mm and the 15mm are that big.
(by the way, don't forget that you have to multiply the values in about 1.5-1.6, so a 17mm is actually 27mm lens in digital)
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02/01/2006 05:15:07 PM · #3 |
| Thanks Adi, I'm leaning towards the tamron now, can you use normal (front end) filters with it? |
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02/01/2006 05:34:02 PM · #4 |
photozone.de has reviews of both lenses.
If I remember correctly, the Sigma maybe sharper in the but it has more barrel distortion at the wide end and it's made for cropped sensors.
Good luck
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02/01/2006 05:39:33 PM · #5 |
Originally posted by yido:
photozone.de has reviews of both lenses.
If I remember correctly, the Sigma maybe sharper in the but it has more barrel distortion at the wide end and it's made for cropped sensors.
Good luck |
thanks dude, I will have a look. by the way, your lens list looks like my wish list! I'd love the bigma and the sweet 70-200 2.8L.... But first, I got to get a decent wide angle! |
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02/02/2006 07:59:37 AM · #6 |
Originally posted by tazza:
can you use normal (front end) filters with it? |
Of course you can. It requires a 77mm filter size, and there are Polarizers as well as any other filter in that size. Only a matter of $$ :-) |
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02/14/2006 01:00:51 AM · #7 |
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