Hi,
> prices on their website, most lenses seemed to be priced pretty well
> in the Canon league. I priced a Sigma at about the same price as the
> Canon a few months ago.
Yesterday I ordered a 17-35HSM from Sigma at NY-Camera, it costs
1398.- DM, which is ~600.- USD.
> Although I agree USM isn't as important on a wide angle lens, and,
> hey,
> I love to manually touch up my focus, autofocus without USM just isn't
> the same. The USM focuses so fast and quiet on this EF 20-35, you
> don't even notice it.
I compared both the 20-35USM and the 17-35HSM on a -1V and I think
that the USM is as fast as the HSM from Sigma. Unlike the 2.8/70-
200HSM, with the 17-35HSM you can�t manually focus while AF is
switched on.
Advantage of the Sigma: lenshood and lens pouch included.
Disadvantage: closest focusing distance of only 50cm. The 20/2.8USM
is far better with 25cm. But hey, a lot of pros use the 2.8/17-35USM
and this lens focuses up to 42cm, so I believe that a few cm are not
that important.
> pull back to manually focus? The other thing that might bug me, and
> I'm not sure the Tokina has it, is some 3rd party lenses have the zoom
> ring that turns opposite to the normal zoom, that might be a bit
> strange.
I agree with you, this is a little bit strange. But I got used to it
very fast.
I found a Sigma 3.5-4.5/18-35 lens at a German mail-order
(www.internet-foto.de) at a good price (I think it was ~800.- DM,
which is ~250.- USD). But I do not know sure if they sell to foreign
countries and I don�t know about the quality of the lens. Anybody on
the list who knows more about this lens?
Bye,
Marco
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