Evrim:
I bought my CANON 28-70 f2.8L. It's the sharpest and fastest (focusing) --
not to mention it's got full-time manual focusing (FTM). Unfortunately,
it's probably the most expensive one. I got mine for $900. Here's my
opinion on your list of lenses:
28-135 IS: too slow...especially at the 135 end (f5.6)
Sigma: it has FTM, but not as well constructed as the Canon
Tamron: WAY too big (82mm filter size!!). Badly constructed, too (my friend
dropped one and we opened it up, it was all plastic...).
Maybe I'm too big of a Canon fan. But whenever I needed to trust my Canon
lenses, they've never failed.
> I am in the market to buy a new lens, covering the 24-80 (or 105) range to
> replace the 28-80 USM (crappy) lens. I am looking for good image quality.
It
> does not have to be the exact focal lenghts I mentioned. I will use such
> lens most of the time, and am planning to use it to shoot outdoors as well
> as indoor dance pictures (swing and salsa dancing) using my 420ex flash
> (dance pictures require fast focusing). I already have a Canon Elan IIe,
> 50mm 1.8, and 100-300 5.6.
>
> I am considering 28-135 IS, along with Sigma 28-70mm f/2.8 EX Aspherical,
> Tokina AF28-70mm f/2.6-2.8 AT-X
> PRO HLD, Tokina AF28-80mm f/2.8 AT-X PRO. Any other ideas? HOw about
28-105
> F2.8 TAMRON Asperical? I think there were more recent Canon lenses
covering
> this range as well. There is also the used 28-80 F2.8-4 L USM, but that
> seems a bit more expensive around $750, and might be too big to carry
> around.
>
> Any feedback is appreciated.
>
> Evrim
>
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