--- Skip <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Tom Pfeiffer wrote:
> > Peter, you once took me to task in some comments I
> > made about the Tamron lens, but reading your
> > comments here make me want to ask what your (and
> > others') thoughts on on the best way to go below
> > 20mm in the EOS world. My current superwide is the
> > Canon 20-35 USM (not the L), and I've often
thought
> > either the Canon or Sigma 17-35 would be the
> > replacement for it someday because I think I would
> > really enjoy the extra coverage. But not enough to
> > buy a prime, unless it was the Tokina 17mm, which
> > I don't know very well.
> > I'd rather have the convenience of a zoom AND not
> > add a lens to my kit but just replace one. Not
> > that I'm not happy with what I've got, but I know
> > I'd use that other 3mm from time to time.
> >
> > Tom P.
>
> I know you didn't ask me, but I'll throw in my 2
> cents, anyway. I have the Sigma 17-35, and I'm very
> happy with it. I rented the Canon 17-35L and the
> 15mm fisheye, and ended up buying the Sigma versions
> of both.
> The sharpness of the Sigma wide zoom, subjectively,
> seems equal to the Canon, and distortion about the
> same, at about 1/3 the price. It is very well
> built, seemingly mostly of metal, focuses pretty
> fast, it is an EX model, but lacks the FTM of the
> Canon. BTW, pretty much the same comments go for
> the fisheye, too, for what it's worth.
> Skip
I'll jump in as well - until recently I owned the
Sigma 17-35 and I found it to be excellent, especially
for the price. I'd bought it in preference to a prime
(Tokina 17mm actually) because it's a zoom and has
that added flexibility.
Why do I no longer own it? Size, mainly - a problem
it shares with the Canon equivalent. Due to limited
bag space, as often as not, I found I was leaving it
at home because I didn't have *quite* enough room in
the bag.
So what did I replace it with? A Tokina 17mm ATX -
another very nice lens - my 3rd one in fact (Canon FD,
Nikon and now EOS. Actually I've recently bought my
fourth - for a Nikon f80). It's almost as heavy as
the Sigma due to its metal barrel construction, but
quite a lot smaller - so I take it with me much more
often than I ever did the Sigma.
Sure, I miss the zoom range, but not as much as I
missed the Sigma every time I left it at home!
Either way I can recommend both lenses to you. If you
don't mind the size, the Sigma is a great lens, but
then so too is the Tokina.
Regards
Gary
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