> At the risk of tweaking some people, IMO third party lenses > are simply not > as good overall and to offset this they must offer lower > prices to create a
Whatever!!! How come only Canon and Nikon can build good lenses? It just does not make sense! > place in the market. That said, not ALL Canon lenses are > diamonds but there very are few poor lenses in the line up within a given > category and price point. Here are some qualifying words; among third party > lenses there are a few truly excellent lenses (Sigma comes to mind), but overall > no third party lens maker offers a complete lens system of the quality of > Canon (or Nikon for that matter). They do not need to. Most third party companies need to offer a good set of lenses that either offer value advantage, or simply for cases where there is a gap in the lineup. Comparable Canon and third party lenses either seem to both stink or good at the same time. The worst thing companies like Sigma did were to enter the EOS market with bad consumer lenses. That gave them a bad name which some people still hang on to (like you). Canon makes a lot of good lenses - they have to because they have to sell the EOS line. Sigma etc. does what makes business sense. THey make couple bad ones, pretty much inline with whatever Canon makes bad (like75-300, 28-80). But when it comes to prosumer market, i think that many third party offerings are at least as good as Canon. Canon also can afford to make some truely outstanding lenses that sells for a fortune. The target markets are different, but for most of us who are not professional photographers, but are not beginners either, third party lenses can often be a better choice. Anyway Chip, you must be happy since this was definitely a trol but I still wanted to respond. I can't understand your stubborn approach in this case. > > Let it fly! > > > Regards, > > Chip Louie > * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
