Bob wrote:
Paulo Abrantes wrote:
Hello list,
I hope this isn't a bit out of topic since most of you are probably
professionals
and I'm a simple amateur photographer with an EOS 300D, anyhow please
let me know if I'm OOT, thank you! :)
Currently I own 2 lens: the Canon EF 18-55mm which came with EOS 300D
(which
I don't like it very much, it seems to fragile, specially the focusing
ring) and a Sigma 55-200mm DC that I think has an excellent price/quality
relation (I bought it new, almost an year ago, for 170euros. I guess it
was a good bargain).
I'm thinking in buying a "all in one" lens, something like 28-135mm so
I hadn't
to be all the time switching between lens! Although I didn't want to
spend much
money (Ok I know they don't come cheap but I've seen a really big
price range), I know canon has one, but it's with USM so probably it's
very expensive for someone that only does photography has an hobbie.
My question is, should I really go for the canon one? Or should I try
to go for
the Sigma 28-135mm (they also have one, and my 55-200mm didn't let me
down), or
any other brand? (I'm don't know many others...I've seen Tokina lens
but don't know if they are good or not)
Also, do you think it's a bad choice I'm doing? Should I stick with
the 2 lens
I have?
All comments are appreciated.
Thank you for your time, and sorry if my english isn't the best!
I am thinking that the Canon 28-135 you are considering is the IS lens
The IS means that the lens has the Image Stabilization feature which is
a nice feature to have since it allows longer hand held exposures. As
far as I know, the Sigma does not have this feature. So you are really
not comparing equal lenses.
I think the IS is worth the extra money. That is the lens I put on my
EOS-3 or 20D when I want to carry one lens.
Bob
Hi
Normally I would also agree with 28-135 IS option (it's a very good lens). Did
you know that Canon just announced a 24-105 f4 L lens with IS? The new lens is
one of the 'L' series (Canons Pro lens series) and should be much better than
the 28-135 (plus it's f4 instead of f5.6 at the tele end).
Rob
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