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Henrikw
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I am a wedding photographer and was looking forward to Canon finally releasing a 24-70 IS. I would have bought it at any price. When they screwed us over I decided to sell my old canon 24-70 for this Tamron. Best upgrade I have ever made. The Tamron is noticeably sharper at all focal lengths, a bit wider somehow and the stabilization has saved the day in many low light situations (ie church ceremonies). The vignetting does not bother me – in fact I often add it in post production. I assume tests will show that the Tamron is not quite on par with Canon's new 24-70. However, clients do no pixel peep for sharpness or compare the quality of bokeh. Being able to get a shot a non is lens can't, is more important.
I sincerely hope people with common sense will ignore Canon's overpriced 24-70 mk2 for this great Tamron lens - teach them a lesson for not listening to customer demands.
Henrikw: Canon has completely lost the plot. Utterly pointless lens as there is already the 24-105 for less money. Prior to this they came up with another pointless lens, the new 24-70 without IS so no major upgrade. And before you say it, no - IS does not deteriorate the image quality. The 70-200 mk II is a testament to that. so...HOW ABOUT A 24-70 IS?!?!?!?!?
If you are pixel peeping, yes. In real life that doesn't justify a $1000 price hike. IS on the other hand....but no, they think it's much more useful to have IS in a 35mm prime. Speechless
Canon has completely lost the plot. Utterly pointless lens as there is already the 24-105 for less money. Prior to this they came up with another pointless lens, the new 24-70 without IS so no major upgrade. And before you say it, no - IS does not deteriorate the image quality. The 70-200 mk II is a testament to that. so...HOW ABOUT A 24-70 IS?!?!?!?!?
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Fuchsteufel: http://guide-images.ifixit.net/igi/6RsOCVTleZnGaPMl.huge
The iPhone 5 cam sensor (left) is about 20% smaller :( I loved the quality of 4s pictures, and I have an iPh5 on order. So disappointed. I may cancel and get a Galaxy or something.
Judging by this review, the iphone 5 camera is much better!
http://gizmodo.com/5945262/iphone-5-camera-battle-is-it-the-best-smartphone-shooter
jon404: No built-in flash; won't work for me. Shame you can't use it's wi-fi to set off a slave flash.
Built in flash is for crappy snapshots. If you want pleasant flash light, you need to attach a swivel flash and bounce on a wall. The light from a small build in flash looks pants.
Yep - this b/w look can only be achieved with this monochrome Leica.
Leica snobbery to the extreme