What do you think I should do???

Hello everybody,

I was wondering if someone can give me a straigh an honest opinion of the Canon 28-135 mm IS lens. It looks like a great lens on paper! and I have seen some nice shots taken with it, But I have also seen some negative posts about it. I currently have the Sigma 24-70 EX lens and think it is a good lens, but I was looking for a better walk around lens. The canon looked like a good alternative to the sigma with more reach.

Should I traid in my Sigma 24-70 EX for the Canon 28-135???
Again it will be a walk around lens for people and landscape.

Thanks in advance
Paul...
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Sigma 24-70 EX F2.8
Sigma 100-300 EX F4
Sigma 105mm F2.8 EX macro
Kenko 2X / Sigma 1.4X TC
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Paul North said:

Should I traid in my Sigma 24-70 EX for the Canon 28-135???
Again it will be a walk around lens for people and landscape.

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The Canon 24-70mm is my walk around lens.

The point, you have to decide what lens suits your purposes and go for it. Are there limitations to the 28-135mm, quality wise? Yes!

Oh, Well!

See if you can borrow an equivalent lens and try it on for a couple of days.

Remember there's no perfect lens, there's never enough time and there's no camera bag big enough

Hi Tom,

Thanks for the reply. I was hoping someone could let me know how the quality, and sharpness of the 28-135 would compare to the 24-70 EX sigma.

Thanks
Paul.

Thomas Gardner said:

Paul North said:

Should I traid in my Sigma 24-70 EX for the Canon 28-135???
Again it will be a walk around lens for people and landscape.

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The Canon 24-70mm is my walk around lens.

The point, you have to decide what lens suits your purposes and go
for it. Are there limitations to the 28-135mm, quality wise? Yes!

Oh, Well!

See if you can borrow an equivalent lens and try it on for a couple
of days.

Remember there's no perfect lens, there's never enough time and
there's no camera bag big enough

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Canon D60 with BG-ED3
Sigma 24-70 EX F2.8
Sigma 100-300 EX F4
Sigma 105mm F2.8 EX macro
Kenko 2X / Sigma 1.4X TC
Bogen 3021 tripod with Bogen 3038 Ball head
Epson 1280 printer
iomega & IBM 1G microdrive

Paul North said:

Hello everybody,

I was wondering if someone can give me a straigh an honest opinion
of the Canon 28-135 mm IS lens. It looks like a great lens on
paper! and I have seen some nice shots taken with it, But I have
also seen some negative posts about it. I currently have the Sigma
24-70 EX lens and think it is a good lens, but I was looking for a
better walk around lens. The canon looked like a good alternative
to the sigma with more reach.

Should I traid in my Sigma 24-70 EX for the Canon 28-135???
Again it will be a walk around lens for people and landscape.

Thanks in advance
Paul...
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check out my pics...
http://www.pbase.com/pnorth/root
Canon D60 with BG-ED3
Sigma 24-70 EX F2.8
Sigma 100-300 EX F4
Sigma 105mm F2.8 EX macro
Kenko 2X / Sigma 1.4X TC
Bogen 3021 tripod with Bogen 3038 Ball head
Epson 1280 printer
iomega & IBM 1G microdrive

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Hi,

I got Sigma 24-70 EX F 2.8 on friday last week. It is very sharp lens.
I have EF 28-135 mm IS, I think Sigma 24-70 is much better, maby
my next walk around lens.

Kari

Hi Kari,

thanks for your input. well maybe I will stick with the 24-70mm Sigma after all! It seems like the 28-135 is not a great lens to have, and needs more PS after the initial shot to get it to an acceptable level.

Thaks for your help.

Paul...

KMM said:

Hi,

I got Sigma 24-70 EX F 2.8 on friday last week. It is very sharp lens.
I have EF 28-135 mm IS, I think Sigma 24-70 is much better, maby
my next walk around lens.

Kari

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check out my pics...
http://www.pbase.com/pnorth/root
Canon D60 with BG-ED3
Sigma 24-70 EX F2.8
Sigma 100-300 EX F4
Sigma 105mm F2.8 EX macro
Kenko 2X / Sigma 1.4X TC
Bogen 3021 tripod with Bogen 3038 Ball head
Epson 1280 printer
iomega & IBM 1G microdrive

Paul North said:

Hi Kari,

thanks for your input. well maybe I will stick with the 24-70mm
Sigma after all! It seems like the 28-135 is not a great lens to
have, and needs more PS after the initial shot to get it to an
acceptable level.

Thaks for your help.

Paul...

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Paul, I use 2 lens for 'walkaround'. An easy way to do this is to buy a Lowepro (#2 I think) lens case for a Canon 70-200 f/4 and sling this over your shoulder. I also have the Sigma 24-70 and keep it on most of the time, but I generally carry the 70-200 also. However, if you are 'trading' the 24-70 for the 28-135, that's another matter--it means you aren't in a position at this moment to 'add' a lens.
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Hey Diane,

I have decided to hang onto the 24-70 EX Sigma! I do like this lens, and think it is sharp! I was looking to get a little more reach from a lens, and that is why I was going with the 28 - 135 canon. I will look into the lowpro #2 bag, to carry around my 24-70 and 100-300 EX lens. These 2 lenses come in handy when you are at the Zoo or just walking around the park.

Thanks again
Paul..

Diane B said:

Paul North said:

Hi Kari,

thanks for your input. well maybe I will stick with the 24-70mm
Sigma after all! It seems like the 28-135 is not a great lens to
have, and needs more PS after the initial shot to get it to an
acceptable level.

Thaks for your help.

Paul...

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Paul, I use 2 lens for 'walkaround'. An easy way to do this is to
buy a Lowepro (#2 I think) lens case for a Canon 70-200 f/4 and
sling this over your shoulder. I also have the Sigma 24-70 and
keep it on most of the time, but I generally carry the 70-200 also.
However, if you are 'trading' the 24-70 for the 28-135, that's
another matter--it means you aren't in a position at this moment to
'add' a lens.
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Diane B
http://www.pbase.com/picnic/galleries
B/W lover, but color is seducing me

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check out my pics...
http://www.pbase.com/pnorth/root
Canon D60 with BG-ED3
Sigma 24-70 EX F2.8
Sigma 100-300 EX F4
Sigma 105mm F2.8 EX macro
Kenko 2X / Sigma 1.4X TC
Bogen 3021 tripod with Bogen 3038 Ball head
Epson 1280 printer
iomega & IBM 1G microdrive

Paul North said:

Hi Tom,

Thanks for the reply. I was hoping someone could let me know how
the quality, and sharpness of the 28-135 would compare to the 24-70
EX sigma.

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I was responding to your comment about replacing the Sigma 24-70mm as a walk around lens. The reason I addressed that issue is, if the 24-70 suits your needs then the 28-135 won't.

The quality of the Sigma 24-70mm is almost up to that of the Canon 28-70mm f/2.8L. The quality of the Canon 28-135mm, isn't.

Back to the walking around point, if the 28-135mm won't serve your purposes, then why entertain an idea about replacing your existing lens. So the question that needs to be answered first is, will the 28-135mm suit your shooting style? If not, then stick with the better quality lens, the Sigma 24-70mm.

Hope this helps.

Paul,

check out these two links, 1 is by Phil Askey, and the other is by Dave Etchells;

http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canond30/page19.asp

http://www.imaging-resource.com/PRODS/D60/D60A5.HTM

they were the 20-35L, 28-70L and the 28-135 IS. The shots were of a friends family and all shots were taken from a tripod in the same location with the amount of people from 2 to 10. It was very cloudy and I used the 550ex on all shots. (also shot on a tripod) There is very little difference in the shots as far as color and contrast. None were under or overexposed. They all looked pretty much similar in this lighting and situation.
John R.

I like my 28-70L but I don't have any problems with the 28-135 either. I don't have any underexposure problems with it more than any other lens I have and mines really sharp.

No way! ..

I tried a couple of 24-70EXs and OK, they aren't as sharp as the 28-70EX wide open but by the time they reached the widest aperture of the 28-135IS they were delivering better pics and no underexposure too.

The AF on the 28-135IS seems slow despite Ring USM (though doesn't make the noisy Sigma racket) , the IS doesn't seem as effective as other IS lenses even at the same focal length particularily the 75-300IS (comparing 75-135) which is far more effective, I found that it hunts bad at 28mm too in low light..

It's well made, light and compact but I wouldn't swap my 28-70EX DF for one, f2.8 is really handy, in fact there are only TWO lenses I'd change my Sigma for - the Canon 24-70L or 28-70L and that's only because they have better contrast, focus faster and dont go soft between 60 and 70mm at f2.8 - you PAY for that though, big time and there are disadvantages there too, manual focussing on the Sigma is a dream in comparison to the 28-70L ..

Just my view after using a good copy of the 28-135IS, two good Sigma 28-70EXDFs, two good Sigma 24-70EXs and a 28-70L

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