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Re: Canon EF-S 17-55mm VS Sigma 17-50mm VS Tamron 17-50mm?
psychoticpanda wrote:
I need help deciding on a new better quality kit lens...
I am shooting with a 60D that I just got so I'm sticking with a crop lens to get the full wide angle that I need. Please help me pick (with evidence why) between the three lenses.
My budget is about 1000-1500$ but I also want a new Canon flash... Do you think I should go with the Canon and wait for more money to get the flash or sacrifice IQ for a third party brand? Or is the third party somehow better for cheaper? Please help never bought any third party lenses before! I am open to any suggestions, but please keep in mind I would it for everyday use (landscape/portraits) and I prefer a wide angle since I don't have any good quality wide lenses.
- Canon EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM Lens (999$)
- Sigma 17-50mm f/2.8 EX DC OS HSM FLD (619$)
- Tamron AF 17-50mm F/2.8 SP XR Di II VC (549$)
All of these prices are from Amazon, the Tamron has a 100$ mail in rebate offer.
PS: I would like to use the lens for some video also... But, mostly photographs.
THANKS FOR THE HELP!
Please do yourself a favor and buy the Canon 17-55 IS. It is regarded as the best Canon crop body zoom lens an that's for a good reason. It will have the best corner to corner sharpness, best color, saturation, contrast due to it being a Canon lens and not off brand. It has 5mm more reach than the Tamron and Sigma. It also has the highest resale value due to it being a Canon lens in case you ever want to sell it.
I bought the Tamron 17-50 and it was terrible, terrible bokeh, a cool color cast, it lacked contrast and saturation. I sold it and bought myself the Canon 85 1.8 as even my old Canon 50 1.8 prime blew away the Tamron 17-50 image quality wise.
As for flash, go ahead and get yourself a Yungnuo 560 II manual speedlite for the time being for only $70. It's just about as powerful as the $500 Canon flasgship flashes and the yungnuo can be used as a slave via infared if you ever get a Canon flash in the future.
So with that said don't cheap out on lenses and go off brand. Get yourself the highest quality for the money that you have and make sure that you weigh out the pros with the cons and would suggest with sticking with Canon only lenses.