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Canon EF-S 17-55mm VS Sigma 17-50mm VS Tamron 17-50mm?

Started Jan 7, 2013 | Discussions thread
jitteringjr Veteran Member • Posts: 3,608
Re: neither - 4 items, in budget, and much more powerful

MAC wrote:

the 15-85 IS between 15-23 at f3.5

First off, will you people stop re-quoting every single past post.  Cut out everything except what is relevant to what you have to say in your current post.

Second.  The 15-85 is a great lens, but your consistent over defending this lens, reeks of someone not happy with something defending it to make them feel better about it.

I have no idea why you keep pushing this incorrect statement about the 15-85.  It's only 3.5 from 15-17mm.

Here is the actual max aperture of the 15-85:

15-17mm - 3.5

18-26mm - 4.0

27-37mm - 4.5

38-60mm 5.0

>60mm - 5.6

Using the max aperture at wide angles is hugely worthless for most people anyhow.  Most people shooting wide angle are trying to get more in focus and stopping down anyhow.

I don't think your idea of pairing the 15-85 up with a faster prime like the 35/3 is a bad idea though. Although I would go with the Sigma 30/1.4 instead.

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