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

Sovern wrote:

Dave Luttmann wrote:

Canon, Tamron, Sigma...in that order. They are actually very close...but the Canon is worth every penny.

I want to point out that if you're a portrait photography none of these zoom lenses would be on my list.

Why not?  I mean I would rather have a full frame camera and a 85L and 135L if money were no object, but for crop cameras the 17-5(x)/2.8s are pretty good.  What would you rather have for portraits if you were limited to a 1.6 crop camera?

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