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

Started Jan 7, 2013 | Discussions thread
Sovern Contributing Member • Posts: 907
Re: Canon EF-S 17-55mm VS Sigma 17-50mm VS Tamron 17-50mm?

amosf wrote:

It's nice when you catch one like that. Anyone who would buy a used 50 1.8 for $10 off new price (or anything near new price) is silly at best It's nice when you get one of those people to buy stuff. Of course the 50 1.8 hype helps a lot.

Mind you, as painful as the 50 1.8 can be at times, I don't quite understand how anyone would sell one either

I sold mines because despite going against what I felt was a good lens (the Canon 50 1.8 that is) people kept on praising the Tamron 17-50 2.8 and when I bought it I gave it a whole month and I was thoroughly disappointed with the lens image quality wise and bokeh wise coming from my 50 1.8. I will be buying the 50 1.8 again as my next lens actually and this time around I will be keeping it lol.

You can look all around ebay to see my point though or even craigslist. People are managing to sell the 50 1.8 used for $90-100. Search up Tamron or Sigma lenses and they are selling for $100 or worse than what they cost brand new.

Canon lenses hold their value extremely well.

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