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Canon 17-55mm or sigma 18-35mm ?

Started Feb 2, 2014 | Discussions thread
jvkelley Contributing Member • Posts: 849
Re: Here's an easy way to think about lenses:

peterharvey wrote:

Your analysis Ignores one key dimension: Image Quality

I've tried to classify by specifications, eg Benz E Class vs BMW 5 Series vs Audi A6 vs Lexus GS.
The image quality is best represented by 4-way comparison tests like these: http://youtu.be/T3UfbsdfUu8
Great video - the 18-35 does come out best on image quality...

After watching that video, I was surprised at how little of a difference there was in image quality.  The Tamron was clearly the worst, but after that I didn't think the differences were very much.

Statements like "The Sigma is better at f1.8 than the Canon at 2.8" or "The Sigma resolves twice as much detail the Canon" are not supported by this video.  Maybe if he had chosen a subject with more fine detail, we'd see bigger differences.

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