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Should I get the 17-55mm IS USM lens?

Started Jun 6, 2015 | Questions thread
victorian squid
victorian squid Veteran Member • Posts: 3,391
Re: Agree - But ACK! TMI! TMI!

Jay Brookstone wrote:

Just kidding! The 17-55 EF-S f2.8 IS is a fine lens. How do you like your Tamron 150-600? I'm continually surprised at how well this (relatively) inexpensive superzoom performs and holds up in commercial use.

I love it. I don't know if I'd recommend it over the Sigma, as I prefer the advantages the USB dock has.

For instance, I have to send in the Tamron next week for the firmware upgrade to fix the issues the VC has with panning. I'd only have to plug the Sigma in and I'd be done!

Other than that - either I'm really lucky or Tamron hit it out of the park with this one. The AF is superb for a lens this size, fast and accurate.

I figure if Mike Jackson is using it to buy groceries, that's nothing short of astounding really.

A grand is basically play money for something like this, and I seriously didn't believe my own lying eyes when the photos were rolling in from users!

Of course, it's far from perfect and has a lot of, um, quirks.

This is the aperture performance on my 70D, and I can verify the software hadn't gone nuts. Shooting ISO charts pretty much backs this up. So really, 7.1 and 8 are where to be to squeeze the best out of the lens.

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