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Canon General Purpose/Event Lens

Started Feb 16, 2016 | Questions thread
NetMage Senior Member • Posts: 2,910
Re: Tamron 17-50 f/2.8 VC

Unfortunately a cheaper fast normal for APS-C is one area where Canon has fallen behind Nikon - there is on good <$250 28mm f/1.8 or similar lens.

Personally I think the 35mm is a bit too long and the 50mm much too long on APS-C to be good GP lenses.

If you are seeing noise in your 60D images, perhaps you are magnifying far too much on your computer display. What ISO are you using? Try viewing only the whole image on the full screen, or if you are printing poster size, view a crop of the image at the same magnification as the poster would print. Or consider some NR software - LightRoom is very good for quick NR, I use Topaz Labs DeNoise for more serious efforts.

A good copy of the 15-85 is as sharp or nearly as sharp in all the areas it overlaps in focal length and aperture with the 17-55, and of course takes pictures at focal lengths you couldn't get at all with other choices. I still think you should consider it, depending on lighting at your events.

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