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Tamron, Sigma, Canon, or Canon?

Started Sep 14, 2017 | Polls thread
Albert Silver Veteran Member • Posts: 3,373
I can vouch for the Tamron
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Forever Young wrote:

Purely from the image quality point of view, which one would you choose for 35mm and 85mm primes, assuming that you already have the range covered by f/2.8 zoom lenses and these would be your first primes?

Thanks,

Imre

PS: Your opinion is important to us....

I can only comment on what I have, and the choice I made. I bought the Tamron 35 f/1.8 a bit over a year and a half ago, and it practically lives on my camera.

In fact, I am selling my Sigma 24-105 f/4 because of it. The very fast, ultra reliable focus (I am hard pressed to remember when it ever missed focus frankly), edge-to-edge sharpness, weather sealing, and extremely close focusing all make it an amazingly versatile lens.

Being a 35mm lens, this was shot quite close. Weather sealing is a plus.

It can close-focus to near macro ability - under 3 inches from lens front. This image was barely cropped at all.

AF in low light is always highly dependent on the camera, but no issues to report from the lens point of view. I have used it in many many indoor, poorly lit events.

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