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Upgrading from Tamron 17-50 VC for event photography

Started Mar 2, 2020 | Discussions thread
FooHead Contributing Member • Posts: 546
Re: Upgrading from Tamron 17-50 VC for event photography

I've had 2 copies of the canon 17-55 f2.8.and was dissapointed both times. Soft wide open, terrible lens creep and poor build quality. IQ was no better than my 18-135 stm @ 5.6 and beyond. It's an ancient lens now, maybe when camera's were 18 mp it was a good lens. Don't believe the hype this lens.gets.

I have a.sigma 17-50 that performs better than the canon did. I think there's a big sample variation with the sigma and was lucky to get a good one.

As others have said, not many options for a fast apsc zoom.

For fast I went primes, 35mm mostly and.sometimes 50mm

 FooHead's gear list:FooHead's gear list
Canon EOS 1100D Canon EOS 80D Canon EF 35mm F2.0 Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM Canon EF-S 18-135mm F3.5-5.6 IS STM +2 more
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