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wiregen Offline Upload & Sell: On p.1 #1 · My Newbie Walk-around Lense Crisis Hello everyone! I'm new here and this is my first ever post, since I have hopped into the Digital SLR scene. Anyways I have a Rebel XT and I have outgrown the kit lense. I have been research for a good walk around lense since I am a fan of general potraits and street photography. However, I'm torn between certain lenses since these are within my price range ($300-400) -The Tamron 28-70mm has very high praises on the forums (if you get a good copy) Which I am gearing for since the photos look great! -My friend told me to go for the Canon 28-135mm USM IS lense since they said the IS is good. I have looked into this lense and seems like a standard walk around lense that people favor (except the weight) Overall I am looking for a very sharp lense that I can walk around with and not having to switch out lenses for a specific shot. Any other opinions would be great! Thanks for the awesome community here! Aug 17, 2005 at 03:58 PM

sreachard Offline Upload & Sell: Off p.1 #2 · My Newbie Walk-around Lense Crisis With out knowing what you mean by out growing the kit lens (longer reach, larger apeature, faster autofocus, full time manual focus, sharper) I'll take a stab anyway. I think that 28mm will not be wide enough on a 1.6 crop. I'm selling my 24 - 85 because I want wider for a walkaround lens so. The sigma 18 - 50 2.8 would be my choice if longer reach isn't your goal but i think it is $500. I have a sigma 18-125 that is my new walk around lens, it is sharp, auto focus is slow and noisy, no full time manual, but nice range. I plan to add a 35 or 28 prime for low light. The canon 17-85 IS would also be a good choice but $570. Tamron and sigma both have an 18-200 super zoom, but with an 11X zoom i'm not sure how sharp they are. Staying in your price range the sigma 18-125 might be your best choice if you can live with the shortcomings i mentioned. The canon 24-85 would also be a good choice if 24 is wide enough, it's ring usm, so full time manual, silent, and fast focusing. good luck Aug 17, 2005 at 04:29 PM

rcarboni Offline Upload & Sell: Off p.1 #3 · My Newbie Walk-around Lense Crisis If you like general nature and wildlife shooting, I think the 28-135 is a great all-around lens. Pretty good with people as well. Would probably be a good street lens for smaller subjects. If you are into more of the landscape/vista thing, then maybe the 18-50 is a better choice. These shots were all taken with the 28-135, handheld, no flash. Aug 17, 2005 at 05:01 PM

paparazzinick Offline Dedicated FM Upload & Sell: On p.1 #4 · My Newbie Walk-around Lense Crisis you want a good all around walkaround that is light, gets shrp pics and costs $400, get the Tamron 18-200 XR Di II... I had that lens and it was awesome. The only reason I sold it was because I needed cash to fund a new lens that I would be using more since the majority of my work is sports and weddings and I dont hvae the luxery of walking around like i use to. Get it, you wont regret it. Aug 17, 2005 at 05:29 PM

wiregen Offline Upload & Sell: On p.1 #5 · My Newbie Walk-around Lense Crisis sreachard wrote: With out knowing what you mean by out growing the kit lens (longer reach, larger apeature, faster autofocus, full time manual focus, sharper) I'll take a stab anyway. I think that 28mm will not be wide enough on a 1.6 crop. I'm selling my 24 - 85 because I want wider for a walkaround lens so. The sigma 18 - 50 2.8 would be my choice if longer reach isn't your goal but i think it is $500. I have a sigma 18-125 that is my new walk around lens, it is sharp, auto focus is slow and noisy, no full time manual, but nice range. I plan to add a 35 or 28 prime for low light. The canon 17-85 IS would also be a good choice but $570. Tamron and sigma both have an 18-200 super zoom, but with an 11X zoom i'm not sure how sharp they are. Staying in your price range the sigma 18-125 might be your best choice if you can live with the shortcomings i mentioned. The canon 24-85 would also be a good choice if 24 is wide enough, it's ring usm, so full time manual, silent, and fast focusing. good luck I dont really need a far telephoto lense. I am looking for more of nice quality shots than anything else. However, I would like a good wideangle view since I would like to take shots of city scapes. I'll research those lenses you've stated. Thanks! Aug 17, 2005 at 06:08 PM

dparish Offline Upload & Sell: Off p.1 #6 · My Newbie Walk-around Lense Crisis From my experience the 28-135 focus hunts alot and the pictures were not that sharp. I understand a 24-105 F4 L IS is on the way in a few weeks. If it's true, that would be a fantastic walk around. -Dave Aug 17, 2005 at 06:35 PM

jorj7 Offline Upload & Sell: Off p.1 #7 · My Newbie Walk-around Lense Crisis I assume you want a light weight zoom with decent range to use outdoors. Just from my experience I like the Sigma 18-200. Not very good in low light, but very good otherwise. Other lenses of this type I've used/owned are: Canon 17-85 decent but expensive Canon 18-55 fair and cheap Canon 28-105 good performance and reasonably priced Tamron 28-75 good performer but limited range Tamron 24-135 good performer and decent range Sigma 28-105 not a good experience I'd like to try the Sigma 18-50, 24-70, Canon 24-70 and 28-135, but haven't had a chance yet. Aug 17, 2005 at 06:39 PM

melissa1959 Offline Upload & Sell: Off p.1 #8 · My Newbie Walk-around Lense Crisis Most "walk around" lenses won't give you a good wide angle view...at least not on a DSLR. If you can move into two lenses, one on your camera and one in a pouch on your belt, you might take a look at the Tokina 12-24 (not Canon and not fast, but has a good reputation for the $500 spent. I'm thinking of getting on of these for vacation myself.) and the Canon 28-135 IS. (again, it's not fast but I've had very good luck with this. And the focal range is super.) Some people have used and like Canon's 17-85 IS as a walk around lens. I've not tried it but it might be worth looking into. Give us a better idea of what you want to do and why you weren't happy with your kit lens. That will help us to better help you. Me, I found that I needed a faster lens with a maximum 2.8 aperture. Aug 17, 2005 at 06:46 PM

wiregen Offline Upload & Sell: On p.1 #9 · My Newbie Walk-around Lense Crisis Thanks for the advice everyone. The reason why I wasn't really happy with my kit is the lack of sharpness and it had a very hard time "looking" I am liking the Tamron 24-135mm - it looks like it has better ratings than the canon 28-135. Now I am wondering the sharpness of the 28-75 vs the 24-135mm tamron lenses. I dont think I would need the extended range, but it will be good if I need it. If the sharpness is barelly noticeable I would guess the extra range should be good. right? After hours of reading around I think I'm just going to get a deticated wide angle AF 17-35mm Tamron lense which should be good since the 1.6 crop factor should give me a decent wide angle. The reviewers love how sharp the lense is. Aug 17, 2005 at 08:23 PM

alarratt Offline Upload & Sell: Off p.1 #10 · My Newbie Walk-around Lense Crisis My walk around kit is the EF-s 10 -22, and the 28 - 135 IS... Between these two lens I use almost nothing else... I have primes that come out when they are needed.. but if I am just running out the door and bringing my little camera bag, itis these two lenses that cme.. If I was just going out with the camera, and carrying nothing else, I would bring the 28 -135 and be perfectly happy... It is just the best lens I have hands down for versatility... of course the 10 - 22 is my favorite lens because I love wide... but that is its only use. The next lens I want to add on to my set is the 100 - 400 IS, or the 75 - 300 IS... the problem is just the decision over how much weight do I want, and how much $$$ can I afford (which is why I am going with the 75 - 300 if I can get it... it wins both in weight and price... I just will miss the extra reach and with both lenses I will pay with the lack of speed)... Aug 17, 2005 at 10:01 PM

krieves Offline Upload & Sell: Off p.1 #11 · My Newbie Walk-around Lense Crisis My 28-135 IS is the most flexible lens I own. I don't know why people say it's not sharp. Mine is very sharp. However, there may be inconsistant manufacturing standards that means inconsistant lens quality. The image below was taken with a 20D. I have a 13x19 print of this and it is very sharp. I compressed the photo below with ImageReady so the quality degraded some. Aug 17, 2005 at 10:06 PM

Khug Offline Upload & Sell: Off p.1 #12 · My Newbie Walk-around Lense Crisis I just recently purchased a Rebel XT. My boyfriend loaned me 2 of his lenes to give me some glass to learn with. I also have the 50 mm 1:1.8. Out of the 3 lenes the 28-135 IS is my favorite lens. It stays on my camera most of the time. I'm gonna cry when he needs it back. Aug 17, 2005 at 10:40 PM

rocketpop Offline Upload & Sell: On p.1 #13 · My Newbie Walk-around Lense Crisis I'm looking forward to the newly rumored "24-105 F4L" that will be the "kit lens" for the 5D. Aug 17, 2005 at 11:00 PM

EvilZardoz Offline Upload & Sell: Off p.1 #14 · My Newbie Walk-around Lense Crisis The 28-135IS (or at least, the copy I have) might as well be made out of plastic. It's sharp-ish. Kinda. I guess on a 300D it might be sharp enough. It seems that yes, there are good copies of that lens around but it's the luck of the draw. IS is nice, but I believe the 17-85 IS has a newer generation of IS in it and I haven't heard of any sharpness complaints from that lens. Although I have never used a 17-85 IS and cannot comment on its sharpness, I'd suggest that over the 28-135 IS anyday. The 24-105L IS that's rumored to come out will probably be out of your price range but it sounds exciting Aug 18, 2005 at 09:57 AM

Jman13 Online Dedicated FM Upload & Sell: On p.1 #15 · My Newbie Walk-around Lense Crisis I love my Sigma 18-125mm. It's got a fantastic range, is very sharp when stopped down a smidge at all focal lengths, and is actually acceptable wide open as well. Really, much better optical quality than one would expect in small lens with this range. Aug 18, 2005 at 10:21 AM

adamp88 Offline Upload & Sell: Off p.1 #16 · My Newbie Walk-around Lense Crisis rocketpop wrote: I'm looking forward to the newly rumored "24-105 F4L" that will be the "kit lens" for the 5D. I highly doubt Canon would use an L for a kit lens. Aug 18, 2005 at 11:31 AM

sino408 Offline Upload & Sell: Off p.1 #17 · My Newbie Walk-around Lense Crisis Oh sure they would, it'd be a $5000 kit though Aug 19, 2005 at 12:04 AM

Paul Gardner Offline Upload & Sell: Off p.1 #18 · My Newbie Walk-around Lense Crisis The Sigma 18-200 is a very versital lens and great for the price. Aug 19, 2005 at 01:17 AM

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