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Tamron AF 24-135MM F/3.5-5.6 AD Aspherical (IF) Macro
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Review Date: Feb 4, 2006
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $369.00
| Rating: 9
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Pros:
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Good price.
Excellent color/light rendition (comparable to L class)
Quick AF (reasonable noise level)
Good sharpness (a notch or two below L class)
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Cons:
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Ackward zoom (a little rough, a little tight)
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Its a notch or two below my Canon 17-40L in terms of brightness and sharpness but it can come really close with a little lightening and sharpening.
Most importantly, and this is what most people don't get about the Canon L class lens: color/light rendition. This lens renders colors and light very close to my L lens. This is much more difficult to mimic in post.
Here is a simple comparison pic, so you can get an idea as to how close these lens are:
http://allang.smugmug.com/gallery/1178544/1/55086231/Large
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Sigma 28-70mm f2.8 EX Aspherical DF
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Review Date: Jan 26, 2006
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $385.00
| Rating: 7
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Pros:
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Good lens for the money.
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Cons:
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Loud AF, not L class image quality
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I was hoping that this lens would be able to produce L class image quality but at las no. It's a good lens, certainly above the average consumer class lens but not in L class territory.
PS Under certain lighting conditions it comes very close but once you look at a wide range of images you begin to see the differences.
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