Lens combo for 20d, which of these pairs would you guys go for?

[Kelvrick]

Yep, I booked a cruise this May, right after my busy season ends and my 70-80 hour weeks. I figure to reward myself ahead of time, and in the spirit of preserving precious memories with the significant other, I should go about getting more lenses.

I'm looking at two pairs.

1:
Tamron 17-50 2.8 ~350
Sigma 50-150 2.8 ~600

2:
Sigma 24-60 2.8 ~200
Sigma 70-200 2.8 ~750

I'd love to splurge for the 17-55 2.8ix and the 70-200 2.8is but well, I'm not dreaming.

So, what do you guys think?

On a crop, I think it'd really like the 17 from the tamron, but the sigma gives me a much larger range and leaves it open for say a 10-22 in the future. Right now, I'm leaning tamron, but maybe you guys can convince me otherwise.

EDIT: The winner is the Tamron from group 1 and the Sigma 70-200 from group 2.

 

[OdiN]

Can you get the Tamron 17-50 and the Sigma 70-200? You won't really miss in between the 50mm and 70mm much.

 

[pennylane]

Originally posted by: OdiN
Can you get the Tamron 17-50 and the Sigma 70-200? You won't really miss in between the 50mm and 70mm much.

I agree. I have a Tamron 17-50 and a Nikon 70-300 (on a Nikon camera, obviously). I've never felt like I needed 50-70mm. If I want to zoom in past 50, I pretty much always want to zoom to at least 70.

 

[ElFenix]

i'd get the tamron for the standard zoom. 17 is just so much more wide than 24. you can still get a 10-22 in the future with the tamron. overlap isn't a bad thing. especially due to the fact that the tamron is about 2 stops faster in the overlapping range. or, if you wanted, and if tokina ever puts it out in the US, you could get the tokina 11-16 f/2.8 and have fast lenses up and down the lineup.

anyone know about the tokina lens i linked to? i haven't seen it for sale anywhere.

 

[Kelvrick]

Looks like we have a winner. Coming back in, I was just thinking why didn't I combine those two.

I don't think the Tokina is avialable in the US yet. Wasn't it just released in Japan this month? Importing would probably be horribly expensive considering the US dollar.

 

[Jawo]

I have thoughly enjoyed the Tamron 17-50 f/2.8 as my primary lens over the past 8 months. My other lens is Canon's 70-300 f/4-5.6 IS USM (similar in price to the Sigma 50-150). You will not notice the difference between 50-70.

 

[randomlinh]

Tamron 17-50 and the Sigma 70-200... although, if you can't handhold it well, go w/ the 50-150. Or, if you don't mind the slower 70-200 F4L... so so nice (and light)

 

[Alyx]

I'd recommend trying for the Sigma 70-200 F/2.8 Non-Macro if you can find it, its an older lens so you can't buy it new. If you don't mind loosing 2.8 (which is a bummer) the sharpness of the 70-200 F4L is amazing.

Macro:
http://www.fredmiranda.com/rev...duct=318&sort=7&cat=37

Non-Macro:
http://www.fredmiranda.com/rev...ge=15&cat=37#poststart