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

K

Kelvrick

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