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Photo Forum / Film Photography / 35 mm / March 2005tamron lenses for sports
i have had a look at www.ajpurdy.co.uk selection of lenses. Most of it is L glass costing ?900 upwards. I currently have the 28-105 usm and the 70-300. I seem to have a bit too much depth of field with the 70-300 when shooting football. even at 5.6. I am currently using sports mode with my 300D as this is the only way of acquiring servo focusing and continous shooting and high speed shutter and higher iso setting. Some have suggested that i get faster glass that would improve the focusing than buying the 20D. Faster glass in canons own seems out of my price range. I am not a big fan of sigma. What do you guys think of tamron? (ian lincoln) >Some have suggested that i get faster > glass that would improve the focusing > than buying the 20D. Faster glass in > canons own seems out of my price > range. The 100-300 f4.5-5.6 USM would give you faster auto focusing and full time manual focusing since it has Ring USM just like the EF 28-105 f3.5-4.5 USM and it is not expensive. You could trade your other 300 zoom to help pay for it. >I am not a big fan of sigma. What do you > guys think of tamron? I am not a fan of either, but I have read good things about the Tamron 90 f2.8 macro and the Sigma 70-200 f2.8 EX APO IF. The latter lens compares well against the EF 70-200 f2.8L USM on MTF charts but it has slower AF and may not work on future Canon cameras. I've read that Sigma lenses aren't put together to well and are known to fall apart easily. No thirdparty lens will focus as fast as a Canon lens that has Ring USM. The Canon EF 75-300 lenses have Micro USM. Canon marks both as USM and makes no distinction. Another fast one Canon has pulled is making a 28-105 f4-5.6 USM kit lens that is inferior to the 28-105 f3.5-4.5 USM and has the inferior USM. Cody, http://community-2.webtv.net/AnOvercomer02/PhotographyLinks (ian lincoln) >Some have suggested that i get faster > glass that would improve the focusing > than buying the 20D. Faster glass in > canons own seems out of my price > range. The 100-300 f4.5-5.6 USM would give you faster auto focusing and full time manual focusing since it has Ring USM just like the EF 28-105 f3.5-4.5 USM and it is not expensive. You could trade your other 300 zoom to help pay for it. >I am not a big fan of sigma. What do you > guys think of tamron? I am not a fan of either, but I have read good things about the Tamron 90 f2.8 macro and the Sigma 70-200 f2.8 EX APO IF. The latter lens compares well against the EF 70-200 f2.8L USM on MTF charts but it has slower AF and may not work on future Canon cameras. I've read that Sigma lenses aren't put together to well and are known to fall apart easily. No thirdparty lens will focus as fast as a Canon lens that has Ring USM. The Canon EF 75-300 lenses have Micro USM. Canon marks both as USM and makes no distinction. Another fast one Canon has pulled is making a 28-105 f4-5.6 USM kit lens that is inferior to the 28-105 f3.5-4.5 USM and has the inferior USM. Having worked at jessops i have been in several shops were even the high end sigma stuff is brought back. Straight out of the box its failed. A repair came back and it fell apart right in my hand. I personally have a sigma lens that will work with some eos equipment but not others. I have also put a customers 18 month old sigma on a 20D and it refused to focus. I don't know about tamron and tokina. I am looking at lenses again, i think a 2.8 constant aperture would nice especially in a small mirror camera like my 300D I'm sure the focusing system would apreciate it. The reduced depth of field may help too. Cody, http://community-2.webtv.net/AnOvercomer02/PhotographyLinks > i have had a look at www.ajpurdy.co.uk selection of lenses. Most of > it is L glass costing £900 upwards. I currently have the 28-105 usm [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > in canons own seems out of my price range. I am not a big fan of > sigma. What do you guys think of tamron? I think Tamron and Tokina make some very nice lenses indeed. Actually, I've never owned a zoom made by a camera manufacturer; all have been third-party. (I've got 20, 24, 35, 50, 58, 105, and 135mm Nikon primes, however).  SignatureDavid Dyer-Bennet, <mailto:dd-b@dd-b.net>, <http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/> RKBA: <http://noguns-nomoney.com/> <http://www.dd-b.net/carry/> Pics: <http://dd-b.lighthunters.net/> <http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/SnapshotAlbum/> Dragaera/Steven Brust: <http://dragaera.info/> > > i have had a look at www.ajpurdy.co.uk selection of lenses. Most of > > it is L glass costing ?900 upwards. I currently have the 28-105 usm [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > have been third-party. (I've got 20, 24, 35, 50, 58, 105, and 135mm > Nikon primes, however). I have a Tamrom 300mm f2.8, and it's a very nice lens indeed. Not quite as good as the Pentax, but for a lens I don't need to use often (I have a Pentax f4 and f4.5 that are used much more) it's a really good tool - good colour, better bokeh than some lenses this length, sharp (though not as sharp as the Pentaxes), contrasty (though obviously not as contrasty as the Pentaxes, still a lot better than most 300s) and very solidly built - all metal. Doesn't come in a very nice case though, as if that really matters... Peter >> > i have had a look at www.ajpurdy.co.uk selection of lenses. Most of >> > it is L glass costing ?900 upwards. I currently have the 28-105 usm [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > metal. Doesn't come in a very nice case though, as if that really > matters... I decided to go for the L lens after reading bob atkins review (thanks cody) emailed www.ajpurdy.co.uk last night. They rang me first thing this morning to say they haven't got any stock. I asked about the lens hood and case that comes with it. Cos bob Atkins mentioned it and warehouse express mention them too. They said they didn't have any in stock right now and as for the accessories some come with some don't they have a guy looking into it now momentarily and will ring me back. Two hours ago and nothing. I really want these guys to come through, I don't like dealing with big faceless companies and all my enquiries up to now have been dealt with courteously and promptly. I'll wait a day or two and give them a nudge. >> > i have had a look at www.ajpurdy.co.uk selection of lenses. Most of >> > it is L glass costing £900 upwards. I currently have the 28-105 usm [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > metal. Doesn't come in a very nice case though, as if that really > matters... I've got a Tamron 300 f2.8 non-autofocus myself, in fact. Also a Tokina 17mm and a Sigma 105mm macro. SignatureDavid Dyer-Bennet, <mailto:dd-b@dd-b.net>, <http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/> RKBA: <http://noguns-nomoney.com/> <http://www.dd-b.net/carry/> Pics: <http://dd-b.lighthunters.net/> <http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/SnapshotAlbum/> Dragaera/Steven Brust: <http://dragaera.info/> |
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