Which Macro-Canon or Tamron?

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Ben - 31 May 2005 06:37 GMT

Decisions Decisions
Hi; I'm a guy in his upper 70's who can't make up his mind between the
following lenses:
Canon-EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM
Tamron-SP AF 90mm f/2.8 Di Macro
The reviews have been excellent for each one. Probably the answer is choose
either one.
I've got to decide soon. Thank you for any feedback.
I'm posting this on all the other digital newsgroups

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Musty - 31 May 2005 07:09 GMT

> Decisions Decisions
> Hi; I'm a guy in his upper 70's who can't make up his mind between the
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> I've got to decide soon. Thank you for any feedback.
> I'm posting this on all the other digital newsgroups

Strange - I am still in in-decision about this one myself (I posted on this
topic a few days ago under thread "100mm or 180mm macro". Here is a quick
summary

Canon
- Sharp as hell
- longer working distance
- internal focusing
- USM and FTM
- Compatible with all custom modes of the 20D
- Compatible with all flash setups etc
- Does not come with case or hood!
- Comes with 1yr warranty
- Looks a bit "funny"
- (like a bullet rather than a trumpet if you know what I mean)
- Better resale??

Tamron
- Sharp as hell with better bokeh (can double-up as portrait lens)
- shorter working distance (could scare off a dragonfly for example)
- Noisy AF
- No internal focusing! The lens extends during focus (I hate that)
- Not compatible with all custom modes or flash setups
- Comes with case and hood
- Comes with 6yr US warranty!
- Looks cool (except when extending - d'oh!)

I think that image quality wise they are on-par. The canon is slightly
cheaper (if you dont count case and hood that is).

HTH

Musty.

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Ryadia@Home - 31 May 2005 22:18 GMT

>>Decisions Decisions
>>Hi; I'm a guy in his upper 70's who can't make up his mind between the
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> Musty.

Canon camera ~ Canon lens.
Patents mean Tameron cannot copy the Canon exactly and I have yet to see
any 3rd party lens that works as well as a Canon although many can make
pictures as sharp Canon lenses.

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Alan Browne - 31 May 2005 13:52 GMT

> Decisions Decisions
> Hi; I'm a guy in his upper 70's who can't make up his mind between the
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> The reviews have been excellent for each one. Probably the answer is choose
> either one.

Yep.

If you want to do portraits as well, then the Tamron is the clear
choice, at least for pre Di versions. I've not seen any examples of the
Di version for portraits (or comments about it). I would bet that pre
Di or Di doesn't make a difference in this regard.

Cheers,
Alan

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