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As stated before, I went out to buy me new standard-zoomlens today, the Sigma 24-70 EX f2.8

I needed a fast lens for lowlight conditions, but I didn't want to pay over a thousand euro's to buy an L-lens or other f2.8 canon-lens.

So things were narrowed down to the tamron 28-75 f2.8 and the Sigma 24-70 f2.8. As I've worked with the Sigma and I really like the build quality. I was a bit bothered by less positive stories about the softness at f2.8 at full zoom, but the tamron also suffers from some problems, like AF-hunting in low light.

In the end, I choose the Sigma, also because the photographer I know uses it for all his concert shots and is very happy with it. He reported technical problems with Tamron after extensive use, due to the lower build-quality.

I guess it all boils down to personal preferences and one has to choose at some point.

Here are 2 shots at f2.8 - 70 mm. The cat didn't care for all the attention. No postprocessing other than resizing. All things fair I'd say it's pretty much what I expected and not a drama sharpness-wise.





Cheers,

Omag

It also looks good on the camera. One point that's important is the size and weight. At over 700 g ( 1.54 Pounds), it's quite heavy, so I added a batterygrip to the camera for better balance.








As far as the flash is concerned, I'm still thinking about that. The Speedlite 580 I worked with was simply brilliant, but the 430 is about half the price. I don't care to much about the extras on the 580, but the extended range could be important to me.


ps: this post is not to show of my material, nor do I seek comments like "wow, that's a nice lens". I only want to show the lens on a camera, so that other people interested in this matter may understand it's caracteristics.

Cheers,

Omag