All rounder?!

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Okay, so the question is - which 'all rounder' lens would you go for? Today I went out to take some shots of my friends kiting and was incredibly glad I borrowed my Dads Sigma 18-200..I found that I was using both extreme ends of the range very often, having another body or changing lenses would've been annoying indeed.

Right, I know that I'm not going to get L series IQ or whatever, at the moment I'm looking for a lens that is similar to 18-200, or one with maybe a little more reach. I'm looking at these for the moment to tide me over, until I build up the funds for L quality glass or the like.

So as I say, my question to you, is what lens gives you best 'bang for your buck' as far as these types of lenses are concerned. Sigma, Canon, Tamron, Tokina?

Any experiences and advice is much appreciated!

Cheers,
Nick
 
No personal experience of the lenses, but were you happy with your dads sigma lens? Did you feel you needed more reach than 200mm?

If you were happy and 200mm was fine, why not look at this lens - poss see if you can do a deal with your dad, to buy it / maybe share it / maybe buy a different lens and share :thumbs:
 
True true. Cheers!
Although I can't help feeling that I'd like that extra reach. It obviously depends on the price!!
I don't know how well regarding the IQ of the Sigma is compared to similar lenses of other companies either, so there's that element too!

Cheers for the response.:thumbs:
 
The obvious answer is the Canon 18-200. It's better than the Sigma, and if you run the images through Canon's free DPP software, it cleans up residual CA, and sorts out distortion and vignetting. The result is a very accomplished performance for such an ambitious range.

For even greater reach, there's the Tamron 18-270 but this lens seems to push everything a little too far. Also, all Canon DSLRs (apart from the 1D and 1Ds) officially stop autofocusing at f/5.6 and although they do work at f/6.3, it's not ideal.

Here are all three thoroughly tested by DPReview:

http://www.dpreview.com/lensreviews/canon_18-200_3p5-5p6_is_c16/

http://www.dpreview.com/lensreviews/sigma_18-200_3p5-6p3_os_n15/

http://www.dpreview.com/lensreviews/tamron_18-270_3p5-6p3_vc_n15/
 
lazaroonie said:
I am confused by this statement, can you explain it further ?
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Canon DSLR's with the exception of the 1 series will not autofocus if the lens max aperture at the specified focal length is being reported by the lens as over F5.6. AF is simply switched off by the camera.
There are some lenses that have a maz aperture of F6.3 at the long end however report it to the camera as F5.6 to get around the autofocus switchoff point.

What this does mean is the AF system is working slightly outside specification at the long end and therefore may not be as accurate/fast
 
Cheers for the links. I'll have a scout around..
I may just go for the separate lenses better quality aspect, especially after looking at some photos I just took that seemed to be unnaturally soft.

We'll see!

Cheers all.
 
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