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Hi Been on here for around a month and joined camera club, surprising what you can learn, I have a Canon 400d, but would think this applies to any make,
can you get quality pictures with cheaper lens Sigma Tamron etc?
Is it better to buy this type of lens until you can afford fast lens or L lens in the Canon range or is buying these "good" lens the photographic equivalent of owning a fast car when a slow one will get you to where your going just the same.
Sorry if this has been covered before.
Paul
 
You can definately get fantastic images with these lenses. If your struggling for cash, you may want to look around for a used version of the lens that you want, there's plenty of places that sell these, the for sale section on this forum has a pretty good range or http://www.mpbphotographic.co.uk is quite good.
 
There is a bit of a debate here.....at the end of the day, lenses will generally outlast your camera itself, so many say it is wise to invest more money in them. However it depends entirely on what you will be shooting, not all the Canon L lenses are worth the extra moolah (often 3/4/5 times more expensive!) for what they offer! The L wide angles for example, would be stopped down if you were doing landscapes, so you could instead opt for a cheaper model and stop that down...and get pretty much the same result :)
 
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i 2 am a Canon user and i would love to have a full set of L lenses. But i ain't no high flyer barrister or whatever pays a lot.

Anyway as well as 2 canon lenses i have got a tamron 28-75 F2.8 lens and a Tokina 12-24 F4 lens. Both lenses (in my opinion) are excellent and i have no regrets. The tamron build quality is not the best but image results make up for it. The tokina lens however is my favourite out of all my lenses.

I would say if you are going to opt for a Sigma, Tamron or Tokina, to not go for the basic cheapest versions. Aim for the pro versions of their respective ranges. Also the lenses with a fixed aperture throughout the whole focal range is usually a good sign.
 
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pstewy said:
Hi Been on here for around a month and joined camera club, surprising what you can learn, I have a Canon 400d, but would think this applies to any make,
can you get quality pictures with cheaper lens Sigma Tamron etc?
Is it better to buy this type of lens until you can afford fast lens or L lens in the Canon range or is buying these "good" lens the photographic equivalent of owning a fast car when a slow one will get you to where your going just the same.
Sorry if this has been covered before.
Paul
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Jonno_dudley said:
Hi

i 2 am a Canon user and i would love to have a full set of L lenses. But i ain't no high flyer barrister or whatever pays a lot.

Anyway as well as 2 canon lenses i have got a tamron 28-75 F2.8 lens and a Tokina 12-24 F4 lens. Both lenses (in my opinion) are excellent and i have no regrets. The tamron build quality is not the best but image results make up for it. The tokina lens however is my favourite out of all my lenses.

I would say if you are going to opt for a Sigma, Tamron or Tokina, to not go for the basic cheapest versions. Aim for the pro versions of their respective ranges. Also the lenses with a fixed aperture throughout the whole focal range is usually a good sign.
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I agree that you can get good value on the upper end of third party lenses but, that it might just be a good move to avoid the lowest level of third party lenses.

This also holds true for Canon lenses. There are a lot of cheaper Canon consumer grade lenses that are not up to the quality of the top-line third party lenses. In fact there are a couple of (older) L lenses which are not totally great.

You have made an excellent choice in basing your system on a good mid-range zoom with a fixed f/2.8 aperture and backing it up with an excellent wide angle which also has a fixed aperture.

Both of these lenses are of great quality and are fun to use.
 
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