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Which Lens...? Tamron f2.8 Vs Canon L f4

Well here I am on the final throws of ordering my camera gear and this seems to be the battle for my top end lens...

These will be for use on either a Canon 500d or 50d...or maybe the new released camera (very doubtful) if one i n the price bracket is released...My bottom end lens will be the 'Tamron SP AF 17-50mm f/2.8 XR Di II LD Asp. (IF) Lens'...and prob a 'Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II'...


Tamron SP AF 70-200mm f/2.8 Di LD (IF) Macro Lens for Canon

OR

Canon EF 70-200mm f/4 L USM Lens (non-IS)


Which lens would make the better for Studio/Macro/Car-Bike...basically all-rounder...

Their prices are similar...so if anyone has experience feel free to throw a comment...or if you have experience of both...then please throw your tuppence worth in...!!!

THANKS to all who contribute...!!!
 
Neither, they're both teles, so they can't do "all-rounder"
Cars and bikes at distance - check
Studio - well, maybe, it'll be at the bottom end, a prime would be better or a shorter zoom.
Macro - no can do

They're both medium teles, they're a good tele all-rounder if you aren't shooting something specific.
 
It will focus closer than your average mid tele zoom, but it isn't macro its just marketed to make you think your getting a dual purpose lens.
Macro begins a 1:1 magnification, the Tamron is only 1:3.
Nobody's gonna argue the toss at fractions under 1:1, but at 1:3 its 3 times smaller than a proper dedicated macro lens, so only manages close-up, not macro.
1:1 = subject fills the entire frame.
1:3 = same subject fills 1/3 of the frame.
The lens is a tele zoom primarily, if you like the lens and it happens to have a closer focussing capability, that's a bonus.

I don't know anything about Raynox close-up lenses..:)
 
joxby said:
It will focus closer than your average mid tele zoom, but it isn't macro its just marketed to make you think your getting a dual purpose lens.
Macro begins a 1:1 magnification, the Tamron is only 1:3.
Nobody's gonna argue the toss at fractions under 1:1, but at 1:3 its 3 times smaller than a proper dedicated macro lens, so only manages close-up, not macro.
1:1 = subject fills the entire frame.
1:3 = same subject fills 1/3 of the frame.
The lens is a tele zoom primarily, if you like the lens and it happens to have a closer focussing capability, that's a bonus.

I don't know anything about Raynox close-up lenses..:)
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not sure about you,re statement on macro sizes 1-1 is real life size on your sensor not full frame isnt it:shrug: sorry slight misread there i see where youre coming from if it fills the frame already
 
I wrote it like that to try and get over the huge difference between 1:1 & 1:3.
It doesn't sound like much but at the other end of the spectrum if you were birding with a tele, can we say its the same disparity as a 100mm tele and a 300mm tele ?

I'm getting confuzzzed, I work too hard..:shake:
 
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