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Customer Digital SLR Lens Reviews
How does it rate? More importantly how does it rank?
This SLR Camera lens is probably the most interesting among all the wide angel lenses available to Canon crop DSLR users. It offers the best of everything except for a couple of things here and there. Best of all it’s price beats all other EF Telephoto lenses in that range. But before I start comparing it to other options here is a basic rating of this lens.
RATING: The is well built and surprisingly light and compact. It doesn’t have the solid L feel but still has a firm feeling that inspires confidence while shooting. Sharpness is at par with other top quality zooms, so much so that at F8.0 and above it matches many primes. Distortion like chromatic aberration and vignetting are about average. Meaning you would probably have to stop the lens down to 5.6-8.0 to eliminate distortions. Focus is quick and right on though a little noisy. Overall, a very good lens.
RANKING: With all of the above in perspective how does it rank? Compared to Canon’s 17-40L 4.0 I think the Tamron lens come on top. Here is a breakdown of the Tamron strenghts and weaknesses compared to the Canon 17-40L.
Strengths
1. Faster lens (2.8 vs 4.0). That can make the difference between taking the shot or missing in a low light situation.
2. It has a wider zoom range (10mm at the telephoto end).
Weaknesses
1. Flare and chromatic aberration control lags behind the 17-40L.
2. solid build but not as solid as the tank-like 17-40L. Some may find that slightly objectionable after using any L lens for many years.
March 11th, 2009 at 3:06 pm
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