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So i posted the other day asking if anyone owns or has used a Tamron 70-200mm f/2.8 because I am interested in getting some photos of my son's last year playing football in high school.
I got a lot of great responses as I was initially considering the Canon 70-200mm f/4 due to price, but was looking at the third party lenses at f/2.8 for the same price range.
Well....an interesting thing has happened....let's just say I have $2500-$3000 now to spend on whatever I want....
Should be a no brainer, right? Not so fast...
Let me preface this by saying; the reason I went with Canon to begin with is that oh so lovely MPE-65MM macro lens (I love macro) and I like the work I've seen by folks using this lens and the MT-24 flash unit...it's my goal most of all in photography.
Sooo, I thought, hmmm, I could get the new Tamron 70-200mm f/2.8 USD for $1500 and also the MPE-65, or I could just get the Canon 70-200mm f/2.8 L USM II IS....
UGH, what to do...
I've read about all the reviews of the new Tamron I can find (not too many) and it seems overall to be a pretty good lens, especially in the middle of the zoom range. I figure I'll be shooting a lot of the football out near the end of the zoom range for the most part though. At the outer ends it's pretty good, but not quite up to the Canon standards. The question is, will it be good enough? I mean, I am shooting on a T3i so the sweet spot thing with the APS-C sensor helps quite a bit.
I'm not planning to do any very large prints of the football shots. Max, maybe 8x10, but most likely 5x7 or less. This is more so for family/me mories sort of thing as sports photography is not really what I want to get into to any great extent.
I guess I've really made up my mind more or less, but just looking to get some sort of confirmation the Tamron lens will be fine. I'm pretty sure it'll be good for other uses in general as it really does rival the Canon at mid zoom ranges and smaller F stops (at least according to the reviews).
I got a lot of great responses as I was initially considering the Canon 70-200mm f/4 due to price, but was looking at the third party lenses at f/2.8 for the same price range.
Well....an interesting thing has happened....let's just say I have $2500-$3000 now to spend on whatever I want....
Should be a no brainer, right? Not so fast...
Let me preface this by saying; the reason I went with Canon to begin with is that oh so lovely MPE-65MM macro lens (I love macro) and I like the work I've seen by folks using this lens and the MT-24 flash unit...it's my goal most of all in photography.
Sooo, I thought, hmmm, I could get the new Tamron 70-200mm f/2.8 USD for $1500 and also the MPE-65, or I could just get the Canon 70-200mm f/2.8 L USM II IS....
UGH, what to do...
I've read about all the reviews of the new Tamron I can find (not too many) and it seems overall to be a pretty good lens, especially in the middle of the zoom range. I figure I'll be shooting a lot of the football out near the end of the zoom range for the most part though. At the outer ends it's pretty good, but not quite up to the Canon standards. The question is, will it be good enough? I mean, I am shooting on a T3i so the sweet spot thing with the APS-C sensor helps quite a bit.
I'm not planning to do any very large prints of the football shots. Max, maybe 8x10, but most likely 5x7 or less. This is more so for family/me mories sort of thing as sports photography is not really what I want to get into to any great extent.
I guess I've really made up my mind more or less, but just looking to get some sort of confirmation the Tamron lens will be fine. I'm pretty sure it'll be good for other uses in general as it really does rival the Canon at mid zoom ranges and smaller F stops (at least according to the reviews).