lens buying advice

[tatamkinophoto]

hi,
I have a Canon 600D and I am planning on upgrading my Canon standard kit lens to a Tamron 17-50 f/2.8 soon.
I am also interested in buying a relatively fast prime lens and was thinking about the Sigma 30mm f/1.4
Do you think its worth buying it having the Tamron or is it a waste of money?

Thanks
Teo

 

[MLeeK]

I have the tamron and it's been a workhorse for me. My only regret is not buying a full frame compatible lens as I cannot use it with my 5D2. I wish I had bought the 28-75 f/2.8 by tamron instead.
I know little about the sigma prime. I have the canon 28 and I LOVE that lens. It's a good range to have for groups and things you just can't do with the 50 and 85 portrait primes.

 

[m3incorp]

There are big differences between the Sigma and the Tamron. The Sigma is 1.4 versus 2.8 which makes a world of difference depending on what you intend to use it for. There are many times that we overlap in focal distance when buying lenses because some are better for a particular situation.

 

[Big Mike]

When my main cameras were 20Ds, I had both those lenses and liked them very much.

 

[dorian7]

hi,
I have a Canon 600D and I am planning on upgrading my Canon standard kit lens to a Tamron 17-50 f/2.8 soon.
I am also interested in buying a relatively fast prime lens and was thinking about the Sigma 30mm f/1.4
Do you think its worth buying it having the Tamron or is it a waste of money?

Thanks
Teo

What sorts of things do you plan to take pictures of? This could help people advise you a lot better.

 

[tatamkinophoto]

hi,
I have a Canon 600D and I am planning on upgrading my Canon standard kit lens to a Tamron 17-50 f/2.8 soon.
I am also interested in buying a relatively fast prime lens and was thinking about the Sigma 30mm f/1.4
Do you think its worth buying it having the Tamron or is it a waste of money?

Thanks
Teo

What sorts of things do you plan to take pictures of? This could help people advise you a lot better.

I am mainly planning to use my lenses for street and travel photography.

 

[dorian7]

I think that the 17-50 is a great range in that case. The 30mm will do well for that purpose as well! You may also want to consider a wider angle as well if you want to do a lot of architectural shots. Here is one from the Canon 10-22mm @ 10mm. There is NO way I could have got a shot that looks anything like this with 17mm.

 

[JSER]

BUY full frame lenses or if you upgrade you will have to buy again.

If you can get a pre owned Canon 20-35 look at it, they are superb lenses.