anyone tried these lenses?

madmacs · 30th September 2004

looking for a zoom with 24mm at the wide end and between 135-200mm at the long end. for use on both eos 1v and 10d. anyone tried these lenses before? any comments?

1. sigma 24-135mm f/2.8-4.5 Aspherical IF
2. tamrom SP AF 24-135mm F/3.5-5.6 AD Aspherical (IF)
3. tokina at-x 242 af 24-200mm f/3.5-5.6

Terence · 30th September 2004

Ahh... the Tamron 24-135 SP...

http://www.airliners.net/open.file/602024/L
http://www.airliners.net/open.file/497047/L
http://www.pbase.com/lyzzard/image/23874108

jimtong · 30th September 2004

I have the 24-135. Really good and sharp. Disadvantage is that it is a slow lense.

madmacs · 30th September 2004

thanks for the comments guys.

terence: very nice pics. thanks.

jimtong: you are referring to the f/3.5 right? yes i am tempted by the f/2.8 on the sigma. how about the tamron's af speed? does it hunt a lot?

Terence · 1st October 2004

The 24-135's AF is a tad slow and noisy. Focus is quite ok when used on my 10D. It does hunt a little under low light conditions.

I overlook its shortcomings because of its relatively low cost and overall favorable performance (nice and sharp, imo).

King Tiger · 1st October 2004

Originally Posted by Terence

Ahh... the Tamron 24-135 SP...

http://www.airliners.net/open.file/602024/L
http://www.airliners.net/open.file/497047/L
http://www.pbase.com/lyzzard/image/23874108

Terence, I am very impressive by this photo taken.

May I know how you set the setting and take the shot?

Terence · 1st October 2004

Originally Posted by King Tiger

Terence, I am very impressive by this photo taken.
May I know how you set the setting and take the shot?

Oh thanks.

Shot with my 10D, 1/200 f5.6, 135mm, 550EX on hotshoe at macro setting.

Just sat in front of my kitchen tap (some people thought it was a glass of champagne). The yellow background is a bottle of MaMa Lemon.

madmacs · 1st October 2004

did you waste a lot of water getting that shot?

any idea how the tamron's focusing compares with the sigma or tokina? probably have to find some time to go test out these 3 lenses.

Terence · 1st October 2004

Never tried the other lenses so I can't say for sure. If they are anything like my Sigma 15 FE, I'd say the Tamron is on par.

Took me the whole of 5 mins to catch the shot so not too much water used la... anyways, it's a piece of art, you can't possibly put a price on that can you?

madmacs · 1st October 2004

Originally Posted by Terence

Never tried the other lenses so I can't say for sure. If they are anything like my Sigma 15 FE, I'd say the Tamron is on par.

Took me the whole of 5 mins to catch the shot so not too much water used la... anyways, it's a piece of art, you can't possibly put a price on that can you?

madmacs · 6th October 2004

tried the tokina at-x 242af and sigma 24-135. the tokina was quite quiet but the sigma was noisy. the af speed seems quite acceptable to me. the interesting thing about both lenses was that the focusing ring turns as use the af. feels quite of strange to feel something moving as u focus. didnt have the chance to try the tamron 24-135 as both cp and mscolor did not have stock.

dreamtheatre · 7th October 2004

From my understanding, the Sigma lens are very good, optically, but only for the EX series.

Of course, as with all other 3rd pty lens, it is slow and very very very very noisy -for the non-HSM version.

Anyone with different opinions?

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madmacs Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 5,426	anyone tried these lenses? looking for a zoom with 24mm at the wide end and between 135-200mm at the long end. for use on both eos 1v and 10d. anyone tried these lenses before? any comments? 1. sigma 24-135mm f/2.8-4.5 Aspherical IF 2. tamrom SP AF 24-135mm F/3.5-5.6 AD Aspherical (IF) 3. tokina at-x 242 af 24-200mm f/3.5-5.6

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Terence Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: I'm a Llama! Posts: 4,716	Ahh... the Tamron 24-135 SP... http://www.airliners.net/open.file/602024/L http://www.airliners.net/open.file/497047/L http://www.pbase.com/lyzzard/image/23874108 __________________ Visit my photo blog Email only please, NO PM!

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jimtong Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Singapore Posts: 1,362	I have the 24-135. Really good and sharp. Disadvantage is that it is a slow lense. __________________ My humble little album

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Terence Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: I'm a Llama! Posts: 4,716	The 24-135's AF is a tad slow and noisy. Focus is quite ok when used on my 10D. It does hunt a little under low light conditions. I overlook its shortcomings because of its relatively low cost and overall favorable performance (nice and sharp, imo). __________________ Visit my photo blog Email only please, NO PM!

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Terence Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: I'm a Llama! Posts: 4,716	Never tried the other lenses so I can't say for sure. If they are anything like my Sigma 15 FE, I'd say the Tamron is on par. Took me the whole of 5 mins to catch the shot so not too much water used la... anyways, it's a piece of art, you can't possibly put a price on that can you? __________________ Visit my photo blog Email only please, NO PM!

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madmacs Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 5,426	tried the tokina at-x 242af and sigma 24-135. the tokina was quite quiet but the sigma was noisy. the af speed seems quite acceptable to me. the interesting thing about both lenses was that the focusing ring turns as use the af. feels quite of strange to feel something moving as u focus. didnt have the chance to try the tamron 24-135 as both cp and mscolor did not have stock.

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dreamtheatre Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Serangoon Nth Posts: 350	Sigma From my understanding, the Sigma lens are very good, optically, but only for the EX series. Of course, as with all other 3rd pty lens, it is slow and very very very very noisy -for the non-HSM version. Anyone with different opinions?