Canon EOS 450D Club - GED - IV
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rphotography
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Tamron 17-50mm f2.8 focusing speed and noise
Focusing speed:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BuXfRQ-4os&feature=related
Noise:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikHtZoDkInk&feature=related
Good side, 3rd party lens makers include a pouch and a hood for most lenses. Canon only gives them on L lenses.
GMAN
Focusing speed:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BuXfRQ-4os&feature=related
Noise:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikHtZoDkInk&feature=related
Good side, 3rd party lens makers include a pouch and a hood for most lenses. Canon only gives them on L lenses.
GMAN
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EF 75-300mm pales in comparison against Tamron & Sigma 70-300mm. Both Tamron's & Sigma's 70-300mm offers shorter focusing distance when macro mode is selected. For Tamron, it can only be activated when you zoom till 180mm and beyond. Not sure about the Sigma's lens but roughly about the same.
And nope, there can be crap lens from Canon as well.
rphotography
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ok so this offer shld be gd?
http://www.clubsnap.com/forums/showthread.php?t=476130
but personal warranty means the lens very old liao rite? lens usually get 1 yr warranty?
http://www.clubsnap.com/forums/showthread.php?t=476130
but personal warranty means the lens very old liao rite? lens usually get 1 yr warranty?
Call up OP first. There should be new ones.
rphotography
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Tamron is quite good for that price range.
I am the user of this lens.
Just for your information, new lens sometimes also got problem with front/back focusing issue or some quality issues one. Therefore, you are encouraged to check them before you buy it. I have tried to get a new Tamron 70-300 lens before but after trying few sets of the new lens, I cannot find one that is ok for me one.
And I end up with buying a 6 mths old 2nd hand unit from B&S which doesn't have the problems for all that and still got 2.5 years warranty.
rphotography
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wah u still got the luxury to test around. i called many places but they don't have. duno no stock or don't carry them. going to try ask j3:16 n op nxt. care to share hw to test a lens? kao i tot i cld depend on new lenses.
Well, if you don't know how to examine a 2nd hand lens, would it make it any easier for you to examine a first hand lens? Haha...
Bring your camera along. Take a picture. Zoom in to the max. See if there's purple fringing on horizontal lines, or vertical lines. If there is, dump that copy, ask for another copy. Check the focusing. Can it focus well and accurate. Same thing, maximize the picture on your camera screen and have a rough gauge.
Exterior wise, check the zoom ring and focus ring, turn properly. Smell the lens if possible. New/Virgin lenses have that new rubbery smell. Old/Non-Virgin lenses won't have that smell. Virgin, meaning, the lens has been untouched by anyone, except you. Haha.
That should be all you need to check. Check if all the accesories come together and make sure your warranty card is present and chopped, by the shop. Take your receipt, go home, make a copy. The inks on receipts fade after awhile.
Hope it helps.
GMAN
If you want, i can check out for you at JOHN 3:16, on Wednesday the earliest. Save you the trouble of going there and not having the lens. I'll be there on Wednesday.
GMAN
jlkk76
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Well, if you don't know how to examine a 2nd hand lens, would it make it any easier for you to examine a first hand lens? Haha...
Bring your camera along. Take a picture. Zoom in to the max. See if there's purple fringing on horizontal lines, or vertical lines. If there is, dump that copy, ask for another copy. Check the focusing. Can it focus well and accurate. Same thing, maximize the picture on your camera screen and have a rough gauge.
Exterior wise, check the zoom ring and focus ring, turn properly. Smell the lens if possible. New/Virgin lenses have that new rubbery smell. Old/Non-Virgin lenses won't have that smell. Virgin, meaning, the lens has been untouched by anyone, except you. Haha.
That should be all you need to check. Check if all the accesories come together and make sure your warranty card is present and chopped, by the shop. Take your receipt, go home, make a copy. The inks on receipts fade after awhile.
Hope it helps.
GMAN
wow...u are gd ninja boy...
jlkk76
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get the 55-250 lah...won't give u dat much problem...
resale value higher in case u dun them..
I think can just head straight to OP instead. They should have the 70-300 variant of Tamron and Sigma.
But why that model instead of the 55-250 which has IS? :dunno:
I was also thinking of the both but then James @ CP told me about the differences. I was actually set on the 55-250 but only ask his opinion for fun. Haha!
But why that model instead of the 55-250 which has IS? :dunno:
I was also thinking of the both but then James @ CP told me about the differences. I was actually set on the 55-250 but only ask his opinion for fun. Haha!
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rphotography
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i tink tml my erm..today my last chance to buy liao. cause after tat will be work cum studies. than friday need the lens liao.
side issue. i scared friday i can't got shoot cause they may need tickets. lol..don't know how and no time to get lah. if need tix then no shoot liao.
thanks for the tips and offer though. tml will be there (well, which ever place got) to test. if duno have 70-300mm range, then bo pian hv to settle for 55-250 liao lor.
jlkk76
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if u want, can meet u ard 7pm at CP....haha
rphotography
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I think can just head straight to OP instead. They should have the 70-300 variant of Tamron and Sigma.
But why that model instead of the 55-250 which has IS? :dunno:
I was also thinking of the both but then James @ CP told me about the differences. I was actually set on the 55-250 but only ask his opinion for fun. Haha!
i also tinking 50mm makes quite a big difference in magnification. coz i was thinking my kit lens from 18 to 55 about 40mm difference in length alredi got big difference in image size liao. tat xtra 50mm cld b fun and add more versatility.
rphotography
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haha..u help me test? u're there to hoot which lens? CP penisular or marina sq?
actually i tot of buying b4 gg sss with a friend and can play with it too.
:bsmilie: Near closing time wor. But I bought my camera near that time too. I chiong down to get the camera kit like one mad guy. ;p
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