what is the difference between nikor and tamron and sigma ?
is there any difference ?

brand kot? hahahah

tamron and sigma is third party lens
but for budget user can prefer it.
they can snap a quality picture also..

The major difference is the brand. Nikkor lenses are made solely for Nikon cameras. So, they are so called optimised for Nikon Cam.

As for third party, they are made to suit to every camera...


But... in terms of performance, usually you see many prefer the Nikkor lens compared to third party. Even in terms of performance. But the major issue is the build quality.

I'd say, have the extra bit of money and don't want to regret? Get Nikkor lenses.
Budget tight but still want to buy the lens? Get third party. But make sure do a lot of reading before buying it.

There's also the issue of quality differences WITHIN a brand, for example one Sigma 105mm macro may be slightly softer than another 105mm macro.

Although even the big name camera makers also has variations within a same lens family, but it seems to be more likely for 3rd party brands. Do test it them thoroughly on-the-spot. Variations in quality affect the sharpness and focusing accuracy of a lens - the two most noticeable aspects.

Some brands may let you bring back your sub-par lens for calibration, like this Sigma owner had to do (but kudos to Sigma for the support):

http://www.clubsnap.com/forums/showthread....ight=30mm+sigma
(read post #8)

BUT...
not all third party is crap...
i m refering to brands such as zeiss and voightlander...
if u dun mind MF..
these lenses are kings!
the lenses are what we usually refer to as high performance optics...=)

u might need to specify difference in wat way?? quality? build? price?

the major difference i see straight away now is the spelling!
N-I-K-K-O-R
S-I-G-M-A
T-A-M-R-O-N


but anyway ...wat the other say earlier are mostly true

sigma & tamron dents your wallet but Nikkors just rips apart it.

Quality-wise then the pricier one wins, although twice the price doesn't necessarily mean twice the quality.

whatever u use, you are carrying its brand name.

you can't get anymore proud using a nikkor lens with Nikon camera... hence why professional don't use 3rd party for their tasks. but they would probably have 3rd parties for hobby/past-time use.

Not really le...

Last time I let my Tamron SP90 vs Canon 100 macro (non-USM version) vs Nikon 105 macro. Surprising at f2.8, Tamron beat both Canon & Nikon at border sharpness!!!

My friends that tend me thier Canon and Nikon version were shocked looking at the results also...

But anyway, the slow and keep hunting autofocusing from Tamron might shorten your life...

And the Tamron 17-50 f2.8 perform surprisely nice on Nikon le....

third party brand might not be very reliable...my friend's UWA 10-20mm use JUN JUN 1 year the whole lens kong edi... coating gone everything rosak...

Like Xandman said, depends on what optics and what 3rd party brand.

Zeiss, Schneider, Leica, Voigtlander and gang often build lenses which are better than ori brand ones and are often far more expensive . All in all it depends on what 3rd party you're talking about.

sad...
just use 1 year then kong ?
how the lens kong ah?

forgot what was wrong edi..but i hear him say the whole thing cannot use...have to throw away..thats why he is very much against third party...all his lens are nikkor

That could be because your friend was really unlucky. I've use quite a number of 3rd party lenses for years and no issues with them, so do my friends

ya...mine 10-20 still intact *touching wood*

i m rebuilding my Zeiss lenses....
wish me luck...
looking at Nokton 58....
is it any good bro?

Same goes to my Siggy 30mm f1.4, Siggy 105mm f2.8 Macro, and Siggy 10-20mm f4-5.6

i din see u touching wood

Sometime ago, I saw people do lense test just like me. He was trying on the early Sickma 70-200 f2.8 in Penang. Test... Test... Test... And the whole front element fall down... Hahahaha... No wonder the name is call Sickma...

sickma so cheap one meh?? i heard their brand is famous with the lens build quality?

One thing the Nokton is has it the AI-S CPU comm functionality which the Zeiss doesn't which allows for metering. Huge boon if you ask me.

The Topcor design looks very much like the original Planar if you ask me. But then again the Planar is the basis for the world sharpest prime lenses and the only other design that comes close is the Summicron at f2.0 due to it's 6 element and 4 groups, but it's limited by it's F value. If you're mad, you can get a near mint copy of the legendary Super Takuma, Good luck, because i'd pay good money for copies of those babies too

Can anyone tell why my Nikkor Kitlens and 50mm 1.8D shot at low speed outdoor during nite, all light in the picture got nice star.
But my siggy and tammy cannot have that, why?

omg....
is that poison i smell!
so nokton is better than zeiss?
interesting...
thanks for the insight bro...

super takuma?
the name itself is...SUPER!

owh .
i'm kinda new in this world .
i'm thinking of buying a new lens .
thats why im asking you guys that are very expert in these area .

I not expert but I try answer you question.

you thinking of buying new lens ?
Whats your DSLR model ?
1Ds Mark III or D3 ?
jkjk....

@BOLD
What do u mean by keep hunting autofocusing?
Tamron that bad meh?

it means...
it is hard to get a lock on...
sometimes...even no lock on...no worries...
even the 105VR is like that...sometimes...makes u feel like throwing the lense and getting a 100/2 Zeiss...which is fully manual!

wow .
i must be sum kind of rich guy to buy the D3 .
man , the D3 shutter speed is very fast .
relli jeles .
haiiyaaa .
i just use the D40x only .
an entry level camera .
im still a student .

i have the d40 oso...

and yes...very fast...and i bought the d3...bcoz i like the sound of the 9fps!

yeah, when focusing a flying hair

D3 and D40x shutter speeds are exactly the same ler bro.

really ?
i think its different larh bro .
d40x fires up about 3fps .
d3 fires up 9fps .
ryte ?

not exactly correct...
D40x max shutter speed is 1/4000 sec but
D3 can shoot as max 1/8000 sec

That's actually continuous shooting speed, for the right shutter reference, see one post up...

thats not shutter speed bro...
thats called continuous burst rate....

guess i still need a lot more to learn larh .
hahaha .