I just bought my Canon 350D + kitlens last few month. After shooting phots at Hong Kong during my holiday, i discovered the kit lens can't statisfied me and i plan to buy another lens to shoot photos in several situation like landscape, building, potrait & night scene.

I was considering Sigma & Tamron. Any strong reccomand from SIFU-SIFU out there ?

Thank you.

One question, by what means u said kitlens can't satisfy u?

i think he meant it doesn't meet some of his requirements when he uses it for his shots. like maybe lack zoom, or not wide enough.

anyway sigma or tamron, doesn't matter as long as it produces the results you want.

i'm using tamron. i have a sigma on it's way. the rest of my lens are canon.

depends what kind of lens you are looking for. Focal Length, etc...

sigma better its lighter

and you say better just because of weight? eh c'mon la. what happened to other stuff like build quality and image quality or other things?

IMHO, every lens performs differently.

Even in the same focal length range, either brand may perform better over the other.

So, you need to judge a lens by it's own performance and not just looking at it in a general brand vs brand.

Thread starter, you need to tell everyone what other features you're looking for in your new lens.

agreed
i chose sigma over tamron for lense A type (wide angle)
then tamron over sigma over lense B type (standard zoom)
n nikkor for type C (telezoom - need VR ma)

what range of lense do you have in mind?

It would help if u were comparing which lens to which lens.. juz comparing tamron vs sigma.. this is way to wide in subjective..

are u comparing tamron 18-200 vs sigma 17-70? there is too many lens.. and not all from sigma or tamron are good..

Look like you are looking for Wide angle lens rather then telephoto lens.

What's your budget ? Do you like Canon L lens.if yes go for 17-40 L

This post has been edited by g88: May 29 2007, 10:53 AM

Actually i was considering below lens :

- Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4.5
- Sigma 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3
- Tamron AF 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3
- Tamron AF 18-250mm f/3.5-6.3

What is your's command and recommand ; anybody know the selling price for those lens ??

Thanks......

Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4.5 ... i rather get Tamron 17-50mm f2.8

The rest i have no experience..

Is tamron 18-250 already on sale in Msia?

from your requirement i dun see what you need to get this THREE lenses

- Sigma 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3
- Tamron AF 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3
- Tamron AF 18-250mm f/3.5-6.3

I would go for Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4.5 since it will perform better in lowlight compare the rest..f2.8 mah

Also FYI, if a zoom lens the focal length range is too wide the poorer the lens will person..

Meaning let say
Tamron AF 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 vs Tamron AF 18-250mm f/3.5-6.3

18-250mm would be weaker then 18-200mm....

One more lastnight, go to some review website READ all the review...of the lenses you looking for..it would give you a good answer....

Good luck to you my friend.

This post has been edited by g88: May 29 2007, 11:03 AM

WHat is your budget? Everything boils down to your budget.

all the lenses you mentioned wont satisfy you more than your kitlens
infact, maybe worse than ur kitlense,

unless u have that zoom fetish.
all those situations u mentioned can be achieved better using ur kitlense too
if u wan the extra focal length, just get a zoom tele,

or - u want a better walkaround lense with longer tele to replace ur kitlense,
if not. its just waste of $$ to buy any of those u listed

perhaps he wants to tele as well.

Actually my budget is below RM2500. I just want to buy a walk arroud lens which better than my kit lens.
Any suggestion ???

if u r a nikoners
with rm2500 u can get the AF-S Nikkor 18-200mm F/3.5-5.6G ED VR

I mentioned i bought 350D. Anyway, i know the lens u said. My friend bought from USA about RM 1850 only. It was a good lens.

wow usa Rm1850

if use d40 can use loh