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What Digital Camera do you have . . . Share your baby with me please !!!
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<blockquote data-quote="Exodist" data-source="post: 1553984" data-attributes="member: 284358"><p>I ended up purchasing the Sigma 18-250mm f/3.5-6.3 Macro DC OS HSM (<em>New lens model, old model is not a Macro and is larger</em>) the other day. Both it and the Tamron 18-270mm looked promising. After careful consideration and review from many online sources. The censuses was that while both are great lens, the Sigma had much better build quality and while the Sigma had noticeable barrel distortion at 18mm it easily cleaned up by f/6 as well as images being super sharp at that aperture. Real world expectations can be while any super zoom lens will never look as good as a prime lens, but however the Sigma 18-250mm Macro is still much better then the new Canon 18-135mm STM kit lens in both focusing performance and build quality. The Sigma 18-250mm Macro may appear to be plastic at first glance, its out of a material comparable to polycarbonate. The material however is designed to not be effected by thermal changes as much as say regular plastic or magnesium based material. Only down side is that it doesn't have any weather sealing. Sadly none of my lens currently do <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" />. But with this lens I can replace the god awful canon 28-135mm that my wife purchased and the canon 70-300 that doesn't have image stabilizer with just this one lens. I got mine off Amazon if anyone is interested for $349 the other day, which is about 200 less then normal msrp. But that was black friday, so not sure on the price at the time anyone reads this.</p><p></p><p>Big reason I wanted this lens other then plain out needed a good all around lens is that got tired of switching out lens when taking a walk-about. Nothing worse then about mid day getting freaking dust in your camera and dang near ruining a few hundred pics. This way I can cut down to 3 lens in my bag; my Canon EF 85mm, Canon EF-S 10-22mm and the new Sigma on my camera.</p><p></p><p>But my madness didn't stop here, I went a head and ordered the Canon 70D. This way I can give my T3i back to my wife and her crappy lens she likes and have a camera of my very own. I also ordered a NEEWER Battery Grip and some off brand batteries. Not really confident in the batteries I ordered. I got two for $23. Really thinking I should have just got a authentic canon battery but I was trying to stay within a budget.</p><p></p><p>Anyone have any experiences with aftermarket/off brand batteries? I got one in our T3i's battery grip and it seems great. But looking online at some of the horror stories I am not really sure I want those in my camera without fully testing them first. Thoughts anyone??</p><p></p><p>Cheers,</p><p>Joe</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Exodist, post: 1553984, member: 284358"] I ended up purchasing the Sigma 18-250mm f/3.5-6.3 Macro DC OS HSM ([I]New lens model, old model is not a Macro and is larger[/I]) the other day. Both it and the Tamron 18-270mm looked promising. After careful consideration and review from many online sources. The censuses was that while both are great lens, the Sigma had much better build quality and while the Sigma had noticeable barrel distortion at 18mm it easily cleaned up by f/6 as well as images being super sharp at that aperture. Real world expectations can be while any super zoom lens will never look as good as a prime lens, but however the Sigma 18-250mm Macro is still much better then the new Canon 18-135mm STM kit lens in both focusing performance and build quality. The Sigma 18-250mm Macro may appear to be plastic at first glance, its out of a material comparable to polycarbonate. The material however is designed to not be effected by thermal changes as much as say regular plastic or magnesium based material. Only down side is that it doesn't have any weather sealing. Sadly none of my lens currently do :(. But with this lens I can replace the god awful canon 28-135mm that my wife purchased and the canon 70-300 that doesn't have image stabilizer with just this one lens. I got mine off Amazon if anyone is interested for $349 the other day, which is about 200 less then normal msrp. But that was black friday, so not sure on the price at the time anyone reads this. Big reason I wanted this lens other then plain out needed a good all around lens is that got tired of switching out lens when taking a walk-about. Nothing worse then about mid day getting freaking dust in your camera and dang near ruining a few hundred pics. This way I can cut down to 3 lens in my bag; my Canon EF 85mm, Canon EF-S 10-22mm and the new Sigma on my camera. But my madness didn't stop here, I went a head and ordered the Canon 70D. This way I can give my T3i back to my wife and her crappy lens she likes and have a camera of my very own. I also ordered a NEEWER Battery Grip and some off brand batteries. Not really confident in the batteries I ordered. I got two for $23. Really thinking I should have just got a authentic canon battery but I was trying to stay within a budget. Anyone have any experiences with aftermarket/off brand batteries? I got one in our T3i's battery grip and it seems great. But looking online at some of the horror stories I am not really sure I want those in my camera without fully testing them first. Thoughts anyone?? Cheers, Joe [/QUOTE]
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