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If you don't need VR, check out the Tokina 100mm f 2.8 macro. I was looking at the 105, but realized that for the things I would be using it for (close up and formal portraits) I would be on sticks anyway. No need to pay for the VR. The optical quality and build quality are basically the same.
If you don't need VR, check out the Tokina 100mm f 2.8 macro. I was looking at the 105, but realized that for the things I would be using it for (close up and formal portraits) I would be on sticks anyway. No need to pay for the VR. The optical quality and build quality are basically the same.
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Steve
Get the nikon and you'll make a better investment. Nikons hold their value better than 3'rd party lenses, and for good reason.
I agree the VS does actually work. To what degree is somewhat different...sometimes 1FS sometimes even 3FS...guess it depens on your shooting style (how still can you hold your camera ;-)
I have been using a Tamron 17-55/2.8 together with my Nikon D80 and I experinced that almost every time the camera did a automtic turn-off....pressing the shutter-button did only wake up the camera itself but not the lens; I had to completly turn off the camera and the on again before the lens worked again. I have had the camera switch and the lens switched but it seems to be a bug in the Tamron lens (known to Nikon Denmark).
I am now using the Nikon 17-55/2.8 DX and it work very well indeed ;-)
I have been using a Tamron 17-55/2.8 together with my Nikon D80 and I experinced that almost every time the camera did a automtic turn-off....pressing the shutter-button did only wake up the camera itself but not the lens; I had to completly turn off the camera and the on again before the lens worked again. I have had the camera switch and the lens switched but it seems to be a bug in the Tamron lens (known to Nikon Denmark).
I am now using the Nikon 17-55/2.8 DX and it work very well indeed ;-)
At 35mm and stopping down to f8 and compare the 17-55 to the 18-55 doesn't surprise me that you don't find them to be much different. I guess you'll need to evaluate the lens' at max appeture and look at the corner sharpness to see the real difference. also you need to look at how the lens behaves when it comes to flare, ghosting, abbreation...etc...sharpness is important but not everything ;-)
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