Which lens, two to pick from

[Furgus]

yeah I think I am sold on the Tamron.....now to call my local camera store to see if they have one

 

[sbell111]

... Josh when my Tamron was a few weeks old I had a 20D setup with the lens on a TRIPOD and my wife decided to see what the quik release on the head was for... YUP down goes the camera onto the hard wood floor landing straight with the lens taking all of the force. ...

It's a good thing that you have the 20d. A rebel's plastic body might not have survived that fall.

 

[kewlby]

I have the XTi and Tamron 28-250mm combination. I bought it in September to take photos of my kids' soccer games and for my recent trip to WDW. I'm still relatively new to dslr but I thought I'd add my thoughts.

• I love the compactness of the Tamron lens.
• This combination is easy to carry around and light.
• I've taken some great photos. PM me if you want to see my recent WDW pics
• There was a learning curve for me to learn to take nice action photos and get just the right exposure.

I recommend the xti and tamron combination.

 

[Josh125]

I ended up getting the Tamron. It should be here the day after Christmas and more importantly 3 days before we leave for the world

 

[Groucho]

One thing I forgot to mention that's a negative about the Tamron - that lousy lens cap! I always fumble taking it off and even more putting it back on.

Also, the lens hood makes it a little tricky to adjust a polarizer. I usually end up popping off the hood then putting it back after adjusting. I'd prefer a little window on the bottom like some other lens hoods, that you can stick your finger in to adjust.

 

[Furgus]

One thing I forgot to mention that's a negative about the Tamron - that lousy lens cap! I always fumble taking it off and even more putting it back on.

Also, the lens hood makes it a little tricky to adjust a polarizer. I usually end up popping off the hood then putting it back after adjusting. I'd prefer a little window on the bottom like some other lens hoods, that you can stick your finger in to adjust.

You don't have the Sigma 10-20, do ya?? WORST LENS CAP EVER.....

I had to go buy the Nikon 77mm cap just so I would keep one on it. It was horrible. If I end up getting the Tamron, a good lens cap is cheap

 

[fitzperry]

One thing I forgot to mention that's a negative about the Tamron - that lousy lens cap! I always fumble taking it off and even more putting it back on.

Also, the lens hood makes it a little tricky to adjust a polarizer. I usually end up popping off the hood then putting it back after adjusting. I'd prefer a little window on the bottom like some other lens hoods, that you can stick your finger in to adjust.

Totally agree about that cheapo lens cap.

I've never seen a hood with the little window to adjust a polarizer. Can you buy those to fit different lenses? I've only used a polarizer with my Nikon kit lens; it's a real pain to adjust with the hood on. I've been wondering if I'm missing something and there's a better way.

 

[gokenin]

Totally agree about that cheapo lens cap.

I've never seen a hood with the little window to adjust a polarizer. Can you buy those to fit different lenses? I've only used a polarizer with my Nikon kit lens; it's a real pain to adjust with the hood on. I've been wondering if I'm missing something and there's a better way.

I know that the lens hoods that come with pentax lenses have a window that you can open that allows you to adjust a polarizer without having to take the hood off but the tamron and the sigma lenses that i have do not have these so it may only be a pentax thing

 

[Groucho]

Like Gokenin said... it seems to be fairly common on Pentax lens hoods, though I'm sure it's not 100% unique to them. It's really, really handy - and there's a plastic piece you can leave in if you want to shoot portrait in sun without light leakage (the window's on the bottom of the lens cap normally, so would be on the side in portrait mode.)

To be fair, it's not on all of theirs - I recently got a lens hood for the 50mm F1.4 lens and there's no window. But it's a square filter (and not very deep) so it should be easy to reach in and rotate the polarizer.