Confliction! What lens Cann 24-70 or Tamron 24-70 or other for 5dmkii

[Jin]

So thanks to Petemo I have recently acquired a 5D mkii to do it some justice I really need a nice bit of glass to put on the front.

I love my 70-200L tele but I need something in the 24+ range.

My budget is about £900 at a push.

I have briefly played with both the canon 24-70 2.8 L USM mki and the tamron equivalent but not at the same time.

My photos is usually whatever I can get my hands on, I am not a commercial photographer but I get asked to do things for friends or clubs.
This month:

• Nightclub
• Ski shot
• macro shot
• portrait
• creative

I can't decide on what glass I want to keep on this camera. Both canon and tamron have their strengths and weaknesses on the other hand the tamron is slightly cheaper then a brand new canon.



TIA.

 

[phillio]

Why havent you considered the Sigma out of interest it's the one I'm looking at is the Tamron thought to be superior?

 

[Teshi]

+1 for the Sigma

I actually enjoyed mine apart from the push/pull clutch type system for auto/manual focus. Eventually ended up with the Canon and never had issues with IQ. Pretty much wide open use this its life.

Never tested the Tamron.

 

[modchild]

I got a Sigma 24-70 f2.8 USM for my birthday and I use it regularly on my 5D3 and more recently my 7D. I'm getting some great results with it specially with the 5D3. The 24 end does seem a bit odd on the 7d as I'm not really used to using that FL very often but the IQ is great.

 

[LongLensPhotography]

Sigma is definitely the worst of the three. Tamron can be Ok, but there are tons of poor build quality reports - second lens element falls out. That's pretty bad. I have to say go and get Canon mk1 after testing it out in person or cough up for mkII.

see the-digital-picture ISO crops for comparison. Sigma looks pretty shocking and tamron is lacking contrast