Help me choose...Please.

Jimi said:
I am heading into town tomorrow with a wad of cash to hand over for a new lens. I have narrowed it down to one of two and would appreciate any recomendations as to which is the better choice.

Sigma 18-250mm f3.5-6.3 DC OS Lens for Canon EF-S
Tamron 18-270mm f3.5-6.3 VC PZD Lens - Canon AF

Thanks in advance.
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Any particular reason you need a superzoom?
 
Perhaps getting a canon 55-250 would be much better image quality wise and then buy something else too with the remaining 200 quid as really the superzoom is going to be worse quality than the kit lens.
 
Jimi said:
I do a fair bit of music coverage for an online blog, and the focal range is ideal for it. Other than that I am looking for something which will make a good all round walkabout lens for general use.
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The lens is going to be a bit slow for music stuff if any of it is indoors. Do you really need such a long ranger for a walkabout?
 
I'd suggest a fast prime for the indoor music stuff, or a fast zoom such as the Tamron 17-50 f/2.8 non VC.

Neither of those two lenses you suggest are fast enough, and do you need that much zoom?

Edit - I assumed the music stuff is either indoors. I used to find shooting bands in outdoor stages (such as the isle of Wight. Festival) the shaded stage required a fast lens as well.
 
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Jimi said:
Thanks for the feedback guys. I was merely being lazy :lol: not wanting to change lenses all the time. Seriously though, you are right the extra zoom is unecessary for what I shoot. The Tamron 17-50 2.8 sounds ideal but why the non VC version?
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It has better image quality.
 
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