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Said i would post up my findings, ive tried Both the vc and non vc versions and bought the vc due to
Better weight
More solid feel
72mm
VC seemed excellent being able to hand hold down to levels i never manage with canon IS (ive got wobble hands too ! )
So its arrived - opened the box (nothing like a new lens is there ! ) 5 year warranty
First impressions - very solid , zoom is very very stiff, ive only ever had canon lenses and sigma's before and as my first impressions go this is better built that the sigma, better built than the <£500 canons ive had in the past too.
The Lock button is quite hard to use and requires a nail to slide it up and down - i asume all of these will get more warn with age though.
bolt on the 60d (withgrip) and the weight is lovely , without the grip though its very front end heavy!
First use
Ive never used Tamrons VC before, and it seems odd that there is a small 'shudder' on the screen on occasions as it locks on (is this normal ?? ) its faster too than i first suspected, a few reviews said it was noisy and a little slow - this ive got to disagree with, in lower light it was a little slow to lock on but outside @ 2.8 was very snappy, and as for the noise it is there.. so inside a quiet church or room is the next place i want to test it so may edit this later. The AF seems bang on with the 60d and ive not noticed any focusing issues or miss placed focus. At 17mm @2.8 there is a lot of 'softness' around the edge of the image which flattens out dramatically @f4. I tried a few indoors shots of my office @2.8 and again very usable, and able to hand hold at /40 @ 50mm easily without any loss of quality so pleased there, its going to take some practice to learn whats good / bad for the lens but so far in the 5 mins ive used it im pleased. Ive put the images up from the quick fiddle at my lunch break on flickr. They are all jpeg's straight out of the camera with all exif data there. Let me know what you think ! but if your in any doubt - for the money im very pleased so far !
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tomknightleyphotography/sets/72157631573611425/with/8002804127/
Better weight
More solid feel
72mm
VC seemed excellent being able to hand hold down to levels i never manage with canon IS (ive got wobble hands too ! )
So its arrived - opened the box (nothing like a new lens is there ! ) 5 year warranty
First impressions - very solid , zoom is very very stiff, ive only ever had canon lenses and sigma's before and as my first impressions go this is better built that the sigma, better built than the <£500 canons ive had in the past too.
The Lock button is quite hard to use and requires a nail to slide it up and down - i asume all of these will get more warn with age though.
bolt on the 60d (withgrip) and the weight is lovely , without the grip though its very front end heavy!
First use
Ive never used Tamrons VC before, and it seems odd that there is a small 'shudder' on the screen on occasions as it locks on (is this normal ?? ) its faster too than i first suspected, a few reviews said it was noisy and a little slow - this ive got to disagree with, in lower light it was a little slow to lock on but outside @ 2.8 was very snappy, and as for the noise it is there.. so inside a quiet church or room is the next place i want to test it so may edit this later. The AF seems bang on with the 60d and ive not noticed any focusing issues or miss placed focus. At 17mm @2.8 there is a lot of 'softness' around the edge of the image which flattens out dramatically @f4. I tried a few indoors shots of my office @2.8 and again very usable, and able to hand hold at /40 @ 50mm easily without any loss of quality so pleased there, its going to take some practice to learn whats good / bad for the lens but so far in the 5 mins ive used it im pleased. Ive put the images up from the quick fiddle at my lunch break on flickr. They are all jpeg's straight out of the camera with all exif data there. Let me know what you think ! but if your in any doubt - for the money im very pleased so far !
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tomknightleyphotography/sets/72157631573611425/with/8002804127/
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they are both different lenses - glad they are both great though !
