Terrible problem with tokina 12-24 and Canon 28-135 :)

[kingnothing83]

My Tokina 12-24 and canon 400D combination is making incredibly sharp images that I am really amazed with! Only had it a week but really excited by the results, which are very obviously sharp even on the camera's LCD screen when reviewing images.

The problem is my Canon 28-135 IS just doesnt compere. It's a very versatile lens but the sharpness just doesnt compete with the Tokina, its probably around 4 years old (i bought it 2nd hand a 6 months ago) and is in very good condition but the IS is starting to make a very very slight grinding noise, only when using at 135mm for long periods (aparently quite common with early IS lenses). There is also the usual dust on the lens and the filter. And the filter itself is only a standard hoya, not as good as my hoya s-hmc on my tokina.

Would I benefit from having the lens cleaned, can i do it myself? I really have no experience of this. Or is the sad truth just that the 28-135 is no where close to the tokina for sharpness? Should the difference be night and day? Perhaps I shoudl take pictures with the filter on and off to see if that is part of the problem

Cheers!

Simon

 

[Goody13]

I've just come back from holiday and was using my new Canon 10-22 and, to keep my luggage weight down, I borrowed a mate's Canon 28-135 to minimise the number of lenses I had with me. I have not had chance to check my shots on the computer yet but, when zooming into the image on the LCD screen, I feel that the shots taken with the 10-22 are miles sharper than those with the 28-135.

 

[robbys82]

sounds like you are ready to move on to a better lens. I had one for about 3 or 4 years but found to be too soft and poor colours once I got hold of better lenses. Tameron 28-75 f2.8 is same price and streets ahead in terms of IQ - I did a direct swap money wise sold canon on ebay and bought tameron