Caterpillar
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Mar 11, 2006, 9:10 PM
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Re: [Bill Kinkle] Suggestions for my first piece of glass
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I just bought my first DSLR, a used 10d, and am looking for suggestions for my first lens. I am new to photography, but have a genuine interest in quality and am pretty lost in terms of judging lenses. Any help would be appreicated.
TIA.
Bill,
If you want to save money, but get L-class IQ, go for the tamron Dis. I have both the 17-35 f2.8-4 Di, and the 28-75 f2.8 Di. Both are on par with their 3-4x expensive Canon counterparts. They will not set you back U$2,500, but only about U$850 for the two. Just make sure you test them at the store as there are sample variations. But that is true even for Canon. But if you get a sharp one, they are really very good! I know because these have been my workhorses for 2 years. 
Unfortunately, I will likely not be using these lenses too much now as I have just gotten myself the 24-105L and ef-s 10-22 combo. Cost me about U$1,900 to replace the tamrons. I will sell my 28-75 (I really like that lens but it will have less use now), but will keep the 17-35 for future use and as a backup.
For weddings, the 24-105L and 10-22 are perfect. The 24-105 is slow at f4 but it has IS and it really works and helps a lot. Consider a shot with f2.8 at 1/15, that would be 1/8 at f4. But if in practice, you'd likely get the shot without blurring caused by handshake with the 1/8 at f4 with IS than the 1/15 at f2.8.This is why I switched.
Also, lens swapping is less because I have 24mm at the wide and 105mm at the long end. It can be frustrating at times that 28mm is not wide enough or 75mm is not long enough. And the 35mm transition point of the 17-35 is kind of out of place. With the 10-22, the 22mm is a nice boundary for the 1.6x cropper. 35mm isn't. AT the 28-75 side, 28mm is a strange boundary because, there are many times you just want to take one or three shots at 24 or 20mm, then be back at the normal 28-75 range. So you go to a lens swap just to get that one or 2 17mm shot or 24mm shot. With the 24-105L and 10-22 combon. You still have 24mm to save you. And maybe if you just step back a bit, or lean back a bit, you can squeeze in a 20mm equivalent. That's hard to do on a 28-75 and 17-35 combo. I know, I have been using this for 2 years! 
In spite of all these, I still heartily recommend these 2 tamrons, especially if you are on a budget. Great price, but great optics.
- Caterpillar
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