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Blade
September 15th, 2002, 09:27 AM
Hi all,

Have recently received my S2, i purchased it as a "Kit"..

It came with...
Sigma 28-300mm lens
Metz 54MZ3 flashgun
Lexar 256mb 24x speed CFC
Jumshot lead
Large Black sealtight Case...

I am trying to decide on a "Good" everyday lens that would be upto "wedding shot" standard photography...
But the pinch is that it also needs to be at a resonable cost... (as you can imagine, money is very tight at the moment after the purchase of the above....)

I have been informed that the Tamron 24-135 SP AD may well be what i am "after"... just wondered if anyone has this lens and your opinions please ...

Kindest regards all.
SSonnentag
September 16th, 2002, 07:37 AM
I'm using the Tamron 24-135. I find it to be an excellent lens, although I'm not an expert on lenses. ;) I read a lot of lens reviews before making my purchase and the Tamron 24-135 seems to be a great general purpose lens without too many compromises. I get slight lens flare when shooting directly into the sun (sunsets), but other than that I have absolutely no complaints. It takes sharp and colorful puctures.

Shawn
Blade
September 16th, 2002, 02:45 PM
Dear Shawn,

Thank you for the reply...

Have heard some good reviews about this lens... but like most things its better to here reports/comments from people that actually have one.

Looks like this is going to be my next lens.... thank you.

Then just a wide angle and the 50-500 to go... ;)

Kind regards.
Blade
September 20th, 2002, 01:34 PM
Just to follow up on this..

Tamron ordered today... should be with me in the Next three/four days..

Thanks for the help.

Kind regards
SSonnentag
September 20th, 2002, 03:31 PM
You're most welcome. Let us know how you like it once you've had some time to try it out. :)

Shawn
cfeather
October 29th, 2002, 05:52 AM
I had this lens and sold it after a month. It had many issues:

Not very sharp, especially in the mid-range.

So slow, especially at 50mm and longer.

Focusing error. I'd focus it in autofocus and it was always off a few inches from when it was re-focused manually.

Flair was bad. You just can't shoot into the sun with it.

My advice: Go with a couple used primes.