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2.8 primes Vs 2.8 zooms

  • 17-06-2012 6:33pm
    #1
    gsxr1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,167 ✭✭✭


    I have been after a new lens lately.

    I got a 24mm 2.8 on ebay, but I am returning it due to a quailtiy issue.

    I am now back looking.

    I would like your opinion on these lens.

    canon 24mm 2.8
    canon 28mm 2.8
    canon 35mm f2

    Compared to

    Tamron 17-50 2.8


    For not much more I am getting the speed of the canon primes and the added benefit of the focal lengths with the tamron.

    I have a budgit of 200 . I would not consider L glass as I have a family to feed. And motor noise does not bother me in the slightest.

    I am swaying between the 35mm prime and the tamron..

    whats do you guys think?


Comments

  • #2
    melekalikimaka
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 10,686 Mod ✭✭✭✭melekalikimaka


    primes almost always out perform zooms optically, glass is better, less, glass, less distortion, less problems with quality with primes, you can take a step forward or back with a prime, you cant fix poor glass on the zoom.


  • #3
    gsxr1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,167 ✭✭✭gsxr1


    melekalikimaka wrote: »
    primes almost always out perform zooms optically, glass is better, less, glass, less distortion, less problems with quality with primes, you can take a step forward or back with a prime, you cant fix poor glass on the zoom.

    yes. I was thinking this myself.

    I was also thinking. The primes I quoted are late 90s in design.

    But the Tamron is very high tech in comparison with Vibration control Or IS in canon terms. Surely optics have come on a bit(even in the economy class)

    Does these bells and whistles beat the basic quality optics of an old design canon lens.

    I do love the size of the 35mm . Its a great lens to bring anywhere. Even wide open it is sharp.

    I am chasing the impossible question. A lens you can use for everyday use.


  • #4
    ronanc15
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,279 ✭✭✭ronanc15


    Another possibility for you, just released:

    Canon 40mm 2.8

    http://www.canon.co.uk/For_Home/Product_Finder/Cameras/EF_Lenses/Standard_and_Medium_Telephoto/EF_40mm_f_2.8_STM/index.aspx


  • #5
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 50,876 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    gsxr1 wrote: »
    Does these bells and whistles beat the basic quality optics of an old design canon lens.
    i doubt age has much to do with it; the maths of optics hasn't changed.
    i use a lens from the 70s which is so sharp you'd cut yourself on it.
    to be fair, it's from a hasselblad.


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