Thanks for the links. I've read some of the reviews. Seems that in terms of the image quality, Canon is marginally better. The huge price difference is not justifiable by that however. Canon will surely be a better build and faster but Tamron is a really close match in terms of optical performance such as sharpness and color, which are the key attributes of a lens. Given the price difference, Tamron seems to be a winner.
Wanted to see if anyone in the forum had real life experience using it and what are their thoughts on the lens. 作者: petertang 时间: 2010-8-5 22:55
500块钱的东西的评价或者成像能有1700的东西的效果好吗?
Tamron surely can not out perform Canon but after burning $$$ for equipments for some time, I kinda figured that expensive Canon lenses may not always be a lot better than the cheaper third party lenses...
When Sigma 50mm 1.4 first come out, it was cheaper than Canon 50mm 1.4. Now price has increased because it's becoming famous that Sigma 50mm is better than Canon 50mm. Today, Sigma 50mm 1.4 is still cheaper than Canon 50mm 1.4, by just $2 (-__-) according to Camerasdirect's price.