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Despite Canon’s vigorous advertising campaign against third-party lenses a lot of people happily use lenses made by Tamron, Tokina and Sigma (and lenses with other brandnames but probably built by one of those three). And there’s one really good reason for this - the third party lenses are almost always much much cheaper than equivalent offerings from Canon. So. Should you buy a third party lens? It’s not a simple yes/no issue, so here are some points to consider. Price savings of third party products can be considerable, particularly if you’re looking to get a faster, higher-quality zoom lens.
Remember that the cheapest lenses are optimized for price, not for optical quality. And the profit margins for cheap products tend to be very thin. The price differential between Canon and third party isn’t huge when it comes to super-cheap lenses, so I don’t know if third party lenses are such a great idea in this case. |
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Here are a number of popular Canon EF and EF-S lenses you might come across. EF 16-35 2.8L USM and EF 17-35 2.8L USM.
Professional-quality new and old fast wide-angle zoom lenses, used by many photojournalists. Expensive. EF 17-40 4L USM.
Affordable and optically slower version of the above, popular with advanced amateurs. EF-S 18-55 3.5-5.6.
Pretty well every 300D/Digital Rebel, 350D/Rebel XT and 400D/Rebel XTi owner out there has one of these, since they’re bundled with most consumer Canon digital SLRs sold. Image quality is OK considering the rock-bottom price. EF-S 17-85mm 4-5.6 IS USM. |
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This really depends on your photographic goals. Here are some possibilities to consider. But before you rush out and buy a lens based on these suggestions I strongly recommend trying out the lenses you’re interested in before you buy. Most decent stores won’t mind if you go in with your camera and roll of film or an empty memory card and take a few shots of the shop using a couple of lenses. (be sure to use a tripod or rest the camera on a sturdy surface and use identical settings for each lens) They might grumble a bit, but how else can you decide whether a given lens is good for you? Certainly you don’t want to be trusting the advice of random people on the Internet! Cheap prime lens. |
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