Living upto expectations - Tamron 17-50 F/2.8

Dear Friends,

Recently I bought new lens for my Canon 7D as a replacement of Canon kit lens. TAMRON 17-50 F/2.8 non-VC. After going through lot of reviews for replacement of kit lens, there were few options Canon 17-55 F/2.8 IS, Canon 17-40 F/4 IS, Canon 16-35 F/2.8 IS and Tamron 17-50 F/2.8. Two canon lenses were currently beyond my budget so I left with two choices Caanon 17-40 F/4 or Tamron 17-50 F/2.8. I though its better to have F/2.8 as many times we struggle with low light situations with wide angle, this is maily true for indoor shots... Also in some reviews i have read Tammy is better in sharpness than Canon 17-40. So despite having dis-advantage of APS-C format lens I decided to get Tammy.




Being always felt bad about low quality of Canon Kit Lens, Canon 70-200 F/4 use to live on my Canon 7D all time. Once I receive Tammy the things changed and even in situation where i would / should have used 70-200 (like in Zoom & Aquarium) I kept shooting with Tamron 17-50.

There are some down sides to this lens..
- The Auto-Focus is slow compared to Canon Kit lens
- It noisy lens
- Zoom ring rotates in opposite directions

But above disadvantages are made to forget by the image quality it delivers !! And the build of the lens is Solid !!!

The images are Sharp, Color Contrast is almost same as Canon 70-200, once on beach when shooting with both lenses it was hard to tell which shot was taken by which lens unless it is obvious by wide angle !!! The Bokeh is Good though not best.

I am quite happy with the lens, and have high expectations in landscape photography.

Following are some of the photos taken with This lens...

Comments and Critiques welcome..

Cheers

Sameer