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Old 12-11-12, 01:43 PM
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Thanks for the guidance will drop the canon and go for Tamron as suggested but now I am confused between Tamron SP AF 70-300 F/4-5.6 Di VC USD and Tamron AF 18-270 F/3.5-6.3 Di II VC LD

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Old 12-11-12, 06:11 PM
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Thanks for the guidance will drop the canon and go for Tamron as suggested but now I am confused between Tamron SP AF 70-300 F/4-5.6 Di VC USD and Tamron AF 18-270 F/3.5-6.3 Di II VC LD

Tamron SP AF 70-300 F/4-5.6 Di VC USD is the one to go for unless you want to cover a long range of focal lengths.

Whilst the 18-270 may seem appealing it has to cover a long zoom range and the image quality is not as good as the 70-300. I did own the 18-270 for a while but found it had very bad barrel distorion and suffered from chromatic abbertions.
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Old 06-01-13, 02:06 PM
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Advice needed

I'm in the process of upgrading to a DSLR, and think the Canon 650D is the one for me.
I have an old Sigma 170-500mm lens that I used to use on my old SLR I used before I went to digital, its not been chipped though, does anyone have an idea of the approx cost of this.....it might stop me using it if its prohibitive!
I am also thinking of buying a Canon 75-300mm f/4.0-5.6 III lens is this the one being referred to in this thread as being not a good lens?? If so, how about the Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS II???

Sorry for my first ever post on here being just questions, but I want to get it as right as possible first time!!! My main interests are aviation photography, I also take pics at airshows too, plus the usual family shots!!!

Thanks in advance for your help guys

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Old 06-01-13, 02:15 PM
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No idea about the cost of chipping the sigma.

WIth regards to lenses for the money the 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS II is a cracking lens and is sharper than the more expensive 70-300 EF IS, as you have established the 75-300 does not have a good reputation.
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Old 06-01-13, 02:22 PM
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Thanks Dave.....and I would have gone for the higher mm had I not discovered this forum!!!!!

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Old 06-01-13, 03:03 PM
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If you do want to go up to 300mm then this is a good choice. But obviously more expensive.
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Old 21-02-13, 07:45 PM
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Hi Dave/all.

I've been offered the CANON 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS II EF-S to go with the 650D plus the EF-S/18-55 IS II/REG.

Anyone know about either of these, is this the good 55-250 lens?

Hoping to order within the next seven days!!!

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Old 01-03-13, 06:40 AM
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A million thanks for suggesting Tamron SP AF 70-300 F/4-5.6 Di VC USD just got it about 20 days back and am busy clicking.

I have two more queries
a) Which extender to use for Tamron SP AF 70-300 F/4-5.6 Di VC USD with EOS 600D ?
b) How to do I click the stars in open sky or starlit sky please suggest technique/thread and do I use Canon 18-55mm EF-S F/3.5-5.6 II or Canon EF 50mm F/1.8 II or Canon 55-250mm EF-S F/4.5-6 IS II or Tamron SP AF 70-300 F/4-5.6 Di VC USD please advice
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Old 15-03-13, 06:40 PM
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Hi there. Can somebody confirm that this lens (Tamron 70-300mm f4-5.6 SP Di VC USD Lens -CANON AF ) fits Canon eos 600D? Thanks.
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Old 15-03-13, 08:51 PM
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Hi there. Can somebody confirm that this lens (Tamron 70-300mm f4-5.6 SP Di VC USD Lens -CANON AF ) fits Canon eos 600D? Thanks.
Yes it does.
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