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Jan 1, 2015 10:40:58   #
Chefneil
 
I was asked to take a few shots of a friend in a concert . She is a performer and I wanted to see what I could do. I rented the Tamron 24-70 2.8. OMG! I fell in love with it! I have posted a couple of images here. The truth is the lens made me look like I knew what I was doing. Even at the extremes it worked so well.

So now I am thinking I want it have it in my bag all of the time. But the price is too high for me right now without trading out all of my EFS lenses.

My thinking is to trade in all of my lenses: Nifty 50 f1.8, 18-55 F3.5-5.6 and 55-250 f4-5.6. All kit lenses, for this incredible lens. of course I'll have to pitch money into the deal.

Is this folly, or a good thing?

olc

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Jan 1, 2015 10:50:31   #
Db7423 Loc: Pittsburgh, PA
 
Oops.

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Jan 1, 2015 10:53:18   #
Indi Loc: L. I., NY, Palm Beach Cty when it's cold.
 
Chefneil wrote:
I was asked to take a few shots of a friend in a concert . She is a performer and I wanted to see what I could do. I rented the Tamron 24-70 2.8. OMG! I fell in love with it! I have posted a couple of images here. The truth is the lens made me look like I knew what I was doing. Even at the extremes it worked so well.

So now I am thinking I want it have it in my bag all of the time. But the price is too high for me right now without trading out all of my EFS lenses.

My thinking is to trade in all of my lenses: Nifty 50 f1.8, 18-55 F3.5-5.6 and 55-250 f4-5.6. All kit lenses, for this incredible lens. of course I'll have to pitch money into the deal.

Is this folly, or a good thing?



olc
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I don't think its folly. In fact, I've done the same thing to get a new Sigma 18-300mm. The 24-70 will cover the first two lenses. Well, you'll be a little short on the wide end losing 6mm, but I wouldn't give up the 55-250mm. You'll have nothing to cover that range.
IMHO.

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Jan 1, 2015 10:56:34   #
Db7423 Loc: Pittsburgh, PA
 
Chefneil wrote:
I was asked to take a few shots of a friend in a concert . She is a performer and I wanted to see what I could do. I rented the Tamron 24-70 2.8. OMG! I fell in love with it! I have posted a couple of images here. The truth is the lens made me look like I knew what I was doing. Even at the extremes it worked so well.

So now I am thinking I want it have it in my bag all of the time. But the price is too high for me right now without trading out all of my EFS lenses.

My thinking is to trade in all of my lenses: Nifty 50 f1.8, 18-55 F3.5-5.6 and 55-250 f4-5.6. All kit lenses, for this incredible lens. of course I'll have to pitch money into the deal.

Is this folly, or a good thing?

olc
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Only you can decide. Only you know the answer. The 24-70 is my most used lens but consider depending on what you normally shoot there may be a lot of missed opportunities between 70- 250mm. ;)

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Jan 1, 2015 10:58:12   #
Chefneil
 
Indi wrote:
I don't think its folly. In fact, I've done the same thing to get a new Sigma 18-300mm. The 24-70 will cover the first two lenses. Well, you'll be a little short on the wide end losing 6mm, but I wouldn't give up the 55-250mm. You'll have nothing to cover that range.
IMHO.


I was thinking about getting a teleconverter to get to the higher MMs

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Jan 1, 2015 11:26:07   #
MT Shooter Loc: Montana
 
Chefneil wrote:
I was asked to take a few shots of a friend in a concert . She is a performer and I wanted to see what I could do. I rented the Tamron 24-70 2.8. OMG! I fell in love with it! I have posted a couple of images here. The truth is the lens made me look like I knew what I was doing. Even at the extremes it worked so well.

So now I am thinking I want it have it in my bag all of the time. But the price is too high for me right now without trading out all of my EFS lenses.

My thinking is to trade in all of my lenses: Nifty 50 f1.8, 18-55 F3.5-5.6 and 55-250 f4-5.6. All kit lenses, for this incredible lens. of course I'll have to pitch money into the deal.

Is this folly, or a good thing?

olc
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You have just learned the difference between "kit" glass and Pro glass, as well as why the Pro glass costs so much more. Its all about image quality! Anybodys 24-70mm F2.8 will outperform your kit lenses, get it and use it. The only problem then is that you will have to save up for a 70-200mm F2.8 to get more range! ;)

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Jan 1, 2015 13:00:03   #
Indi Loc: L. I., NY, Palm Beach Cty when it's cold.
 
Chefneil wrote:
I was thinking about getting a teleconverter to get to the higher MMs


I just got a Kenko 1.4 TeleConverter for Christmas. Not the same as a lens with the same range and you'll lose some f/stops. Best to keep the 55-250mm until you can afford the 70-200mm f/2.8 as MT suggests.

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Jan 1, 2015 13:32:06   #
JPL
 
Chefneil wrote:
I was asked to take a few shots of a friend in a concert . She is a performer and I wanted to see what I could do. I rented the Tamron 24-70 2.8. OMG! I fell in love with it! I have posted a couple of images here. The truth is the lens made me look like I knew what I was doing. Even at the extremes it worked so well.

So now I am thinking I want it have it in my bag all of the time. But the price is too high for me right now without trading out all of my EFS lenses.

My thinking is to trade in all of my lenses: Nifty 50 f1.8, 18-55 F3.5-5.6 and 55-250 f4-5.6. All kit lenses, for this incredible lens. of course I'll have to pitch money into the deal.

Is this folly, or a good thing?

olc
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I would keep the 50 mm, sell the others.

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Jan 1, 2015 13:38:14   #
dandi Loc: near Seattle, WA
 
JPL wrote:
I would keep the 50 mm, sell the others.



:thumbup: :thumbup:

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Jan 1, 2015 14:13:36   #
davidrb Loc: Half way there on the 45th Parallel
 
Chefneil wrote:
I was asked to take a few shots of a friend in a concert . She is a performer and I wanted to see what I could do. I rented the Tamron 24-70 2.8. OMG! I fell in love with it! I have posted a couple of images here. The truth is the lens made me look like I knew what I was doing. Even at the extremes it worked so well.

So now I am thinking I want it have it in my bag all of the time. But the price is too high for me right now without trading out all of my EFS lenses.

My thinking is to trade in all of my lenses: Nifty 50 f1.8, 18-55 F3.5-5.6 and 55-250 f4-5.6. All kit lenses, for this incredible lens. of course I'll have to pitch money into the deal.

Is this folly, or a good thing?

olc
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Chefneil, welcome to the Hog. Answer to your question: It is definitely folly, and it is a GREAT thing! I do admire your attitude but I would recommend you keep the nifty-fifty, unless it is a deal breaker. Chances are you will miss (at first) the 250mm range, but the value and versatlity of the new lens will overpower any remorse. When you are able, please post some of your results. GL

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Jan 1, 2015 14:24:52   #
cntry Loc: Colorado
 
Chefneil wrote:
I was asked to take a few shots of a friend in a concert . She is a performer and I wanted to see what I could do. I rented the Tamron 24-70 2.8. OMG! I fell in love with it! I have posted a couple of images here. The truth is the lens made me look like I knew what I was doing. Even at the extremes it worked so well.

So now I am thinking I want it have it in my bag all of the time. But the price is too high for me right now without trading out all of my EFS lenses.

My thinking is to trade in all of my lenses: Nifty 50 f1.8, 18-55 F3.5-5.6 and 55-250 f4-5.6. All kit lenses, for this incredible lens. of course I'll have to pitch money into the deal.

Is this folly, or a good thing?

olc
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How often do you use each of the others? I recently downsized my go-bag and only put the 2 lenses I use most often in the new bag. I carried a second bag with my other lenses on several outings, just in case. I never once pulled a lens out of the second bag.
Once you get the 24-70 you won't want to use any of your other lenses so you won't miss them if you sell them. I'd keep the 55-250 for the range and sell the rest. (And you'll probably find yourself wanting to upgrade it as well.)

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Jan 2, 2015 08:17:02   #
ole sarg Loc: south florida
 
Since you would get very little for the 50 I would keep it and get rid of the other glass. Really for the vast majority of shots unless you are a birder or wild life shooter you don't need much more than 70mm.




Chefneil wrote:
I was asked to take a few shots of a friend in a concert . She is a performer and I wanted to see what I could do. I rented the Tamron 24-70 2.8. OMG! I fell in love with it! I have posted a couple of images here. The truth is the lens made me look like I knew what I was doing. Even at the extremes it worked so well.

So now I am thinking I want it have it in my bag all of the time. But the price is too high for me right now without trading out all of my EFS lenses.

My thinking is to trade in all of my lenses: Nifty 50 f1.8, 18-55 F3.5-5.6 and 55-250 f4-5.6. All kit lenses, for this incredible lens. of course I'll have to pitch money into the deal.

Is this folly, or a good thing?

olc
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Jan 2, 2015 09:56:00   #
sueyeisert Loc: New Jersey
 
Do it. You love a constant aperture lens. Do you use the 50mm?? I hardly use zoom lenses.
Chefneil wrote:
I was asked to take a few shots of a friend in a concert . She is a performer and I wanted to see what I could do. I rented the Tamron 24-70 2.8. OMG! I fell in love with it! I have posted a couple of images here. The truth is the lens made me look like I knew what I was doing. Even at the extremes it worked so well.

So now I am thinking I want it have it in my bag all of the time. But the price is too high for me right now without trading out all of my EFS lenses.

My thinking is to trade in all of my lenses: Nifty 50 f1.8, 18-55 F3.5-5.6 and 55-250 f4-5.6. All kit lenses, for this incredible lens. of course I'll have to pitch money into the deal.

Is this folly, or a good thing?

olc
I was asked to take a few shots of a friend in a c... (show quote)

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Jan 2, 2015 10:43:50   #
MarkD Loc: NYC
 
B&H has the Sigma 17-50 f/2.8 OS HSM for $519. It's a very good lens and it's less than half the price.

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Jan 2, 2015 11:46:52   #
bull drink water Loc: pontiac mi.
 
check KEH they might have wht you want at a good price.

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