28-300 whih lens?

[peterc]

Hi All
I've just signed up to this community, and got a question hope someone can help me in my decision.
I've got a 40D and want an all in one lens, I've been looking at the 28-300 range and therefor the Sigma, Tamron or Canon but there's a massive price differential between the first two and the Canon.
I'm just an amature but want to take sports pics so the lens has to be responsive, my heart tells me buy the quality canon but can I justify or would I notice the difference in picture quality?
I haven't been able to find any recent comparisons between these lenses , any suggestions would be great.
thanks
peter

[Latinbob]

I'm not too familiar with the Canon line-up, but if you want to shoot sports, you need fast glass. Those super zooms like that are usually slow, aperture-wise and you run out of light. Look at the f/4 or even better f/2.8 fixed-aperture zooms in the 70-200 range if you really want to do sports.

I did the same thing you did though, and got an all-in-one lens, a 28-300 Sigma. Not good for sports and not terribly sharp.

Bob

[badpickev]

of all the 28-300 the new tamron with VC would be the best.

[Epphoto]

Stay away from lens with that focal length
Very slow , to many elements ,they hunt allot also!!!

[Luke Strom]

70-200 is going to be your best versatile lens. The 70-200 f4 L can be found for under $600 and is extremely sharp and versatile.

[Max@Home]

Originally Posted by badpickev

of all the 28-300 the new tamron with VC would be the best.

...I highly doubt that, the Canon is extremely expensive and heavy, but does deliver L quality images...

Originally Posted by Epphoto

Stay away from lens with that focal length
Very slow, too many elements, they hunt a lot also!!!

The Canon EF 28-300F3.5-F5.6 L IS USM is not fast aperture-wise, as has been said, the F2.8 and F4.0 fixed aperture zooms (or primes) will be better suited for sports.

But although it is not my fastest L, it is definitely not slow to focus, and it doesn't hunt either!

Important to *me* is the fact that the Canon 28-300 is completely weather sealed, *I* use it as my outdoors, bad-weather, walkaround 'reporter-lens', when I do not know in advance what I will encounter, or when I do not have the time to change lenses, or when (weather-)conditions prohibit lens change, on my 1D Mk III

...only thing to watch for: vignetting on the widest and longest end... even on a 1.3x crop body... gone after 2/3 stopping down, or using 'lens correction features' in Digital Photo Professional...

...*my* opinion and experience, only *my* €0.02 worth...

Kindest regards!

Max@Home

[peterc]

Thanks all for the information suggestions and help , more now to think about!
More often my question prompts answers pointing toward the Canon lens - if price was no object there would be no hard decision .

What a brilliant site , helpful and informative , I've spread the word