I am about to buy a canon rebel, but it comes with Sigma lenses. Is Sigma as good as Canon lenses?
Posted by admin | Under Canon Lenses Saturday Jun 26, 2010Also, I know a basic camera package usually starts you out with a 18-55mm lens, and this kit comes with a 28-70mm lens and a 70-300mm lens.
I want to have a good basic lens, and also have one that has a good zoom. (I do a lot of action shots at rodeos. Which means I am often times far form the action.)
Any suggestions of the best lenses, and whether or not Sigma lenses are as good at Canon.
Why don’t you get the basic XTi with its own 18-55 mm lens, and just get the 70-300 zoom lens by Sigma separately. There are a lot of old school photographers that would stay away from Sigma, but from what the reviews I have seen so far, Sigma seems to be better built now a days. The 28-70 Sigma lens, is almost 4 years old, that’s why you should get the Canon lens for the Canon – it’s not that much difference anyway.
Here’s an Amazon site for the 70-300 lens – it doesn’t have an image stabilizer so, hopefully you have a steady hand or using high speed shutter or ISO.
http://www.amazon.com/Sigma-70-300mm-4-5-6-Telephoto-Cameras/dp/B000ALLMI8
No it is not and if this is a new camera, the don’t trust the seller.
Look to known Internet stores like Amazon, Adorama and B&H Photo. Those sites are fair and honest
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Why don’t you get the basic XTi with its own 18-55 mm lens, and just get the 70-300 zoom lens by Sigma separately. There are a lot of old school photographers that would stay away from Sigma, but from what the reviews I have seen so far, Sigma seems to be better built now a days. The 28-70 Sigma lens, is almost 4 years old, that’s why you should get the Canon lens for the Canon – it’s not that much difference anyway.
Here’s an Amazon site for the 70-300 lens – it doesn’t have an image stabilizer so, hopefully you have a steady hand or using high speed shutter or ISO.
http://www.amazon.com/Sigma-70-300mm-4-5-6-Telephoto-Cameras/dp/B000ALLMI8
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Both those lenses are inferior to Canons.
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Have them
Is this a DIGITAL Rebel, like a Rebel XT or XTi? The "kit" lens for the digital cameras is an 18-55. The FILM Rebel does indeed come with something in the 28-70 range, which gives the same effective coverage.
The thing is, I think some dealers are still overstocked with 28-70 lenses that they bought up to bundle with the very popular film Rebel’s. When film camera sales dropped off, they started putting the lenses with digital bodies, just hoping to get rid of them. There are enough people who don’t know which lens is optimized for digital, so they buy the old film-style lens. There’s nothing WRONG with the focal range, but it’s just not the one that is meant to be the first lens you buy with a digital Rebel.
Having said all that, there is so little price difference between the Canon kit lens and the Sigma substitute, you should just get the Canon lens. As far as quality, I will defer to the other answerers, because I have never owned a Sigma lens. They do make some decent quality lenses, but you can be sure that the ones in this kit are "basic" quality and not what most of us would want.
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Wolf, Ritz and other large camera stores have been substituting Tamron, Sigma, and even Quantaray for manufacturer’s lenses on Canons and Nikons. The payoff, as perceived by the purchaser, is that the priceis substantially less than the package with the manufacturer’s lenses.
I would not deny that Canon and Nikon lenses are better than the aftermarket lenses, but in reality, I have never met anyone in almost 50 years of photography who can tell me the difference on a printed photo or a slide.
What I am saying is that for practical purposes for consumer photographers, Sigma is not a bad deal if the price of the kit is substantially less than the camera with the manufacturer’s lenses.
You will never know the difference!
The dealer is not pulling a trick on you, you have been told that it has Sigma lenses that come with it, so the thing to do is to ask what the kit would cost with Canon lenses instead of Sigma
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I worked with one of the three great German lens manufacturers for 10 years
Check http://www.resellertatings.com before buying on-line. Some Sigma lenses are OK, but for the cheap consumer lenses Canon’s would probably be better. The main problem with a 28mm lens is it isn’t wide enough on a crop frame digital camera. If it’s a film camera, then that’s fine.
For shooting rodeo, you’ll want the 70-300, but don’t be surprised if it’s too slow to capture the action at night. Will be fine for daytime in the bright light.
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