Don't use my 400D half as much as I should, I know its a good body (or was in its day) - part of problem is I still have the cheap as chips non IS / entry level zoom lens. Seen the following available for £150 and wonder if it would be a good lens to upgrade or if money could be better spent elsewhere Canon EF-S 17-85mm 1:4-5.6 IS USM review: Digital Photography Review Tend to do more landscape stuff than action as know you really need a top end lens to get good results. Any advise appreciated - thanks,
If you're going to concentrate on landscapes just be aware that the chromatic aberration mentioned in the review is going to cause noticeable purple or green fringing on the boundaries of high contrast areas. A bit like overdoing the unsharp mask. It's a bugger to remove.
I would look at Tamron or Sigma wide lenses Al, slightly cheaper and as good if than the Canon equiv. at the price point. Tamron and Sigma don't casrry a high price s/h in comparison to Canon.
This is at a shop with 6 month warranty and includes filter and lens hood (which was included as standard). Will look tonight for sigma and tamron on eBay. Did see the note about the colours at edges etc.
It's the curse of the lower end, extreme wide angle lenses, brought about by the fact that the different colour frequencies of light focus at different points. As the wider angle lenses start to drop off in efficiency at the edges, the effect becomes visible as the colours start to separate. This is the reasoning behind Nikon's ED range and Canon's L range of lenses. They use a high Flourite content in their glass which has very low dispersion, forcing the colours to all focus on the same point.
