Lens for animals (pets) portrait - aps-c canon

Well you can probably pick up a 17-55mm second hand quite easily whereas the 35mm you'll probably have to buy new. You could always try the 17-55 first and sell it if you don't like it without too much of a loss.
 
Vertigo1 said:
I've seen 17-55s going for around the £300-350 mark these days which is dirt cheap for the quality it offers.
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Where have you seen that? I always seem to see them go above 400

And yes the sigma would be new @565. Which is basically the same as the 17-55mm
 
Cleisthenes said:
This isn't the greatest shot in the world, but this is with my 35 art and 7d, to give you an idea of the quality you can be expecting.

untitled-98.jpg by Ben Critchley, on Flickr

and this at f/2.8
Sigma35Testing-36.jpg by Ben Critchley, on Flickr
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Great shots but whats that 'static interference' type noise in the background? I see it's not high ISO noise as both are shot at low ISO's or have you processed them that way?

Sorry to ask I've just never seen a noise pattern like that before so I'm curious. :)
 
Columbo said:
Great shots but whats that 'static interference' type noise in the background? I see it's not high ISO noise as both are shot at low ISO's or have you processed them that way?

Sorry to ask I've just never seen a noise pattern like that before so I'm curious. :)
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Probably just noise from boosting shadows in processing
 
Thanks for all the input guys. I'm ordering tonight and still don't fully know which way I'm going. But I don't really think more replies will help!

All options take great pictures (I suppose they should at 500 pounds each, in fact the same price new) and both definitely are fundamentally different!
 
If your buying new then why not order both try for a week the send the one you dont like back? Quite a few retailers offer a 14 day money back guarantee.
 
Columbo said:
Great shots but whats that 'static interference' type noise in the background? I see it's not high ISO noise as both are shot at low ISO's or have you processed them that way?

Sorry to ask I've just never seen a noise pattern like that before so I'm curious. :)
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I increased the exposure by about 2 stops and put the shadows bar up quite a lot, so this came from that.
 
Here's another few from the 35 :p

Sigma35Testing-23.jpg by Ben Critchley, on Flickr

untitled-99.jpg by Ben Critchley, on Flickr

untitled-96.jpg by Ben Critchley, on Flickr

IMG_8914.jpg by Ben Critchley, on Flickr

Sigma35Testing-34.jpg by Ben Critchley, on Flickr

untitled-69.jpg by Ben Critchley, on Flickr

putting them on here makes them more pastelle like that they are, flickr will show a truer representation I should think. Especially the first shot, the quality is FAR greater on flickr on my screen.
 
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Cleisthenes said:
Here's another few from the 35 :p
Sigma35Testing-23.jpg by Ben Critchley, on Flickr
untitled-99.jpg by Ben Critchley, on Flickr
untitled-96.jpg by Ben Critchley, on Flickr
IMG_8914.jpg by Ben Critchley, on FlickrSigma35Testing-34.jpg by Ben Critchley, on Flickruntitled-69.jpg by Ben Critchley, on Flickr

putting them on here makes them more pastelle like that they are, flickr will show a truer representation I should think. Especially the first shot, the quality is FAR greater on flickr on my screen.
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Viewing these on a calibrated monitor they seem very over exposed with blown highlights :(
 
1, 4, 6 are not over exposed. 1 is a little on the hot side but not displeasing, although it could benefit from some highlight recovery on the snout.

For the first set, the banding is a shame as it's not a pleasing texture imo.
 
Yeah 2 and 3 look a Lil over exposed.
4 is my favourite

From the first batch of 2 (in the other post) I really like those two

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Maybe 5 as well is a tad.

But I'm not one who should be making comments!
 
New lens arrives hopefully this week
Hoping to try it out this weekend if it gets here
 
Lens doesn't really make that big a difference, the problem is they move and don't stay still...this is a lot harder than it looks.

VuFinKD.jpg
 
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