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I'm looking to replace my el cheapo kit 18-55 with a better "all round" lens. The 17-85 IS USM was appealing, but I just stumbled across this. Cheaper than the Canon, plus with a longer focal length and a slightly wider aperture than Canon's 17-85.

Haven't seen it spoken about much here, a search didn't pull up anything really.

So for any owners here - what are your thoughts, opinions?

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Canon 350D || 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 II || 75-300mm f4.5-5.6 III || 50mm f/1.8 II

I don't own it myself, but you can find a review of it it here

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Jake

Canon EOS 400D + EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS + EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS + EF 50mm f/1.8
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That's a review for the non-HSM version of the lens. I don't know if the optics have been ugraded in the HSM version so that review isn't automatically applicable.

edit: Found the review for the HSM version here. It appears the HSM makes a noticeable noise and is almost as noticeable as a normal motor. Shame really

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PhilipGoh.com

Thanks for digging around and pulling up that info fellas.

Not long after I posted this thread I came across the 18-200. Now definitely considering that.

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Canon 350D || 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 II || 75-300mm f4.5-5.6 III || 50mm f/1.8 II

hmm i'm thinking of getting it, i can get the 18-125 for like 180$ on ebay... just two questions, if my budget is around 250 dollars (200 euros), is the best i can get considering sharpness and performance (not build quality etc...) ? yes i've been looking into the canon 55-250 IS aswell but seeing as the sigma is more of a walk-around lense it makes me want to buy it more. the second question, not so much related to this lens, when i open a sample image from this lens it's at a huge resolution so naturally when i click to make it fit my screen it looks a lot better then when it's maximized probably due to the pixels squishing together... is the effect same when you resize your image to like 20% or is there some other way to achieve this result (it looks very sharp to me...)

hi everyone..

just one question..im using a sony a200 and found the sigma 18-125 on ebay which is not the HSM model..i asked the seller about this and the seller says that only canon models need the HSM...so will this model (non-HSM model) be sufficient for my A200?? or is it better to get the HSM model??

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Syafiq
Sony Alpha 200 + 18-70mm Kit lens + Sigma 10-20mm + Sony 50mm f1.8 SAM + Minolta "Beercan" 70-210mm f4 + Sony HVL-F42AM
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I've just posted some sample images in the Lens Gallery:

http://www.cameralabs.com/forum/viewtop ... 732#108732

I also plan to write a user review in the near future.

Regards,
Asif

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Canon EOS 7D, Tamron 17-50mm f2.8, Tokina 50-135mm f2.8, Sigma 18-125mm DC OS HSM, 2 x Speedlite 430EXII, Speedlite Transmitter ST-E2, Radio Triggers and Panasonic DMC-TZ7.

I've just posted a user review in this forum. Please go to:

http://www.cameralabs.com/forum/viewtop ... 905#108905

Regards,
Asif

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Canon EOS 7D, Tamron 17-50mm f2.8, Tokina 50-135mm f2.8, Sigma 18-125mm DC OS HSM, 2 x Speedlite 430EXII, Speedlite Transmitter ST-E2, Radio Triggers and Panasonic DMC-TZ7.