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Originally posted by Senna4ever
Do a little research and tests and form your own opinions instead of being an armchair lens tester.
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I had a textbook example of this recently... Mark (Lowside) and I were researching to get a couple good tripods and started looking at Manfrotto. More specifically, the 714B. I read a couple reviews about it, and almost didnt get it, then we went to try them out at Kerrisdale Camera... I'm glad I did, cause we both got one. Just got back from a trip I took it on and it's great.
Research is definitely an important part of the equation, but testing is crucial.
That being said, I tested both the 10-22 Canon, and the equivalent Tamron, and have to say that I was quite unimpressed with the Tammy. Comparitively, is was slow, and really just felt cheap. No weight to it...