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<blockquote data-quote="Geoffc" data-source="post: 309311" data-attributes="member: 8705">Having been a big fan of the 18-200 for many years my better half has recently started saying how much better the images from her 35mm 1.8g and 70-200 2.8 are by comparison. Specifically the sharpness.&nbsp; If the light is bright I find the 18-200 does a great job for such a versatile lens, but it does have limitations. In anticipation of our forthcoming holiday I was wondering if the Sigma 17-50 would be a good upgrade (I know it's cheaper) in terms of image quality. I know you obviously lose quite a bit of zoom, however when I moved to FX I went from 18-200 on DX to 24-120 on FX for the same general type photography. That's a big change in focal length. To be honest a rarely find it cause me a problem and I just attach a bigger lens if I need to.Has anybody owned both and can give a view if it's worth £300 to upgrade for image quality. Looking at DXO you would say yes, but that's just numbers.Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Geoffc, post: 309311, member: 8705"] Having been a big fan of the 18-200 for many years my better half has recently started saying how much better the images from her 35mm 1.8g and 70-200 2.8 are by comparison. Specifically the sharpness. If the light is bright I find the 18-200 does a great job for such a versatile lens, but it does have limitations. In anticipation of our forthcoming holiday I was wondering if the Sigma 17-50 would be a good upgrade (I know it's cheaper) in terms of image quality. I know you obviously lose quite a bit of zoom, however when I moved to FX I went from 18-200 on DX to 24-120 on FX for the same general type photography. That's a big change in focal length. To be honest a rarely find it cause me a problem and I just attach a bigger lens if I need to. Has anybody owned both and can give a view if it's worth £300 to upgrade for image quality. Looking at DXO you would say yes, but that's just numbers. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD [/QUOTE]

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