Well thats great you did make the choice that was right for you, sounds as if you got a great dealer there to! Yeah I did know that Tamron make lenses for other companys. As do Nikon and Canon etc. I think you may have missed my point about focal length, it is much more difficult for a lense to be crisp from 24-85 I suspect as 24mm is quite more extreme wide angle than 28mm It does not make a differnce if you set both lenses at the same settings. Also it would have been good to see the same shots from both camera's for a better A B comparison. Both camera's gave very good results anyway. Best of luck with it.

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