Need help on lens

PaPa

PaPa

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Hey gang,

I shoot many weddings during the summer months and I fly my 7D on a glidecam. Normally I just leave my 18-135 3.5-5.6 on there cause it does the trick and covers my bases, however it's just crapped out on me. Now I can spend another 500 to pick up another one, but then I saw these guys on canon's website and wanted to see if anyone here had had any experiences and can tell me their thoughts.

I'm debating between:
Canon EF-S 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 IS - http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/582444-USA/Canon_2752B002_EF_S_18_200mm_f_3_5_5_6_IS.html
Sigma 18-250mm F3.5-6.3 DC Macro OS HSM - http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/873391-REG/Sigma_883_101_18_250mm_F3_5_6_3_DC_Macro.html
Sigma 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 II DC OS HSM - http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/827697-REG/Sigma_882101_18_200mm_f_3_5_6_3_DC_OS.html
Tamron AF 18-270mm F/3.5-6.3 Di II VC PZD AF lens for Canon - http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/747927-REG/Tamron_AFB008C700_AF18_270mm_f_3_5_6_3_Di_II.html

A good OIS is important to me. Picture sharpness isn't the end of the world as I'm shooting video and the HD is.. well, an oversized SD. I just need something solid with large focal length and strong ois and that will communicate with the camera (AF)

What would you recommend to me? I do need an answer somewhat quickly so hopefully many of you can chime in here.

Thank you!
 
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Superzooms are usually very, very soft.

If those are good enough for you, the 18-55 f/3.5-5.6 IS II will probably be good enough too. It is very, very light, built like crap and with an awful focus ring, but that's not an issue for steadycam. It has some CA but apart from that it's relatively sharp. And it's almost free.
http://www.the-digital-picture.com/...meraComp=474&SampleComp=0&FLIComp=0&APIComp=0
(the copy I had was much sharper than this, but I've recently tested another copy and it was also not as good as I expected, so maybe I got a particularly good copy the first time around)
 
Thanks sam, I'm asking about specific lenses though. Have you any experience with these ?
 
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