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aahaa, inga ellaarum Nikon polayE! naandhaan thaniyaa maattirukkEn pOla

engal annan KB-yin canon padangala neenga paarthadhillaye?
BTW, please don't start a Nikon vs. Canon war here. andha kodumai oyave oyaadhu ella forum-layum adhu dhaan odum.. ivanungalukkum kedaikkum paarunga x360 vs PS3.. AMD vs Intel.. Canon vs Nikon.. De Niro vs Pacino.. edhaachum onnu

Question to all: What is your opinion on 3rd party lenses like Sigma, Tamron, Tokina etc? For example Canon 100 - 400 L comes to 1400-1500 dollars. Sigma 50-500, almost the same price, but with a better focal range.
I am not worried about cost - Given a choice - Which would you choose from, from the same price range? a slightly more versatile third-party or the OEM with slightly lesser feature?
I presume there cannot be straight-forward answer. Just asking for experiences and opinion.

Yes.
Friend got a cheap Sigma lens 70-300 IS lens (with that macro switch that works between 200-300) for his D90. It worked amazing. I don't know the quality of their optics.. but their build quality is very poor. Feels very feeble and plasticky.
WRT Canon lenses, I guess the pricing is almost similar and it would be obvious to go for the Canon counterparts for a few dollars more.