Hi Everyone,


I'm new in the world of DSLR's and in this forum. As the headline says, I'm looking for a general purpose lens for my 450D (I think you guys call it an XTI). I've been looking around this page, and other pages, and it has helped a lot. I've now narrowed down my choices to two;


The Canon 17-40 mm f/4 or the Tamron 17-50 mm f/2,8. I haven't got any personal experience with either. I am a student, so I haven't got an enormous budget, at the same time I don't think I'm suffering from parkinson, so I might not be needing IS.


Looking forward to read your answers


-Ben