So two to one vote for colour then
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. I know what your saying Birma, its a nice contrast between the pink and blue, whereas in the B&W its harder to bring out the boys shirt without altering the clouds (without going into photoshop and masking the sky off, which I always feel is a bit like cheating
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. I guess I like the timeless quality of the image - the boy could have been sat on the wall in the fifties but both the colour and the BW help evoke that (in my eyes anyway), just in different ways.
And I wasn't knocking the Tamron Ultrawide - It requires more careful composition but I really like the funky angles and even the corner distortions - somehow it just has an 'epic' feel to it, sort of 'Wow, look at all the stuff I can fit into one photo
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'*. I looked at the current Sigma, Sony and the Tamron in that price range (350-500 GBP) - they all have their pros and cons and based on Dyxum User review scores (not the most accurate measure of quality I know), they are all tightly bunched together**. I tried both the Sigma and Tammy (in different shops, a 100 miles apart unfortunately) and went with the Tamron mainly because it was about a 100 GBP cheaper. If I ever see one in the wild, I'll try out the Samyang which is apparently quite good.
No, the Tamron is nice for what it is.. its just that all my zooms feel a bit soft compared to the CZ now lol.
Scott
*I actually discovered the world of ultrwides via the Nex adaptor - that really is a good value purchase for anyone with the 16mm pancake - for approx 100 GBP you get a solid, heavy, good looking piece of glass that allows surprisingly good pictures at about 12mm (or 18mm equiv) if I recall the specs correctly. And it comes with a snazzy case and built in hood too.
**In fact my major complaint is the lens hood is very wide and awkward to fit into a lens case or back - my solution was to buy an small optech lens sleeve (for the body) and a large optech hood hat (for the hood) - it looks like a giant black mushroom but at least its a bit more protected now.