the reason im not getting a prime is cause i want a standard zoom lens with a flexible zoom range and fast aperture for indoors shooting as well as some portraits. The reason i'm unhappy with my sigma 24-70 is because of my primes, my eyes have been spoiled by their sharpness and anything less seems soft to me
I'm replacing this lens for the sake of practicality, since i tend to shoot quite a few events for the university i'm at as part of the photoclub there. if that wasnt the case, i'd just sell it off and buy myself some more primes to play with
personally, i prefer manual focus primes, but AF zooms are a bit of a must during some of the faster-paced events
Manual focusing isnt much of an issue to me (all my primes are MF), its just that i know autofocus is faster and a lot more practical to use for the times i need a zoom lens.
anywho, i'll just have to be patient and wait for a tamron 17-50 to pop up in the market now, thanks everyone