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 enlarge | Brand: Tamron
Category: Photography
List Price: $1,245.95
Buy New: $635.00
You Save: $610.95 (49%)
New (9) from $635.00
Rating:  13 reviews
Color: Black
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Maximum Focal Length: 200
Minimum Focal Length: 70
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4.3
Dimensions (in): 11.4 x 6.2 x 6.2
MPN: AF001C-700
Model: AF001C-700
UPC: 725211017011
EAN: 0725211017011
ASIN: B0012GLHL2
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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 Big, heavy, but nice pictures! October 3, 2008
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
The lens is big, the lens is heavy, but MAN, does it take some nice pictures!
BIG & HEAVY: This lens is definitely a head turner. You will get some weird looks from random people. I had a lady come up to me and ask me if I was a professional photographer (I'm not). Either that, or she was thinking I was a paparazzi (I'm not... but more on that later). But that's just the way this class of lens are and its nothing against Tamron's lens. It's a pretty weighy lens also. You definitely work out certain parts muscles that you never knew existed.
NICE PICTURES: This versatile lens can be used to shoot anything from landscape to portraits to macro to anything in between. It offers great depth and beautiful bokeh. F2.8 is fast and makes shooting indoor or low lighting much easier without IS. Back to the point of being a paparazzi... I'm always tempted to be one because this lens get such good results from shooting candid pictures of random people. I just stay away from taking pictures of little kids.. because that might get me into some serious trouble.
The gripes that I have about the lens is the autofocus. It is not very fast and it is not very consistant. For instance, I was taking a picture of a bird and I aimed at the head, but instead of focusing on the eyes and head, the lens focused on the butt of the bird. It was subtle and I couldn't tell until I saw it on the computer (way too late to do anything but discard the picture and shed a few tears at that point). At night or dark lighting, sometimes the AF would be none existant. There were more than enough times where I had to switch to manual focusing because of that. Well, I guess that makes me look more the part of a professional photographer. But this in my opinion prevents it from being a full 5 stars. Nonetheless, its a wonderful lens and I have no regrets buying it.
 Fast & Sharp September 15, 2008
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
After reading previous reviews, the decision to buy came easy. Everything I had read about this lens, was true or better!
Focus is fast and sharp, and despite what other reviewers had written I found this lens to be plenty fast and accurate, with great bokeh, and light weight for sports shooting.
For a sport shooter you can't beat this lens. IS would be nice for some indoor shooting, but even at f/2.8 it may not be enough for faster action where an f/1.4 would be more appropriate.
This lens is a great buy, and I would highly recommend it as an economic alternative to the camera maker versions.
Simply Outstanding September 7, 2008
12 out of 12 found this review helpful
I have had this lens for a few weeks and it hasn't been off my d300. It's sharp at 2.8 and razor sharp by 5.6. In fact at 5.6 I can't tell it from my Sigma 150 macro. It pairs very well with my Sigma 1.4 TC though the EXIF data is 1 f stop faster than reality. Macro mode is very good and with the 1.4 TC is excellent.
It can be a bit slow to AF in dim light or in macro mode focusing on small objects. If I could only have one lens this would be it.
PL
Side by side with f2.8 L series Canon 70-200 August 24, 2008
9 out of 12 found this review helpful
I just did a side-by-side test of this lens with the f2.8 L series Canon 70-200mm and am convinced that Canon glass doesn't live up to the L-series Snobs' hype. The autofocus is fast (maybe faster than the L-series), though I only tested it in fairly bright light. Bokeh was different, but very nice and just as good. Slightly lighter than the Canon, but only by a tiny margin. There's no reason to buy an L-series unless you're looking for a hypothetical 1% improvement for twice the cost.
Great lens at the great price. The best lens of Tamron. Nikon version. July 24, 2008
15 out of 16 found this review helpful
I have used this lens 3 weeks so far, took around 300 pictures. This is the greatest lens Tamron has ever made, I think! I were so surprised about its optical performance, far more than what I expected!! I owned Tamron 28-75 before and this lens is even much better optically. Super sharp in all aperture stops, even at 2.8 ! The colors are very true-to-life and bokeh are so wonderful, creamy. The AF is pretty accurate although not very quiet ( on my D80), but still quieter than the Nikon 80-200 I tried before. The weight: lightest in the class. Built: very nice.You can take off the tripod collar easily to make it much lighter if you don't need a tripod. If you don't shoot pro and fast sports to earn money, this lens will meet all your needs. The only missing on this lens is VC ( or VR). But you can not require that at this price! Get it, and you will happy with it.
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