2024-11-02T17:34:37
Rated 5 out of 5
Super happy with this lens
Bought this lens knowing it was defective. Shipped out super quick and I got it two days later.recieved this lens yesterday and was able to diagnose the problem in a couple minutes. Repaired the lens today. Now I have a fully functional lens.
Patrick S.
2012-07-22T21:00:00
Rated 5 out of 5
Tack-Sharp Tamron!
Purchased for wildlife and landscape photography. To determine quality, I compared with a friend who uses a Canon f/2.8 200 mm lens. I set the Tamron on 200 mm, and we shot several shots outdoors. Both he and I were impressed at how close in quality the Tamron's results were to the Canon's. Also, I have gotten extremely sharp shots of birds at 400 and 500 mm. If anything, I would wish for a "faster" lens, but at the price this one cannot be beat!
KENNETH P.
2010-04-25T21:00:00
Rated 4 out of 5
Took a chance and am pleased.
I read many reviews on line before purchasing this lens. Range of reviews ran from very poor to high quality. Took a chance and ordered as most of the reviews rated the lens very well. I could not spend the $4000 top rated lens in this zoom range cost, but questioned what I was going to get for less then $1000. I am very happy with the Tamron lens I received. Have found the lens easy to use hand held even at slow shutter speeds with my Sony A500. Also happy with how quickly I received the $30 rebate from Tamron.
JAMES N.
2010-01-03T19:00:00
Rated 1 out of 5
A very poor lens.
I've had this lens for about 2 years now and have used it on 3 Alphas, A100,A700 and A900. I have yet to get shot that is spot on focus even with the micro-adjust available with the A900. The color is faded and the contrast is poor from this lens. It now sits in the case where it will stay. Maybe I got a bad one.
AlphaUser
2009-02-05T19:00:00
Rated 4 out of 5
Great lens for the money
Great for wildlife
Stevenmarc
2007-03-17T21:00:00
Rated 5 out of 5
inside the eye of the tiger!
this lens exceeds my expectations. the natural beauty and scenery of oklahoma comes through perfectly with this lens. natural beauty brought to life. clear crisp detalis. worth every penny and dollar.
cheezemoschmatz
2007-02-12T19:00:00
Rated 4 out of 5
Lightweight, inexpensive super-tele
This lens does not have the largest aperture out there, being limited to f/5 at the 200mm end and f/6.3 at the 500mm end. However, the advantage is that the lens is much smaller and lighter than the Nikon and Canon equivalents which do have larger apertures.
For the price, it's a hard lens to beat; the manual focus is nice and smooth, and the images are sharp even wide open. It's not going to match up to a 400mm Canon L, but it also costs 1/5th as much, and weighs a lot less, so that's the tradeoff.
My interest in the lens resulted froman interest in a long lens I could carry along with my 4x5 kit, and a big, heavy 400mm f/4 lens would, even if I could budget it, not fit that bill, as my 4x5 kit already weighs nearly 40 pounds.
Since my Nikon body is a manual focus body, I have not tried the autofocus, so I cannot comment on its performance. I can only say that I have gotten good results using this lens to photograph birds, and that it is best used on a tripod, especially at the long end.
With those caveats in mind, I would recommend this lens to anyone looking for a lightweight supertele lens on a budget.
Tamerlin
