Used Tamron Aspherical AF 28-80mm 1:3.5-5.6 Lens

2011-03-06T19:00:00

i bought this in a dual package deal.very happy with it.i needed this lens to do my indoor pictures.

btyler

2011-01-24T19:00:00

I played with this lens for a few hours after receiving it. It is mounted on my D80. I will be comparing it to the 18-135 G kit lens my camera came with.I was looking for a smaller and lighter snapshot lens, and this lens fits the bill. Significantly easier to carry around than the kit lens. Image quality appears comparable to the Nikon kit lens for this purpose.Focus is much slower and noisier than the Nikon's USM motor. I was able to send the lens into perpetual focus hunt by trying to focus on a horizontal line. I would think that's a body problem, except the kit lens had no problem.One other function I needed from the lens was an actual aperture ring. The G lenses don't include that. I wanted a lens to mount on non-coupled things like extension tubes. This lens worked very well on the tubes. Even at its minimum aperture of f22 images were sharp and clear.The lens mount is kind of a [*] when you first get it. The alignment mark isn't clear, so it takes a few tries to get the plastic mount lined up properly. Of course once you get the hang of it, there's no problem.Star effect in highlights is good. A nice 6-point star showed up in one macro shot. (Photo attached.) Bokeh is decent too. The bang for the buck on this lens is very good. It fits my needs. I may end up selling the kit lens because this one is more flexible. We'll have to see after I've used it for a while.

Donald T.

2011-01-12T19:00:00

- Main lens for my Nikon D50 - Excellent performance at a reasonable price - Haven't found any yet

Dr D.

2010-06-04T21:00:00

I bought this as a backup lens to a nikkor of comparable zoom range. It takes a 58mm filter instead of my nikkors 52mm so it has a little more light gathering ability than the nikkor. I must say that for such a cheap lens this sucker performs with the best of them. It focuses kind of slow in live view on my d90 and is manual focus only on my d60 but that's nikons fault not tamrons. It focuses super fast through the view finder on the d90 though. crystal clear photos, bokeh is mediocre but livable.

mccoy p.