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six100
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Review Date: Jun 25, 2006
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| Rating: 8
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Range. Cheap. In general it is a good perfomer (for the price you have to pay for it, of course).
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CA. Cheap build.
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This was my first lens back when I switched from compact "point and shoot" cameras to SRLs so the quality of the pictures I took with it where very nice (compared to the ones I could get with a P&S Camera) and the results exiting.
All in all the lens is great for what you pay. Image quality is very acceptable and the range is very usefull.
On the down side: lots of chromatic aberration and very cheap build, but for 150 bucks that is more than acceptable.
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 Jun 25, 2006
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radiodenver
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Review Date: Jun 14, 2006
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Price paid: $180.00
| Rating: 7
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Works great on a full-frame (5D). Very affordable. Decent macro results.
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A little soft on the long end, but hey...for the price it's better than anything else on the market short of L glass.
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When I purchased my 5D, it didn't expect this lens to get much use. After a few weeks, I pulled it out of the bag, slapped'r on the camera and did a few test shots. Wow...it worked great. Very little vignetting, decent sharpness, very little distortion. I couldn't believe that a lens that costs less than $200 would work so well on this camera. The build quality is not bad, it's easy to operate. The only thing I wish about this lens was that it was a little sharper at the long end and it could be even better if it were faster. The results though are quite usable, and the sweet spot on the 5D works out to be between f10-f13, so for a walk around daylight lens it's as good as anything on the market. At lower fstops, it gets a little soft also. On a tripod or monopod, the results are very good. Not great in low light.
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Jun 14, 2006
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s3vdw
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Location: United Kingdom
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Review Date: Jun 7, 2006
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Recommend? yes |
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| Rating: 8
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Great Price, great starter
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So far so good
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I've just stepped over from Kodak Z7590 to Canon EOS 350D (also known as Rebel XT in US) and was delighted to have been offered to purchase this Zoom lens for 50% of the going price. Now I'm sure that the prices are a lot more in the UK than in the USA, but I was happy and went for it. Afterall the Canon itself only came with a smaller 18-55MM lens.
I've now had a few days to play with the new camera and got really stuck into it - got a 6 month old daughter and she's a perfect subject even with the zoom lens - and especially the macro facility.
Loving it, loving it, loving it... I'm dying to go on holiday to the Alps or something to give it a real tester, but I'm in no hurry to upgrade and am happy with my purchase. I'm sure it will give me the bug even more and I'll want to splash out on an upgrade to this, but after using it and reading some of the reviews of people who have compared to the more expensive Canon lenses (not talking about the L ones, because they must be special at that price) I'm happy to recommend this to anyone in my position, moving over to digital SLR...
Happy Snapping!
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Jun 7, 2006
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xxxrr
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Location: Italy
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Review Date: Feb 18, 2006
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: Not Indicated
| Rating: 10
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Exceptional quality for the prize.
If it costs $700 would be ever a best buy.
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None
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This lens are great, great, great.
Look here:
http://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/356032
I bought it because in that moment I have no budget, but now I am in love with it and don't wat to change with anyone else.
I am in love why the colour are fantastic, and after a little postprocessing large prints are fantastic.
I have other lens, like you can see in my signature, great lens, but with my great surprise when I choose to print 70% of pictures are from Tamron... Only because it's telephoto?
The images are also sharp, poor vignetting with full frame, and AF is very fast and accurate.
At Olympic Games Torino 2006, Speed Skating, with AF Sport of my EOS 5D the AF was very fast and accurate... Fantastic !!!
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Feb 18, 2006
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The1
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Location: Australia
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Review Date: Feb 16, 2006
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Price paid: $340.00
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great price, down to 70mm
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does hunt sometimes
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i bought this lens for $340AU brand new, great performer for the price, little soft at 300mm but better than canon's 100-300 and gives better range being 70-300, images are quite sharp at f8 f11 in good lighting with fast shutter speeds, for the price this lens can't be beat. Obviously no comparison to a L lens
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Feb 16, 2006
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The1
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Review Date: Feb 5, 2006
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Recommend? yes |
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| Rating: 8
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price, good sharpness even at 300mm
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slow af sometimes is a pain, but not to bad.
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for the price i would highly recomend this lens to anyone, sharpness and quality in the images are great, at 300mm it's still better than canon's 90-300 or 100-300mm from what ive compaired, slow autofocus is a pain sometimes but overall can't complain for the price. for the price you can't go wrong.
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Feb 5, 2006
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kitiongi
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Review Date: Dec 26, 2005
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $189.00
| Rating: 10
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produces super sharp images!!! great value for ti's price.
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hunts in low light situations when using AF. (use the manual mode and you'll eliminate those problems like the AF noise)
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This lens is a super performer. I'm a solid canon lens fanatic. i only used canon brands lens like 24mm, 50 f1.8, 28-105mm and 17-40L. i recently bought a 70-210mm fo my long range use until i tried this tamrom 70-300mm LD out of curiosity after reading a lot of reviews (and after i spoke with one of my PRO advertising photoghrapher friend)
The Tamron 70-300 really outperforms it's counterparts like the EF75-300mm, 100-300mm with or without USM, and the IS version. It actaually almost equalled the 70-210mm that i have in terms of optics but not in speed which the tamron is lacking, but using the manual mode it can compete head to head with the best lens out there. What really inspire me to write a review about this lens is after i saw the results taken from this lens. Before, honestly i don't go with third party lens.
This tamron is also sharp when used on macro, with slight softness at 300mm but acceptable ( but use a CABLE remote button you'll produce a super sharp image even in 300mm.)
It's an excellent third party lens, and as stated, outperforms brand lenses 2-5 times the price. I'll adopt this lens, canon now has a new found brother!!!
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Dec 26, 2005
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Mijbril
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Location: Australia
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Review Date: Dec 17, 2005
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $110.00
| Rating: 9
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Cheap starter/consumer zoom lens. Macro options. Lightweight & easily hand held
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for the price, none
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It's definitely a "starter" lens to learn what zoom photography is all about. It's easily light enough to carry about hand held for a day too. The macro is not true macro (only 1:2) but again, as a starter lens, it will give an introduction to that field of photography as well.
You will love this lens for those reasons if you work within those limitations.
You will also one day upgrade as well to some pristine glass, but when you do, you will know exactly what you want & how to get the best out of your new $1000+ lens because of all the training work you did on your $100 consumer Tamron :D
(bought mine in Europe, I'm sure it's cheaper to get in the US somewhere)
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Dec 17, 2005
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tilli
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Location: Germany
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Review Date: Nov 18, 2005
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $100.00
| Rating: 7
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Price, good level of sharpness & color, big zoom range
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Noisy and slow AF, macro switch sometimes gets stuck, slow, a litte soft on the long end
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If you're looking for a tele lens to start with, you can't really go wrong with this one (considering what you get for the bucks). This was my second lens right after the Canon 18-55 kit lens, and it was already a considerable step upwards in terms of image quality. You get very decent pictures from 5.6-6.3 on, especially below 200mm.
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Nov 18, 2005
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TimSewell
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Location: United Kingdom
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Review Date: Nov 7, 2005
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Recommend? yes |
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| Rating: 6
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Price. Sharp below 200mm. Light. Compact.
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Slow (aperture). Slow (AF).
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I bought this lens having read the reviews here and overall am pretty pleased with it, although until summer comes around again and there's a bit of decent light around I shan't really be able to put it through its paces. As stated above (and in other reviews) the autofocus is about what you'd expect at this price point and I tend to leave it on M focus a lot of the time. It's also a little soft at the long end but with a 1.6 crop camera the long end isn't somewher I need to go that often. All that said, as a stop-gap while saving for something better it's hard to fault this lens.
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Nov 7, 2005
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camerapapi
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Review Date: Oct 21, 2005
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $179.00
| Rating: 5
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cheap, light, sharp
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slow, not that sharp wide open at 300mm but still acceptable
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You get what you pay for. I had a choice between this one and the Nikkor counterpart and I decided to save $200 and I was prepared for the outcome.
It has been a good performer for me, even at 300mm. I really question if the Nikkor is not made by Tamron, they are identical. Image wise, try to find the differences.
Between 70 and 200mm the performance is very good with sharp and contrasty images. Beyond 200 it is a tad soft but still very acceptable. I have used it wide open to shoot flowers and my results have been to my liking. Portraits, in the range of 70-135 are excellent when shot at f8 or f11.
Like all long lenses, the use of a tripod will considerably improve the quality of your shots.
If your budget is tight and you need this lens, go for it. I really do not believe the Nikkor will make a big difference.
For best results, use a tripod and small apertures.
William Rodriguez
Miami, Florida.
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Oct 21, 2005
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XB70
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Review Date: Oct 17, 2005
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| Rating: 9
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Bang for the buck; well-built; exceptional value for someone starting out
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Noisy AF *but I sort of like it in a quirky way*, would be better with IS but then, for the money, what can you expect.
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I bought this lens to go with a Canon EOS300D and primarily to use at airshows. As I am starting out, I neither had the experience nor the funds to justify some of the lens that you see carried around at shows (at Duxford yesterday, there was one fellow with a lens that I am sure was able to take photographs of the lunar rover on the moon!).
For the money, this is astonishingly good value! Yes, without IS you need a steady hand when it is at 300mm (compensated to some degree by upping the ISO) but then, if you have tried to focus lock on a small object at 650knots that is constantly changing the focus position, you have a hard time before you even consider the lens!
The lens hood is an excellent addition and you certainly look the 'pro' - my wife think it way over the top (wonder what she would make of those Canon L glass 'paparazzi' lens!!) - and it gives great pictures for the money and certainly adds reach.
For airshows though, I think 400mm would be better - not yet investigated multipliers
So what am I saying? Well, it won't give an L glass result but then, it is 1/6th of the price!! Buy this used, stick it on a used 300D (like I have) and you will obliterate any non SLR camera you care to mention for the money spent.
A bargain that I could not recommend highly enough
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Oct 17, 2005
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Rhys
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Review Date: Sep 29, 2005
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $109.00
| Rating: 10
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Sharp at all focal lengths. Compact. Comes with a lens hood.
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Focus ring rotates and is exactly where you want your hand to support the lens! It needs a couple more f-stops extra light. It definitely needs an image stabiliser.
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Another secondhand bargain. It's sharp enough given a steady hand or a tripod. Handheld can be problematic and as I said before it does need an image stabiliser. Care must be taken not to hold it by the focus ring, which rotates when the lens focuses.
The macro switch can be tricky to operate. I had a heck of job to get it to switch out of macro and had to take the lens off the camera before I managed it. The focus motor is the loudest I have ever heard and it's certainly slow at focussig. Macro mode is disappointing but then if you want macro you want a macro converter or a proper macro lens anyway.
It's a good lens if you can't afford an f2.8 zoom. If you can afford better then buy it. Otherwise this is a wonderful lens that nobody should be without.
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Sep 29, 2005
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DMBrower
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Review Date: Sep 23, 2005
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $185.00
| Rating: 8
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Nice and sharp for the price paid
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Slower AF
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I bought this because I am on a budget and just getting in to photography. I will say that I am more than happy with what I got for my money. A friend of mine has the Sigma equivalent of this lens and I don't see it being much of a comparison. It is much sharper and build better than the Sigma. The only battle it loses is in speed. The AF on this lens is the only real complaint I have.
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Sep 23, 2005
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Rowdy
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Review Date: Sep 4, 2005
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $85.00
| Rating: 7
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Price, lightweight, decent image quality, great beginner zoom lens. Big lens hood included.
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Slow AF - especially in dimmer lighting conditions, chromatic aberrations can be hard to avoid sometimes.
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I've had one of these lenses on my 20D for around a year or so up until recently purchasing a Canon 200mm 'L' lens.
I'd say this Tamron is a great first zoom lens for the money. It gives lots of zoom for a low price and deliver good pictures. It's light and easy to carry around, and you won't pull your hair out if you break or lose it. Not something to use if the lighting isn't very bright and you need to watch out for CA, especially on chrome bumpers/grilles etc.
Nice how it came with a big hood to help flaring, overall it seems to work well with 20D. I recommended it because it has earned me money from weekend photo gigs and is fun and easy to use.
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Sep 4, 2005
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dogbone00
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Review Date: Jul 7, 2005
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| Rating: 9
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I am reading these lens reviews and would like to just point out the obvious, this lens is an excellent buy if you are not a professional photographor. A friend of mine has the Canon 75-300mm (non USM) and this thing is way better than that. I cannot comment on the Canon USM and of course it would be just plain silly to compare it with an L series lens. I just bought it and used it on our family vacation last weekend and shot well over 200 pictures, yes some (very few) are soft but have found this to be do to user error not the lens itself. I have tons of photos that are excellent image quality even at 300mm and if you would like to see some of them before you buy this lens just send me an email.
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Jul 7, 2005
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