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Tamron AF 17-50mm F/2.8 XR Di II LD Aspherical [IF]
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Review Date: Apr 24, 2007
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $420.00
| Rating: 10
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Pros:
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Sharpness, contrast, price, 2.8, resistance to flare, weight, hood, 6-year warranty
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Cons:
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Tamron support, no case, quality control
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Just a cool walk-around lens. Extremely sharp after I had had to send it for recalibration - it was front-focusing.
It took 2.5 months to get the lens back from Tamron's service center. Bad, bad, bad!
Colors are a little bit cooler than I would want them to be.
Otherwise, no complaints. Just a good lens (I chose it over Canon EF 17-40 4L) that is usable at 2.8.
I wish Tamron would come up with an IS for the lens.
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Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
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Review Date: Apr 24, 2007
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $500.00
| Rating: 10
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Pros:
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Sharpness, contrast, colors, IS, range
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Cons:
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Creeping barrel, build.
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Damn good lens. Purchased it refurbished on Adorama.
I am glad I got this lens instead of Canon 70-200 4L. I just enjoy the images.
In terms of image quality, it is a hidden L lens. It produces much better images than Canon 24-105 4L (might have had a bad copy though) does with 70-105 range.
I just love the colors, sharpness, contrast and IS. Oh, by the way, IS is great... great... great! Was able to shoot late evenings on a lake with no tripod... 50% of the images turned out to be sharp.
The lens is light, so I have done a lot of hiking with it. At 300 mm, shooting the Moon is a pleasure.
I am an amateur so the build quality does not really bother me. At the same time, no dust or anything of the sort inside the barrel... The barrel wobbles a little bit but the images it produces are great.
I greatly recommend this lens for nature photographers. Even shooting macro on a hike is a pleasure. It's got enough magnification for me, and IS is just marvelous.
The slowness of the lens has not been an issue for me yet. I have had it for 9 month now.
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