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TAMRON AF 70-300mm F/4-5,6 Di LD MACRO 1:2 Reviews
Telephoto zoom lens - 70 mm - 300 mm - f/4.0-5.6 AF - Pentax K More product details
$159.95
The Tamron 70-300mm (shortened for ease of reading) has gone through 3 different design versions... (alphamountworld.com)
Comfortable handling (whatdigitalcamera.com)
alaTest Review Summary for TAMRON AF 70-300mm F/4-5,6 Di LD MACRO 1:2
We have collected and analyzed 8 expert reviews and 754 user reviews from international sources. Experts rate this product 76/100 and users rate it 83/100. The average review date is July 10, 2008. We have compared these reviews to 100707 reviews from other Lenses & Filters. Last update: November 21, 2009.
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Expert Reviews (8)
Tamron AF 70-300mm F/4-5.6 Di LD Macro 1:2 Review
The Tamron 70-300mm (shortened for ease of reading) has gone through 3 different design versions dating way back to 2001. The latest version is arguably the best optically and has added the macro feature allowing close focusing with a 1:2 ...
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Tamron SP AF70-200mm f/2.8 Di LD (IF) Macro
Tamron SP AF70-200mm f/2.8 Di LD (IF) Macro lens - is it love or hate? The What Digital Camera Tamron 70-200mm gives it a thorough test...
Comfortable handling
Noisy AF with no manual tuning
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Tamron SP AF 70-200mm f/2.8 Di LD (IF) MACRO
Many professionals swear by their 70-200mm f/2.8 lenses – they're long and fast and perfect for action in low light. Sadly the prices (at around £1000+) are usually too high for most enthusiasts. But now Tamron has released a lens into this area and ...
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User Reviews (754)
Truly superb image quality!
More on that focus ring...it's a clutch type design so you push it up and it will lock into place for autofocus. The ring remains able to rotate in this position, but will not affect focus at all. Manual focus using this ring is simply marvelous, the rin...
I bought this lens from a local shop after much deliberation between the Nikon and Sigma offerings. All three are great lenses though I'd have to rate the Sigma lowest of the 3 choices for image quality and sharpness though it's still great ; This is the...
Autofocus ability is best on a pro body camera (D1,2,3 series) as the lens doesn't have any AF-S/HSM type of focus system. Speed is adequate on the above mentioned bodies as we have larger more powerful focus motors than the smaller consumer lenses ; On a...
great lense
...the element LD (low dispersion). Tamron SP AF70-200mm F/2.8 Di LD (IF) Macro lens use 3 LD. And the result, the optical system can effectively together to combine lateral and on-axis aberration kromatis - which is the main factor decreasing the image q...
sharp
expensive
Tamron Produces Another Hit
The Tamron SP AF 70-200mm F/2.8 Di is, in short, a fantastic lens for the avid photographer. The 70mm-200mm lens is an important part of the photographers arsenal and serves a large range of photographic uses, from portraiture to wildlife and nature photo...
lighter than similar lenses, price, picture quality, macro quality
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Manufacturer's Description
This is the definitive lightweight, compact telephoto macro zoom with a maximum magnification ratio of 1: 2 at the 300mm setting - ideal for shooting subjects that are difficult to approach such as sporting and theatrical events. The lens also features special effects such as the capability to provide beautifully blurred backgrounds to highlight the main subject in portraiture, or "compression effects" that make the most of the telephoto lens. By switching to macro mode, subjects as close as...
