Tamron lens????????????????

Written by Kisama in Thursday, June 04, 2009 under Photography
Comments: 5

Q: Are they any good?
I noticed they aren't REALLY expensive like L lens from Canon but they are not REALLY cheap either. Im reading reviews on newegg and people seem to be happy with how sharp the images are. There are just complaints with slow focus speeds.I know with that said it will depend on the type of photography im planning on doing I guess(for the slow focus speeds)... Anyone have any experience with them? Are they durable? I want to buy a macro lense from them. (this one...

A: Tamron lenses are on a par optically, but have very poor build quality.

Compared to Sigma they are poor indeed. For your Canon (with its 1.6X crop) this Sigma 70mm macro is a much better bet.

http://www.sigma-imaging-uk.com/lenses/macro/70mm.htm

Being an EX series (Sigma's 'L' version) build quality is superb and beats Canon for sharpness, flat exposure field, colour balance and contrast in short in all departments (to be fair it beats...

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D L Said in Thursday, June 04, 2009

when you buy canon or nikon lenses you are paying a little more or the name. but you are also buying a better product. sigma, tamron and other third party brands keep their prices low by using inferior raw materials and cutting corners in the manufacturing process. this results in an inferior product.

bottom line.... stick with canon or nikon. its worth the extra money if youre serious about photography.

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Derge Said in Thursday, June 04, 2009

The 90mm f/2.8 Di Macro is stupidly sharp. It's murderous. It's a bucket of razor blades funneled into an empty lens barrel, and certainly one of the sharpest lenses ever designed for the 35mm format. It aliases on an EOS 50D with stacked 2x extenders. Show me any other lens in the world that can do that and I'll be damned.

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1000&message=31479193

Go for it, dude.

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gryphon1911 Said in Thursday, June 04, 2009

This is a very subjective question.

Every manufacturer that makes lenses, even OEM, have some great lenses and some dogs. it really comes down to the specific lens in question.

The Tamron 17-50mm f/2.8, 90mm f/2.8 are great lenses that I have used. Some of the others, not so good.
Nikon, Canon, Sigma all fall under the same umbrella.

The best thing to do is to go out and read as many reviews for a particular lens you can and look at image...

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Andrew Chen Said in Thursday, June 04, 2009

Tamron Lenses are pretty well rated (and yes, get dinged for speed):

http://www.buzzillions.com/4294895089_4294966974_nz_tamron_camera_lens_reviews

Sigma is also really good and more popular

http://www.buzzillions.com/4294895091_4294966974_nz_sigma_camera_lens_reviews


I have heard (as of a few years ago) that Sigma actually started out as an OEM for the branded Canon lenses, so the quality is supposed to be higher.

Will my current Tamron Lens work with a later model Nikon?

Written by camj140 | Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Hello.
I am an avid amateur photographer and currently own a Tamron 18-200mm Lens for my Nikon D70s. I have been considering upgrading to the Nikon D300 and was wondering if I could keep my Tamron Lens to use on the D300 to avoid buying a new one as I am on a tight budget.

Any help/recommendations will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks guys.


A: Yes, the tamron lens will work the the nikon d300, although the lens came from the nikon d70s. From 1958, or something like that. Nikon's used the same lens mount ( the legendary F-Mount)
It's been used on all nikons. This mean that you can attach any f-mounted lens to a nikon, as long as it was after 1958, and i doubt that lens is fifty years old :P. According to http://amazon.com, it says that the lens can autofocus, so that'll be another benefit for you ::p

How can I adapt my Tamron lens to fit a Canon camera?

Written by TheWiseOne | Thursday, June 22, 2006

I used to use a Minolta Maxxum 5 (film) camera, and I had a Tamron 80-210mm lens to go with it. However, I am in the process of purchasing a Canon Digital Rebel XT. I understand that you can buy an adapter, but how?

If you provide a link I will be very grateful. Also, can I adapt my Minolta lens using the same adapter for my Digital Rebel?


A: Yes, you can probably get something for that. There are a couple of nikon/canon/milnolta/etc lens to nikon/canon/minolta/etc body adapters out in the market. They don't seem to be very cheap though.

One thing to note is that you are likely to loose AF and possible AE when using these.

As an example, this article referes to a nikon lens to canon body adpter.
http://www.camerahacker.com/Novoflex/EOSNIK.shtml

Tamron also has something...

Store won't allow me to return my new 18-270mm Tamron lens. What should I do with it?

Written by ponylover1 | Thursday, February 12, 2009

I got the Tamron for Nikon lens for Christmas but already have lenses for my SLR camera with the same capabilities. The store doesn't allow returns, even though its brand new in the box, so what should I do with it? Its a $600 lens!!!
And great idea, Edwin, but it I talked to the store manager and he wouldn't allow the return.
And great idea, Edwin, but it I talked to the store manager and he wouldn't allow the return.

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