Tamron AF 70-300mm f/4.0-5.6 Di LD Macro Zoom Lens for Canon Digital SLR Cameras
- 9 Groups, 13 Elements Lens Construction
- Rotation Type of Zooming
- 9 Diaphragm Blade Number
- F/32 Minimum Aperture
- 59 inch Minimum Focus Distance (1.5m) in normal setting, 37.4 inch (0.95m) in macro mode f=180mm-300mm range
Product Description
Tamron offers a lightweight, compact, high-image-quality telephoto zoom lens with macro capability of 1:2 that can be used with digital cameras. This new lens is a Di type lens using an optical system with improved multi-coating designed to function with digital SLR cameras as well as film cameras. With this 70-300mm telephoto zoom lens, flipping a macro switch in the focal length range of 180mm to 300mm obtains a maximum magnification ratio of 1:2 at a minimum focu… More >>
Tamron AF 70-300mm f/4.0-5.6 Di LD Macro Zoom Lens for Canon Digital SLR Cameras
I read all the other reviews on here and jumped to buy this lens. It seemed perfect for the price and since I am only an amateur I didn’t need anything fancy. Well, the lens is no good! The focus in low light is non existent. Even in the shade I couldn’t get a photo. It’s incredibly noisy and I couldn’t even switch into Macro mode. It was stuck! So, don’t bother spending your money on this lens if you plan on taking good photos!!
Rating: 1 / 5
i’m very happy with this lens i have a 28-75 and now the70-300 tamron lenses they doth take great pic .i cant say one bad thing they rock for the money in my book. u won’t be sorry u buyt this lens.
Rating: 4 / 5
Yes I got this lens and I love it I’m so happy with it and I love that how fast it came so thank you and I would buy from you again….
Rating: 5 / 5
I bought this lens to use with my Xti. Less than a week after I bough it I started to get the err99 message. Now I get it every time i use it. I am going to take a few more pictures with it and if I don’t like the way they turn out I will return the lens. After taking a few pictures with this lens I have noticed that the CA is horrible. The sharpness drops off after 200mm. You get what you pay for.
EDIT
I have returned the lens to amazon
Rating: 1 / 5
I bought this lens at the same time as my first DSLR, Canon XSi, before I really knew what I was looking at. For the price, the image quality is decent. Other than that, I would look elsewhere – and in fact I am at the moment.
Pros:
– Inexpensive
– Cheap way to get into macro
– Decent quality pics, more so on the macro side
– Loooong zoom range
Cons:
– Cheap-feeling construction
– Awkward controls for switching to/from macro mode
– Noisy and SLOW
– Not good in low light because of max aperatures
– AI is not great, but usually manually focus when shooting macro
Bottom Line:
– If you only have $175 to spend on a zoom tele/macro, it’s not a bad deal. If you’re hoping to get great action shots or nice bokeh, you’re probably gonna have to triple your budget and look at Sigma or Canon.
For me, I’m selling it and getting the Sigma 70-200mm and a tele converter.
Rating: 3 / 5