Tamron 70-300mm f/4-5.6 LD Di
Review Date : Mon, 3 Sep 2007
Author : WDC Team
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Tamron has formulated this lens to be suitable for digital cameras and film cameras, with an imaging circle covering the 35mm sized frame...
| Pros: | Good macro, nice design |
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| Cons: | Average performance, slow AF |
Tamron has formulated this lens to be suitable for digital cameras and film cameras, with an imaging circle covering the 35mm sized frame. The smaller APS-C sized sensors fall within this area, albeit giving a 1.5x magnification.
Tamron lenses usually have an attractive design, thanks in part to the gold trim and deeply grooved rubber zoom rings. It feels good too, with a nice balance and easy handling, however the focus motors are somewhat slow in comparison to some of the other lenses. The Tamron has its own pace – leisurely – especially when focusing from near to far distances. The motor is quite quiet though, so it won’t disturb wildlife as much as other lenses.
Image Quality
The lens performs best at smaller apertures, which is unusual, though it’s not a bad performer overall. Chromatic aberration is about average, showing no particular advantage of Tamron’s digitally-integrated lenses over other makers’ standard lenses.
Verdict
Good macro and a nice design, but control over fringing fails to impress and you need to stop down to get best results
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Latest comments
October 08 23:46
R Smith
i got this lens with my canon eos500D have taken some great shoots with it for the price a good lens 8 out of 10 from me
April 09 09:50
D
Not quite as good as a Sigma Apo DG, but stopping down definetly improves things, it looks nice and despite price, (I only paid £99) it does'nt feel cheap & tacky, sadly In my experience if you own an A500 or higher the Tamron's the only new lens worth getting below £200; my A500 stripped the Apo's gearing within 2 weeks. It's definetly one of the best when it comes to value for money.