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Hi guys.
I'm a new member of this forum and this is my first post.
I'm not an experienced photrgpahy so may struggle to help pthers out with problems just yet, but i will try if i come across a question i know something about.
l'm looking to pick up a one size fits all lens from my Sony A300 to take on holiday with me next month.
I've seen the Tamaron 18-250mm which seems to fit the bill.
The lens will be mainly used for portrait pictures of my 2 year old daughter.
Does anyone have any experince of this lens?
I know there is a newer lens 18-270mm but that is a little out of my price range. I'm hoping to pick up a 18-250 second hand.
Many thanks
Paul
 
I went down the single lens route when first buying a Canon 500d but with the Sigma 18-250mm. Given what I know now, I wouldn't do it again and would be looking for at least 2 lens to cover that range. Whilst it's convenient, you loose on image quality and for me the quality is more important than the convenience.
 
Yeah, that is what i'm worried about.
However, it's a balance between convenience and quality. Given my subject, my 2 year old daughter who can't stay still from more than 2 secs, in the past i've missed good shots because i've not been able swap lenses fast enough.
A single wide ranging lens would help solve that problem, i guess.
I've read that the Tamaron is slightly better than the sigma. However, the only sigma ones i've seen are 18-200.
Does anyone have any experience of the Tamarom 18-250 lens?
Thanks
 
Hi and welcome, I'm a novice and had a tamron 18-270 teamed with my 450d and was really happy with it for a time, but then when I started to take photography more seriously I realised that the iq wasnt great, mine was the old model 18-270 and the zoom was very stiff on it so I sold it and got a tamron 17-50 f2.8 which is good but not great on zoom, I have this paired up with a canon 55-250 but it is annoying having to change len's!!
I'm thinking of selling both of these and getting a canon 15-85 as a walk about lens..but these arn't cheap!!
There's no easy answer the new model tamron 18-270 is good my brother has if and he's very pleased with it the older 18-250 I don't think comes with image stabilisation, might be worth trying a few out if you get a shorter zoom you can always crop your photos!!
This is a great forum and your decision will be made for you very soon I'm sure!!
 
Thanks for that. I think with the sony aplha the image stabilisation is in the body of the samera, not the lens?
I need to try and persuade my wife to let me buy the new 18-270!
 
mjb123 said:
Hi and welcome, I'm a novice and had a tamron 18-270 teamed with my 450d and was really happy with it for a time, but then when I started to take photography more seriously I realised that the iq wasnt great, mine was the old model 18-270 and the zoom was very stiff on it so I sold it and got a tamron 17-50 f2.8 which is good but not great on zoom, I have this paired up with a canon 55-250 but it is annoying having to change len's!!
I'm thinking of selling both of these and getting a canon 15-85 as a walk about lens..but these arn't cheap!!
There's no easy answer the new model tamron 18-270 is good my brother has if and he's very pleased with it the older 18-250 I don't think comes with image stabilisation, might be worth trying a few out if you get a shorter zoom you can always crop your photos!!
This is a great forum and your decision will be made for you very soon I'm sure!!
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What specifically didn't you like about the tamaron?
 
I had the tamron 18-250 on my canon 1000d and I'd say go for it as what you said you will be using it for it will be fine, yes at the long end image quality is not fantastic but it is perfectly usable and acceptable for the convenience the lens offers.
 
paulbed4d said:
What specifically didn't you like about the tamaron?
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Mainly the zoom was really stiff which I didn't think was unusual until I tried a couple of different ones and they were fine!
My father in law has the 18-250 and he loves it and like I said the new model 18-270 is much improved over what I had!!
 
Thanks Guys thats helpful.
Now, do i go for a used 18-250 or a new 18-270?
I suspect i'll be looking on evilbay for a used 18-250.
 
if you don't mind a larger & heavier lens the Sigma 18-250 OS HSM seems to get the nod.
Sony's 18-250 is basically an improved Tamron (faster AF & better qc).
 
Just picked up a tamarom 18-250 from evilbay for £175.
seems like a good deal.
Will let you have my thoughts when it arrives.
Thanks for the advice guys
 
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