Tamron 70-300mm micro

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Hi all,

I'm curious to know if the micro option on tamron 70-300mm is a true macro and what's your opinion on that, would be great to see some samples too.

Thank you
 
adriano.nocenzi said:
Hi all,

I'm curious to know if the micro option on tamron 70-300mm is a true macro and what's your opinion on that, would be great to see some samples too.

Thank you
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Unless the spec explicitly stated macro is 1:1 magnification then not "true" macro. AFAIK most such 'macro' performance is 1:2 or 1:3 magnification.......if the body has a decent high MP sensor then cropping will yield a good 'macro' looking image.
 
Having looked I found following about the macro

Macro mode
Tamron calls the lens a macro lens but apparently it only allows a maximum magnification of 0.50 x which is a lot less than proper macro lenses that go up to 1.00 x. Furthermore the Tamron's macro mode only works between 180 mm and 300 mm and has to be activated with a cumbersome switch. If you try to zoom out while the switch is on macro mode the zoom will stop you at 180 mm and require you to switch back to normal mode. This takes some time to get used to and quite frankly is a bit annoying but at least at 300 mm you can get a little closer to your subject than you would with a non-macro lens.


And on another similar review it remarked about the complexity of setting the macro and that the 180mm - 300mm range the lens is not the sharpest performer!
 
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