Tamron 70-300mm

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Does anyone recommend this lens?

I have a Nikon 55-200 VR but would like to stretch to 300mm, is it worth getting or should I stick with my 55-200mm.

I can't stretch to the Nikon 70-300mm unfortunately.
 
having looked at the other threads, the only problem i see is the lack of VR at the further focal range

try taking a picture at 200mm on yours with VR switched on and off and when it's off try to keep as steady as possible and then zoom in on lcd or crop on computer to see how sharp the picture is
 
I have this lens for my sony a330 and am very happy with it.bear in mind i am a very newbie to slr cameras but from what i see on my photos and when i crop them on the computer i am more than happy
 
I would only use it as a "test" lens for focal length before investing in the real deal. I say this as I have one, it came with the D60 I bought from Jessops. All it did was allow me to see if I had a use for such focal length. Turns out I didn't so I dropped back to 200mm and will pick up a 1.4 convertor to slip out of the bag when I need to get that bit closer and not lose more than 1 f stop. For £169 it's more than worth it. but the lack of VR will eventually frustrate you in some key pressure moments.
 
I have a Tamron 70-300 for my A200. I mostly shoot motorsport and I find I get a lot of CA especially when zoomed in. Also the AF is slow and hunts a lot, sometimes the time taken to focus is ridiculous. This is the lens I have http://www.dyxum.com/reviews/lenses/reviews.asp?IDLens=283 and it seems like my complaints are common. All in all I find the lens pretty useless, sorry.
 
have you looked at the sigma 70-300, i have the nikkor VR II 70-300 and it doesn't quite compare in quality at 300 but for the price its brilliant and you get the macro.. although the tamron has macro too.. you really need some osrt of image stabilisation after 200mm though as it will get very shakey otherwise..
 
Afterglow said:
I have a Tamron 70-300 for my A200. I mostly shoot motorsport and I find I get a lot of CA especially when zoomed in. Also the AF is slow and hunts a lot, sometimes the time taken to focus is ridiculous. This is the lens I have http://www.dyxum.com/reviews/lenses/reviews.asp?IDLens=283 and it seems like my complaints are common. All in all I find the lens pretty useless, sorry.
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I would have to agree with Afterglow. I have this lens and it really isn't worth spending the money on. I so wish I had waited and bought a Canon lens as I have spent the best part of a year being really fustrated with the results :(
 
Afterglow said:
I have a Tamron 70-300 for my A200. I mostly shoot motorsport and I find I get a lot of CA especially when zoomed in. Also the AF is slow and hunts a lot, sometimes the time taken to focus is ridiculous. This is the lens I have http://www.dyxum.com/reviews/lenses/reviews.asp?IDLens=283 and it seems like my complaints are common. All in all I find the lens pretty useless, sorry.
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Your link gives some pretty good reviews for a lens at this price, of course a lens costing 2/3/4 times as much will give better results, but if you only have 100-150 to spend its not a bad buy.
 
If you are considering selling the 55-200mm to fund it then i'd advise against it. The 55-200mm VR has insane IQ for the price it costs and i think you'd miss it.
 
Quaker said:
Does anyone recommend this lens?

I have a Nikon 55-200 VR but would like to stretch to 300mm, is it worth getting or should I stick with my 55-200mm.

I can't stretch to the Nikon 70-300mm unfortunately.
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I have just got the 70-300vr its great, until i had the money i had the tamron 28-300 (not vr version) that i will be looking at sell now, if you r interested let me know
 
Excellent advice, many thanks to everyone for their input into the thread.

I will stick with the 55-200mm VR for now and wait until after my holiday to start saving up for the 70-300VR
 
Quaker said:
Excellent advice, many thanks to everyone for their input into the thread.

I will stick with the 55-200mm VR for now and wait until after my holiday to start saving up for the 70-300VR
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Best thing to do m8, i wished i hadn't got the tamron 28-300mm, it not that its a bad lens far from it, but i will not get the money i paid for that back. I wish i had waited for my 70-300 VR i would have got it sooner if i waited.
 
yeah worth the wait IMO
 
Afterglow said:
I have a Tamron 70-300 for my A200. I mostly shoot motorsport and I find I get a lot of CA especially when zoomed in. Also the AF is slow and hunts a lot, sometimes the time taken to focus is ridiculous. This is the lens I have http://www.dyxum.com/reviews/lenses/reviews.asp?IDLens=283 and it seems like my complaints are common. All in all I find the lens pretty useless, sorry.
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agree with this, i used one on a canon 30d and found it virtually useless for anything moving. amount of purple fringing was shocking.
 
pecrow said:
agree with this, i used one on a canon 30d and found it virtually useless for anything moving. amount of purple fringing was shocking.
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I use it on my 1000D and I have the same problem with purple fringing but I also get green fringing as well :eek:

I get far better results using it for motorsport than portraits but in hindsight I would definately have waited to get a better quality lens.
 
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