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Tamron AF 70-300mm F4-5.6 Di LD Macro 1:2 Canon |  | Brand: Tamron
Category: CE
List Price: £199.99
Buy New: £122.40
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New (7) Used (4) from £90.00
Seller: Amazon.co.uk
Rating:  29 reviews
Sales Rank: 1565
Media: Electronics
Batteries Included: No
Maximum Focal Length: 300
Minimum Focal Length: 70
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.2 x 4.4 x 3.9
MPN: A17E
Model: A17E
EAN: 4960371004785
ASIN: B000HDZAUA
Release Date: October 24, 2007
Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours
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| Features:
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-Telezoom
-Makro 1:2
-Naheinstellgrenze 0,95cm
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Product Description
Tamron now 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 focus distance as short as 37.4", enabling close-up shots of flowers, insects, and other objects that normally require the use of a specially designed macro lens. Moreover, this is a zoom lens that casually offers the distant capture and foreshortening effect pleasures of the 300mm ultra-telephoto world.
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| Customer Reviews:
Showing reviews 1-5 of 29
Pleasantly surprised! August 8, 2010
J. Richardson (Madrid, Spain)
Wow, what a cracking lens! I did a lens swap for the day with my girlfriend's brother-in-law, giving him my Sony 50mm portrait lens. I took the 70-300mm to the Mela Festival in Edinburgh and limited myself to this lens for the whole day and I have to say I was well impressed. Even though for a close-range subject you have to move a little further away, the narrow depth of field you get on a bigger zoom is incredible, and also the fact that you can get in so close from so far away was a revolution to someone whose biggest lens to date had been the Sony 18-70mm kit lens. I felt like a proper paparazzo, and you can take some fantastic candid shots without the subject being (too) aware! (All the subjects in my sample images were performers, so there were no issues with invasion of privacy.)
Some other reviewers have talked about image softness at longer focal lengths, but as far as I could see, the colours were rich, vibrant, and very true to life - no complaints from me.
Granted, the auto focus can be a little slow at longer zooms and it's also very noisy which may startle wildlife, but it's still pretty good and the manual focus is very easy to use.
Even though I think I'm going to save my money for the Tamron 18-250mm superzoom, I think that this lens is an absolute pearler for the price. The only thing which puts me off buying this one is having to change lenses when I want a wider angle photograph. It may, however, get to the point where I'm too impatient to save up any longer and just buy this one instead!
A Great Performer at this entry price level August 6, 2010
shepherdhill (Long Eaton Derbyshire)
I 've had this lens now since early June which I purchased with a Nikon D5000 kit.
I wasn't expecting a fantastic lens especially at the price I paid because I bought the two together.
In an ideal world I would have bought two seperate lenses, one for macro work & one for tele photo, but like most people I dont have endless financial resources & this lens offers a tele macro facility at 1:2 & seemed a good option.
Well I am most impressed with both macro shots & portraits & some of the results from my first outing with the camera & lens were really good. But don't take my word for it - see for your self. I have uploaded some images.
There are better lenses out there - but not at this price. Highly recomended - Buy it!
Good camera, but not for the 'fast' photographer July 30, 2010
barneym
I purchased this lens due to the price. It is a good lens and I have some nice photos with it, however auto focus is exceptionally slow and sometimes fails to lock onto the target.
the auto focus 'nozzle' also moves in and out. ALWAYS put it in manual mode before applying lens hood, as it twists the auto focus ring, I have done this, currently it still works, but for how long, who knows?
Good lens for price.
Well worth it. May 8, 2010
A. S. Styles
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I bought this lens as a replacement for the standard 75-300mm f4.5-5.6 Sony kit lens that came with my Sony Alpha 200W DSLR, and I have to say it was worth it.
Although it only has roughly the same specification as the original sony lens, the difference in image quality is noticeable. I take alot of pictures of wildlife and motorsport (not to mention portraits and landscapes, but obviously not with this lens) and I had terrible purple fringing (CA) at 200-300mm particularly in high contrast situations, and I have to say this lens reduced this effect massively. This has improved image quality no end. At 62mm diameter it is also a better light gatherer (the Sony is 55mm dia) which helps to keep the shutter speed up in overcast conditions. In low light the autofocus can struggle and 'hunt' a little, but the Sony lens used to do this anyway and if you set up your autofocus to center spot AF, you should find moving targets are not really a problem. The manual focus ring is decent on this lens unlike some, so manual focus is not difficult when photographing stationary objects if the AF is struggling.
The lens build quality is good for the money, it is a plastic lens but to me I think of the weight saving this brings rather than looking at it as a negative. It's length is also shorter than some which makes it easier to hand hold coupled with its low weight.
If you are after your first telephoto zoom lens or are looking for a replacement for the Sony kit zoom lens and have not got £500 to spend, then I can certainly recommend this lens. It will do the job you want it to in most situations providing you the photographer, do your part of course.
Love it for what it is April 23, 2010
philip
Love This lens, it takes some good pictures as you can see from the ones I have uploaded. The only downside to the lens is the auto focus, it loves to go hunting around to find focus and by the time its found the subject you are shooting it may be to late if you use it for wildlife that is, but for big clear subjects it is OK, its also a little bit to noisy. For somebody on a tight budget I highly recommend this lens. Im using it on Sony a200.(which is a fab camera)
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