Tamron lenses GOOD OR NOT So Great???
“Amateurs worry about equipment, professionals worry about money, masters worry about light, I just make pictures… ” ~ Vernon Trent
effron wrote: Some are good, some are not. You need to evaluate each lens................
The Tamron lenses I own and have used are optically excellent. Some have less than optimum AF speed. For instance my Tamron 70-200 f/2.8 appears to have AF on par with AF zooms from 15+ years ago: it's pretty slow. For me this isn't a big deal, as I tend to manually focus with this lens anyway. I've done extensive comparisons between my Tamron 28-75 f/2.8 and my Canon L 24-70 f/2.8, and I think they are amazingly close considering the Canon L cost four times as much.
But I agree with Effron. You really need to assess lenses individually. I've found price isn't necessarily a good indicator of quality, but at the same time I'd really look over cheap lenses before I bought one.
Can you get a gift certificate, and apply it towards a f/2.8 zoom?
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