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11 August 2010
Tamron 55-200mm f/4-5.6 Di-II LD with Canon mount
for the average DSLR user and for more advanced users/ students, this Tamron lens is a well suited companion to the standard kit lenses. optical quality is the best from what is out there in this price range. the lens is very light and will travel well. Autofocus speed is noisy and comparable to kit lenses in speed, a minor issue if u want to take fast moving action shots, as the lens will not keep up to changes in focus that quickly. plastic camera mount can also be an issue with dust and in outdoor applications. comes with a lens hood, and rotates along with the focus right making polorizing filters a little harder to use. the auto focus will hunt a little in dark situations.
overall a good lens to have along side a standard kit lens. many pros use this lens to scout for locations because of the range they get 55-200mm. and on a 1.6 APS-C DSLR like the Canon Rebel series, that range becomes 88-320 when the same lengths would be used on a full-frame film camera. the draw for this lens is its range and price for quality.
11 August 2010
Tamron 55-200mm f/4-5.6 Di-II LD with Canon mount
for the average DSLR user and for more advanced users/ students, this Tamron lens is a well suited companion to the standard kit lenses. optical quality is the best from what is out there in this price range. the lens is very light and will travel well. Autofocus speed is noisy and comparable to kit lenses in speed, a minor issue if u want to take fast moving action shots, as the lens will not keep up to changes in focus that quickly. plastic camera mount can also be an issue with dust and in outdoor applications. comes with a lens hood, and rotates along with the focus right making polorizing filters a little harder to use. the auto focus will hunt a little in dark situations.
overall a good lens to have along side a standard kit lens. many pros use this lens to scout for locations because of the range they get 55-200mm. and on a 1.6 APS-C DSLR like the Canon Rebel series, that range becomes 88-320 when the same lengths would be used on a full-frame film camera. the draw for this lens is its range and price for quality.