Thread: Tamron for nikon

thought i would post up a couple of pictures.....sorry i know sunsets are always done to death but i took these tonight while walking the dogs

this is with the tamron lens i have just brought(28-75. f2.8, so far i think its ok, the only thing i have noticed is i dont believe it focus's as fast as my nikon 55-200 vr nikon lense which is 5.6.

even so seems to give nice clear pictures i'm now highly considering a sigma 2.8 zoom lense but at $1000 yep i reckon i will be considering for a little bit longer as i'm supposed to be saving for a hi def camera..to replace my old one before our trip as i want to take a video diary to put to dvd.









just out of curiosity anyone got the 70-200 sigma? if so do you have any pics? thoughts?
or anyone got or used the 70-200 tamron?

Hi Lou;

Searching around the web for a Sigma 70-200 HSM 2.8 Lens I found this review

Sigma 70-200mm f/2.8 APO EX HSM Reviews

quite a few people have used this lens and apparently it produces some very sharp images .

Hi Dullbird , Take a look at Fredmiranda site regarding Tamron lens
(nikon is the only way to go ) . I have many Nikon pro lens
from a 10.5 fisheye to a 300mm f2.8 , with a D300 , D2x ans a D2h .
the link is :FM Reviews - Tamron zoom lenses
Cheers Stewie

My web site is : OzPics Photo Gallery- powered by SmugMug

Originally Posted by stew1236

Hi Dullbird , Take a look at Fredmiranda site regarding Tamron lens
(nikon is the only way to go ) . I have many Nikon pro lens
from a 10.5 fisheye to a 300mm f2.8 , with a D300 , D2x ans a D2h .
the link is :FM Reviews - Tamron zoom lenses
Cheers Stewie

My web site is : OzPics Photo Gallery- powered by SmugMug

hi stew yes you are right from what everyone says nikon is the only way to go....but only if you have the money to buy them

i was also advise by a professional photographer of 40years that for my camera which is the nikon D80 that the nikon lenses are really a touch to heavy for a camera body that is prodominatly plastic... if picked up wrong with out thinking i could easily damage the body near the mounting ring.

now you may be thinking what does he know, but in talking to the guy i believe he gives good genuine advice especially as the reason i got talking to him was to buy his 80-200 f/2.8 lense so he had everything to lose by telling me i would be better off with a sigma and some other fixed lens (is this what you rfer to as prime? as in a 90mm)...which is what i'm looking at buying next the sigma 70-200..

i have got some really nice good colour photos from my cheaper lenses of 5.3 etc but there not so great with the moving stuff although the tamron i felt had a slower shutter them them it did pick movement really well.

think the colour rendition does come out on the slightly cooler side than my lower end nikons, and i cant say i prefer one over the other in regards to the colour becasue they both work in there own way.

hey stewie i looked at your pics they are really nice...

i also looked at the forum you gave me and to be honest i was expecting them to slate the lens i have but they dont!! the only thing some say is reliability.....quite a few have seem to have broken

thats the chance you take though i suppose when your always looking for bang for buck.....

if i got rid of the 3 landrovers i could probably have a nice kit too...

the amount of money i spend a month on the new defender i could honestly have my self a pro lense every 6 weeks...

the sacrifices we make hey....bloody men blane it on the boyfriends defender fetish i reckon

Just buy the nikon AF-S DX 18-200 VR lens for the D80, the most versatile lens around and you don't need to carry lots of lenses with you when travelling !

Matt.

Originally Posted by matbor

Just buy the nikon AF-S DX 18-200 VR lens for the D80, the most versatile lens around and you don't need to carry lots of lenses with you when travelling !

Matt.

i wish i had brought that lens in the first place....but never knew about it until recently when i started buying photography magazines..

the first lens i brought was a 55-200 nikon with vr, and i think its a very good lens

i also got a 18-50nikon and a 70-300 nikon these all did me proud when i was learing how to use the camera and stuff, and thought that they would do me just fine....i very quickly started to learn the limitations and wanted more!!

i can honestly say i have really only swapped between my 18-50 and my 55-200 and haven't used my 300 that much!! hence why i wanted to change to a couple of 2.8's in this range although it would of been nicer to get a little lower than the 28 that i got, but hey cant win them all
i know what your saying about the whole traveling thing but to be honest i never had a problem carrying my gear around the states and i was carrying camera and all three lens's in my back pack....and most other traveling is done within my car.

i hate learing about things the hard way and should of posted this up when i was learing to get the advise from all you guys..

but its done now and i have to make the most of what i have and as much as i would really really love to buy expensive nikon lens its probably not going to happen.....cant really justify the prices that they fetch when i only really do this as a hobby, if i was doing it for a job for sure i would invest in really really good glass. but that will never happen either

good prices for tamron here, i have brought ALL my gear from these guys and have great service and prices !!

eBay Australia Store ? DigitalRev AU Photography Shop: Search results for tamron.