Tamron for nikon

[dullbird]

hello all you avid phtographers out there

have any of you had any experience with Tamron lenses?

I can't as much as i would like to afford any of the top end nikkor lenses

so I have been looking at the

Tamron 17-50mm f/2.8 XR Di II Lens

Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di Lens

this is probably the only way i'm going to get something with a 2.8 apperture without having to spend over a grand to get one

so anyone know anything about these lenses? used them? pro's con's?

i have heard that tamron use good glass rather than plastics is this true?

i would like to buy a nice lense before i go up to the north in oct, but have to watch the old budget as i'm also looking into buying a hd camcorder to, to document the whole trip and put it to dvd

thanks

dullbird

[crash]

I have a 100 to 400 Tamaron lense on a F4 body and think that it is a very good lense, compact with a good aperature (can not remember) and with no distortion.
I got my local photo shop to get one in for me to try before buying, and the professional photographer at the shop was very impressed by it and was considering buying a couple of Tamron lenses for himself.
If the lens are comparitively heavy, then they mostlikely have glass not plastic lens.
I would buy another tamron lens.

[ladas]

In my days of 'playing at photography' some 20 odd years ago, most of the lenses I used were Tamron - on my Olympus OM 1 and OM 10

Great little lenses - never had issues with them - and obviously much cheaper than Carl Zeiss or similar


.....................but as I say that was 20 odd years ago

[dmdigital]

DB, depends on what you want to use it for. Nothing wrong with Tamron lenses (though if you test drive the Nikkor 24-70 you'll see what a really good lens is like - just ignore the price ).

Depends on what you want to do. 17-50 would be better for landscape and give you the wider angle. 28-75 would be more general purpose. I don't know either lens and haven't used them. My main lens is a 24-70 f/2.8 Nikkor and it would be on my camera most of the time. That said I'll swap down or up as needed. Have a look on some of the DSLR forums.

Which Nikon DSLR do you have?

[loanrangie]

If i wasnt using canon lenses with my Canon 30D i would use either a tamron or sigma lens, very good value and quality optics and as you said the only way you can afford a lens of that aperture without having to sell a landy to pay for it.

[dmdigital]

If i wasnt using canon lenses with my Canon 30D i would use either a tamron or sigma lens, very good value and quality optics and as you said the only way you can afford a lens of that aperture without having to sell a landy to pay for it.

Don't know which is worse Canon owners or Toyota drivers

Sorry couldn't help that one!


DB, check out Nikonians :: The Nikon User Community and NikonCafe.com

[loanrangie]

Don't know which is worse Canon owners or Toyota drivers

Sorry couldn't help that one!


DB, check out Nikonians :: The Nikon User Community and NikonCafe.com

HaHa, quite true, i bought my first SLR in 1991 just before i went on an African safari for 6 months and now on my 5th and wont buy anything else. Not that i dont like Nikons but i have had a good run and there is no point changing when i already have lenses and a metz to with them.

[dullbird]

DB, depends on what you want to use it for. Nothing wrong with Tamron lenses (though if you test drive the Nikkor 24-70 you'll see what a really good lens is like - just ignore the price ).

Depends on what you want to do. 17-50 would be better for landscape and give you the wider angle. 28-75 would be more general purpose. I don't know either lens and haven't used them. My main lens is a 24-70 f/2.8 Nikkor and it would be on my camera most of the time. That said I'll swap down or up as needed. Have a look on some of the DSLR forums.

Which Nikon DSLR do you have?

i have a D80

with a 18-50, 55-200 and a 70-300........with the off roading i tend to use the 18-50 more as i just cant get far enough away with the 55-200

but all these lenses are up in the 5's aperture range.......

dont get me wrong these lenses are great and have created some wonderful pics, and at my course most of the comments i get are about the great colour that i get!
you know what its like though you just got to have that little bit more

so would like to get some lenses in the 2.8 range

interesting about the sigma loanrangie, personally from what i have read i wouldn't touch them you got any pics that you have taken with the lenses just be good to see what you get off them

[rick130]

Doesn't anyone use primes anymore.....

I went electronic with my last body, it sports aperture priority.....

Yes, my bodies and lenses are nearly as old as me

[Rosco]

In my days of 'playing at photography' some 20 odd years ago, most of the lenses I used were Tamron - on my Olympus OM 1 and OM 10

Great little lenses - never had issues with them - and obviously much cheaper than Carl Zeiss or similar


.....................but as I say that was 20 odd years ago

Zacary same here