tamron 28-300mm di

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of on holiday (canary islands so some volcano work) soon and am needing a good alround lens and i have this one in mind i will be using a canon 350d and am just looking for info or opinions on it

tamron af28-300mm f/3.5-6.3 xr di :p :)
 
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Compromised, but thats to be expected from such a range of focal lengths.

I think mrgubby has one.
 
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Had one for a year now and I'm very happy with it .

It only leaves the body when I'm doing indoor stuff & then it's replaced with a 50mm/f1.8 :)
 
steveo said:
lol oops :p mrgubby do u have any pics for examples please
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A few I've already got on my webspace linky1 , linky2

They're all heavily compressed for the web , if you want I can dig out some from different focal lengths at full res.
 
steveo said:
lol dam that first pic just decided for me :p great shot m8
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Thanks (was hand-held as well :))

It'll never be as sharp/fast as a lens with shorter range or L glass but as a reasonably priced walkabout lens I'm very happy.


Ps. I paid £199.99 in the high street for it last year
 
steveo said:
will have to look around coz i have seen it for that on some etailors
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I found it on a UK website , checked stock then printed out the advert. Waited until the "high street shop" was busy then went on about bla-bla price match bla-bla expensive, until they finally gave in :D
 
I got one when I got my DSLR and have to say I'm happy with it so far

I haven't got any shots of a distance yet, for close work it fairs reasonably well

EDIT: I also got it for £199
 
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looking at this lens more on sites it says its equiv to 45-480mm on film is it just this lens like that if not what would that make my sigma 70-300mm would it be the same or would it be 480mm at the high end
 
steveo said:
looking at this lens more on sites it says its equiv to 45-480mm on film is it just this lens like that if not what would that make my sigma 70-300mm would it be the same or would it be 480mm at the high end
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That's due to the cropping as the camera doesn't have a full sized sensor ( you need to multiply the stated zoom by around 1.6 I believe but it's dependant on the camera you use)

that is the case with all lenses so yes the same would apply to the sigma

*note I may be wrong, but that's what I remember from reading a few Photography sites
 
thanks for clearing that up if that is the case then there would be no need in order the tamron as i might as well save up for longing and look at getting an L lens from canon or something along the lines that i can use as an alrounder as well as astrophotography
 
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