TAMRON AF005C-700

This is the BEST option for someone not wanting to invest a lot of $$ on a lens in this zoom range. It has excellent image quality. The VC works excellent for 300mm hand held shots

Not a macro, but then again I did not purchase for that use

This is the BEST option for someone not wanting to invest a lot of $$ on a lens in this zoom range. It has excellent image quality. The VC works excellent for 300mm hand held shots.

Not a macro, but then again I did not purchase for that use.

Just chiming in as others have said--spectacular value. I bought this from Newegg over a year ago Along with a Canon T2i), and it is still performing flawlessly. It is a joy to use. The Image Stabilization (IS) is truly as good as everyone says it is....

It wasn't free.

Focus is sharp and quick. Vibration Reduction works beautifully. Build quality is excellent. Zoom ring is slightly stiff but not an issue, definitely no issue with lens creep. Lens weight feels great with the 60D. Just read the reviews and look at the...

Doesn't go to 800mm.

VC works great even at 300mm, great color, price is very reasonable for what you get. The overall built of the lens is very solid.

I found the zoom ring a bit stiff, and it was hard for me to get used to turning the opposite way to Canon lenses, although that is no fault of the lens.

Price is lower than Canon 75-300mm IS lens. Vibration control works perfectly. With USD focusing is smooth and fast.

Nothing except slight underexposure

Year ago the rule of thumb was the shutter speed should be 1/focal length of the lens (35mm film). So with a 450mm lens (which this effectively is with my APS-C Canon 60D) a handheld shot would call for about 1/500th of a second. NOT WITH THIS BABY!!...

IF it breaks I'm going to be pissssed and I'll take back all the nice things I said about the lens.

at first look is a very robust lense, bigger than any other 70-300 out there, i like that fact is easier to keep lense balanced this way, all the goodies works as describes, VC way better than canon or nikons equivalent, tamron have a 3 axis...

only wished the front lense element and filter thread was a bit bigger , like a 72 or 62mm diameter and to make it an very high likeable lense will be sweet if it was constant f4 all the way thru the range, but hey u cannot spect more for the price of...

1. For the zoom lens 70-300mm range with Vibration Control (Functions similar to Canon IS) and the new Ultra Silent Drive (USD) technology from Tamron, This Tamron SP 70-300mm beats both Canon and Sigma brands in term of current price and $50 mail in...

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well canon and nikon have a very strong competitor now, this lense is just oustanding, the vibration control outperforms some of my IS lenses, a little tricky at the beginning but one you get the hang of is just marvelous, i was able to take some sharp...

a little chunkier than other brands, but taking into consideration the Fix lens barrel (does not rotates), internal autofocusing mecasnism, ultra sonic drive and vibration compensation i dont mind at all ... plus it looks more professional looking...