Bring your sports, wildlife, landscape, or other distant subjects up close, with a lens that is amazingly compact and light. As one of Tamron's Di Series, this lens delivers superb results with digital SLRs as well as 35mm cameras. Two Low Dispersion elements neutralize the chromatic aberration that is common with ultra-tele lenses. FEATURES INCLUDE: focuses as close as 8.2 ft. at all zoom settings; length 8.9", weight 2.7 lbs., accepts 86mm filters; Includes detachable tripod mount, lens hood, and detachable filter effect control for easy filter adjustment with hood in place.
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Download Rebate Form| SKU | 091090-C |
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| Shipping Weight (Lbs.) | 5.3000 |
| Brand | Tamron |
| Mount Type | Canon |
| Lens Type | Tele Zoom |
| Focal Length | 200-500mm |
| Digital Only | No |
| Internal Focus | Yes |
| Hood Included | Yes |
| Price | $959.99 |
Customer Reviews
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Good lens for the price! | (Posted on 5/16/11)
Review by Bob in Maine
I do lots of wildlife photography, and was 'suffering' with a basic 75-300 mm zoom, the one you can buy for $200. I don't yet use a blind, just try to get close enough to my subjects to get some pictures. Of course, this approach is spotty at best, so I decided to upgrade to this one, hoping for more magnification and better detail.
So far, I really like it. We've had almost nothing but rain since I got it, so I can tell you it works well in low-light conditions. Some shots are blurry, owing to motion of subjects on low shutter-speed, high-ISO settings and lack of image stabilization.
Don't know how this lens would compare to a Canon 500 or 800 with image stabilization. I'll have to win the lottery to find that out... But it does the job. Good detail, and you can get a shot from quite a distance away, even songbirds high up in a tree, where a 'lesser' lens would give you an unidentifiable, bird-shaped spot with no details to speak of.
The autofocus is a little slow. You try to focus, and it zooms way out, then back in to sharp focus, and the bird tends to fly away just as you're about to take the shot. I'll have to mess with it some more, but I find that manually fine-tuning the focus is sometimes the best way to go.
Much bigger than I expected. The description said 9.8 inches, but fully-extended with the hood and all the extras in place, it's more like 2 feet! Not sure how it's going to fit in my kayak, but great for upland expeditions!
Happy shooting!
