Reviews for Tamron AF 200-500mm F5-6.3 Di LD IF Lens for Nikon on Abes of Maine

This is a new zoom lens from Tamron that lets you bring your far away subjects up close while compressing the distance between the main subject and the background for professional-looking results. Even while covering up to a 500mm that enables you to take ultra telephoto shots of subjects further…

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4.0 2 Reviews

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By Dino

from Syracuse, NY

About Me Photo Enthusiast

4/28/2010

(2 of 2 customers found this review helpful)

Happy with my choice

4.0

PROS

Durable
Consistent Output
Strong Construction

CONS

Heavy
Poor in Low Light
Tough To Attach

BEST USES

Sports/Action
Wildlife Photos

Comments:

I bought this lens mainly to shoot my son's lacrosse games. I previously used a 70-300 faster zoom but it wasn't getting close enough from where I had to shoot from. This lens so far has worked great and I have had some really good shots. During an overcast day the shutter speed dropped a bit but for the most part the pics were still good. It is very heavy and a monopod is needed especially at 500mm. I find it a bit difficult to attach but that could also be me getting use to it. All and all I really like the lens and look forward to using it more.

By Konne

from Washington, DC

About Me Getting started

12/06/2009

(1 of 1 customer found this review helpful)

Good but Heavy Lens

4.0

PROS

Consistent Output

CONS

Heavy

BEST USES

Landscape Photography
Sports/Action

Comments:

Must use a tripod or the photo will be blurred from camera movement. In some cases, especially when there are many subjects to focus on, the lens is slow to autofocus. What's great about it: It's for full frame cameras. It fills a big gap that Nikon has chosen not to fill, because they make lenses mostly for partial frame digital SLRs.

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