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Tamron16-300mm F/3.5-6.3 Di II VC PZD MACRO LENS

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Posted by amazing50: Thu Jan 22nd, 2015 22:03

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FedEx dropped of a Tamron16-300mm F/3.5-6.3 Di II VC PZD MACRO LENS for Nikon DX cameras earlier today.

One week shipping time from Japan to Ontario from a seller named t-dimension3.

This will be my travel lens on a D5300, comming very soon.

Tried a small mirrorless and it's OK but I have big hands;~)and love long zooms.

The shot posted was taken hand held, out my front door, at both ends of the zoom.

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Posted by jk: Fri Jan 23rd, 2015 03:33

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Useful range of lens especially for a DX camera but optically zooms with such a long range usually suffer badly with distortions.
It will never be a bad lens or a great lens but it will always be a very useful lens especially as it has macro as well.

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Posted by amazing50: Fri Jan 23rd, 2015 19:19

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For a lot of my travel shooting I like a wide view followed be one or more detailed closeups and a lot of distortions don't realy show that much.

If it needs correcting there are various programs to do the adjusting.

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Posted by jk: Sat Jan 24th, 2015 04:04

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The distortion is usually at the wide end, at the long end the images arent as crisp as a prime.
That said as a travel lens you are compromising ultra-quality for convenience.
I prefer the convenience when I am travelling.

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Posted by amazing50: Sun Jan 25th, 2015 21:27

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The D5300 arrived Friday from Japan. No complaints.

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Posted by highlander: Mon Mar 28th, 2016 11:51

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I'm thinking about this lens and can't decide between this an Nikon's own 18-300

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Posted by Robert: Mon Mar 28th, 2016 12:46

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Just checked out the Dpreview review of this lens and they report issues regarding image sharpness under some circumstances might pay to take a look at this link.

http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/nikon-af-s-18-300mm-3p5-5p6-vr/3

For balance I took a look at the Tamron review too.

http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/tamron-16-300mm-f-3-5-6-3-di-ii-vc-pzd-macro

From what I read I would get the Tamron but further research might be worthwhile.

If you get it mail order you should be able to return it if not up to snuff.

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Posted by jk: Mon Mar 28th, 2016 15:10

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highlander wrote:
I'm thinking about this lens and can't decide between this an Nikon's own 18-300
Get the Nikon version it usually performs better and has a higher resale value.

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Posted by Eric: Tue Mar 29th, 2016 06:40

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Just a personal thing, but I have never had a zoom lens with more than a 5x zoom range that didn't disappoint at some point. And there always seems to be a lot of quality variation between versions of the same lens.

The sad fact is, you get what you pay for. Graham's £6000 500mm is testament to that.

The problem is that unless you have lots of cash to invest in top quality glass and a regular need for heavy long lenses to justify the expenditure, you will always be faced with less than perfect lenses....whose images will need assistance in post processing.

It's always going to be a question of ..."is the lens good enough for me?"

Buying from somewhere that will accept returns is paramount.

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Posted by amazing50: Wed Mar 30th, 2016 06:36

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Problem with returns is the high cost of postage and the time and effort to get back customs fees etc. from on line purchases.

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Posted by Iain: Thu Mar 31st, 2016 11:03

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Tamron seems to be producing some good lens at the moment, i have a few friends with newish Tamrom lensed the results from them are good.

Posted by amazing50: Sat Apr 2nd, 2016 15:12

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Just arrived yesterday, a TAMRON 90mm SP Macro Lens f/2.8 DI VC USD 1:1 for Nikon.

It is FX has internal focus, very fast, and sharp on the D610.

They also introduced an 85mm f/1.8 but it has no macro, for about the same price, about $600US.

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Posted by jk: Sat Apr 2nd, 2016 18:43

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amazing50 wrote: Just arrived yesterday, a TAMRON 90mm SP Macro Lens f/2.8 DI VC USD 1:1 for Nikon.

It is FX has internal focus, very fast, and sharp on the D610.

They also introduced an 85mm f/1.8 but it has no macro, for about the same price, about $600US.
Now that is a a very nice lens.
I have never heard a bad report of that lens.

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Posted by highlander: Sun Apr 3rd, 2016 09:56

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In the end I plumped for the 18-200 Tamron lens, but the latest edition which has VC. Initially I wasn't very impressed, but once you work out its limitations and work within it, it is actually not bad at all. For a penny under £170, and not having to take anything else (or worry unduly about any potential damage to it) is quite liberating. I would also say that looking less professional in some parts of the world might also have advantages, it certainly does in the UK with officious security folks.

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Posted by highlander: Sun Apr 3rd, 2016 10:01

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Quite a substantial post production crop, and I'd only had the lens around an hour at the time I took the shot.

(D7100 body btw)

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Posted by amazing50: Fri Apr 15th, 2016 14:55

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highlander wrote:
Quite a substantial post production crop, and I'd only had the lens around an hour at the time I took the shot.

(D7100 body btw)
After one hour ??

Do you have a bird magnet in your yard? :lol:

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