Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Review: Tamron 70-200mm f/2.8 SP Di VC USD (Canon EF)


This is a brief excerpt from thePhoBlographer




When we began the review of the Tamron 70-200mm f/2.8 SP Di VC USD, we pondered which type of photographer would purchase a lens like this. It is a clear competitor to the equivalent offerings from Canon, Nikon and Sony but isn’t as expensive. Most professionals tend to go for a a primary brand vs a third party (as per recommendation of the retailers)–although some third party lenses have made excellent tools and third party manufacturers in general are fighting back very hard in their recent revamps. I asked this question of myself as every day I packed my camera bag to go out and shoot.

But is this really a lens that you’d buy?


Pros and Cons

Pros

- Positively stellar image quality

- Sharp wide open

- We didn’t get a single blurry shot with the VC enabled.

- Excellent build quality

- Tripod bracket mount comes with the lens

- Accurate and fast focusing for a lens like this

Cons

- Heavy

- Fairly large

- Can’t get over the feeling that I was holding a howitzer when I shot with it

Gear Used

For this review, we used the Tamron 70 …



By: Chris Gampat


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