Tamron AF 70-300 4-5.6 A-mount lens review by wangavagusbanjo
 wangavagusbanjo#46947 date: Jul-27-2023 | |
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| sharpness: 3.5 color: 3 build: 4 distortion: 4 flare control: 3 overall: 3.5 | tested on:
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| ownership: | I used to own this lens |
| compared to: | Minolta 70-210 f4 beer can. |
| price paid: | $399 NZ new (1995) |
| positive: | Good reach. Light. Quite well built (but all plastic with a metal bayonet). |
| negative: | Quite long. Low contrast, especially at the long end. Long minimum focus distance. |
| comment: | I bought this in the mid 90s when I first bought a SLR. Mine looked different to the photo here with a long smooth rubberised barrel. Minimum focus distance was 1.5 metres which was a bit far. It had good reach for the money (around the same money as the 70-210/f4-5.6 AF Minolta I recall), and was quite light. The AF speed was slow and AF sometimes missed focussed on a Dynax 500si (probably the camera had something to do with this, although I remember the gearing was low too).I traded the camera and lens on a MF camera lens after a couple of years. |
; 10MPrating summary
- total reviews: 2
- sharpness: 3.75
- color: 3.50
- build: 3.50
- distortion: 4.00
- flare control: 3.50
- overall: 3.65