Tamron SP AF 70-300mm 4-5.6 Di USD A-mount lens review by brikas
 brikas#11369 date: Oct-6-2013 | |
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| sharpness: 1 color: 1 build: 4 distortion: 5 flare control: 5 overall: 3.2 | tested on:
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| ownership: | I own this lens |
| compared to: | Sony DT 55-200mm Minolta AF 70-210mm (beercan) Minolta AF 75-300mm |
| price paid: | 220 GBP (used) |
| positive: | Cheap USD feels like SSM on Sony lens |
| negative: | Slow aperture Cheap plastic smells a bit Awful sharpness Colors aren't nice |
| comment: | I'm not surprised about this lens, the only real bonus is silent USD autofocus motor, otherwise it feels like cheap Minolta 75-300mm. I think, instead of this, I'd better go for Sony 55-300mm: cheaper and smaller, as 55-200mm colors I like more than these Tamron and test shots looks like the 55-200 and 55-300 has very similar colors. 300mm end was important for me, not the sharpest lens in that end, about the same IQ as beercan @210mm and F4. Now considering about old Minolta fixed aperture prime 200mm or 80-200, no more money waste on these slow aperture telephoto zoom lenses. Afeter using 16-50, this feels like a class or two lower product, probably it is, but many says it has the same IQ and performance as 70-300 G, can't believe in that... Maybe I'll change my mind after some more serious photo-shoots in the field, but local park experience tells me there wont be many surprises... Updated on 10/10/2013 Was at Richmond Park for some deer hunting, misty day, results- awful, no really sharp image, no one was like I'd like to see, I had two cameras, one with this Tammy, the other- A58 was equipped with 16-50, I have to say, that 100% cropped deer from A58 looked almost better than optically zoomed deer with Tammy, of corse, in terms of sharpness, extremely disappointed about this purchase. Also there was some CA on highlights, I'm excepting no from the modern lens. |
rating summary
- total reviews: 55
- sharpness: 4.50
- color: 4.38
- build: 4.35
- distortion: 4.62
- flare control: 4.53
- overall: 4.47