Tamron AF70-300mm F/4-5.6 Di LD Macro Lens with hood for Nikon-D DSLR Cameras

... I bought this lens to use on a Nikon D80 camera. The lens has some limitations as far as light gathering ability but overall I am quite pleased. It takes sharp pictures if it has adequate light. I find it has it's sharpest pictures at f8-f11. At wide open aperature the pictures are somewhat soft. I used this lens recently at school music program where lighting is always a problem and would have to say that overall I was quite satisfied. Although I ended up at Iso 1600 in order to operate shutterspeed where I needed it worked out rather well. In the past these music programs have been a problem.
The lens seems well built and zoom and aperature work smoothly. I don't really like the fact that the lens revolves during focus as I will not be able to use my cpl very effectively.
Over the course of the time I have used it the biggest problem I have encountered was some photos I took of canadian geese. It was a hazy day and the pictures I got were loaded with purple fringing. That is the only time I have had this problem but it was quite bad that day. The geese were lined on both sides and head with p/f.
Overall though I would say for this price point this is a very nice lens. ...
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