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Suggest a cheap tele zoom that matches the 70-200 F2.8 at F8 - nandadevieast - 05-14-2013 Hi, I am in no mood to shelve out big monies for a tele zoom... So i'm looking for one 70-300 types which is excellent stopped down. F8/F5.6/F11...whatever. It can be for Nikon or for OMD... Guess its not unreasonable to ask for such a thing... If it is, then it can be at least as good as a 70-200 F4 Whichever is the best... regards, NDE Suggest a cheap tele zoom that matches the 70-200 F2.8 at F8 - miro - 05-14-2013 For the same reasons I have chosen Tamron 70-300 VC. from what i have seen, you cannot go wrong with nikon 70-300 VR either. I'm canon shooter. and I choose Tamron due to 1. Lower price 2. Optically equal to canon 70-300 non L 3. contrasty at 300mm/5,6. 4. complete package - hood inclued etc. 5. AF - sort of ring USM motor 6. brand adicted - I'm hapy owner of tamron 17-50 non VC My experince matches PZ report of this lens. Tamron is good wide open up until 200mm. After that you have to stop-down to F8. DOn't get me wrong - the wide open 300mm still usable. A little bit sharpening in PP is needed. I use 300/5,6 often by my Birth in fly picture. The only think that you have to concert about this lens is the VC - it has only one mode and viewfinedr get steady when VC is engaged. So I'm happy owner of tamron 70-300VC for more than 2 years Suggest a cheap tele zoom that matches the 70-200 F2.8 at F8 - Brightcolours - 05-14-2013 Just about all lenses perform very good at f8. So, just pick any lens? Are we talking Nikon FF here? Or APS-C. OMD only needs only 100mm and f4 to be 200mm f8 FF equivalent. Suggest a cheap tele zoom that matches the 70-200 F2.8 at F8 - miro - 05-14-2013 According to PZ 1. Canon 70-300 IS L @300mm FF test F=8 - center - 3329 - border - 2848 - extreme border - 2745 2. Tamron 70-300 VC @300mm FF test F=8 - center - 3082 - border - 2626 - extreme border -2614 My experiance - Tamron at 300mm is resonably sharp, but don't expect any wonder here. Finaly you get what you paid for! As already mentioned at 70-200mm F=8 you can get razor sharp images Suggest a cheap tele zoom that matches the 70-200 F2.8 at F8 - nandadevieast - 05-18-2013 Hi, guys, thanks. I had gone for 180/2.8 instead of buying a zoom...good that i did that way, but i also need a zoom Will share some of the 180 shots soon...its a very good lens. |