[koulang]

I want to purchase a lens at 70-300mm range. IQ is my most important factor to go for, but I have limited budget. I found the new Tamron 70-300mm VC was really interesting. I wonder how is the the lens compared to Nikon 70-300mm VR at 300mm wide open?



Please recommend me!

[Steinar1]

I can recommend the new Tamron 70-300 VC lens. I have just bought one for my D300s and it is great at all focal lengths, much better than the Nikon from 200mm on. There has been a lens test done for this lens at "Le Monde de la Photo" magazine using the DxO software and it fully confirms what I am saying. http://www.lemondedelaphoto.com/-Tests,4-.html



Good luck! Kindly Vieux Loup

[koulang]

The Vieux, I will buy this one. This is very helpful review, but I can't read French. However I can see sample images and image charts. From what I catch up is at 300mm wide open is nearly excellent. 300mm F5.6 is my most use.

[Brightcolours]

Here a few more reviews of the Tamron:



http://www.tamronlensreview.com/tamron70300vcreview



http://www.demystifyingdigital.com/Digit...index.aspx



http://www.ephotozine.com/article/Tamron...-USD-14690

[koulang]

[quote name='Brightcolours' timestamp='1286192966' post='3474']

Here a few more reviews of the Tamron:



http://www.tamronlensreview.com/tamron70300vcreview



http://www.demystifyingdigital.com/Digit...index.aspx



http://www.ephotozine.com/article/Tamron...-USD-14690

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It sounds like all reviews are positive. I wonder if the lens is very sharp at 300mm F11, it will be interesting to do Macro photography. I imagine 300mm will produce extremely beautiful blur. So can this lens be used with lens mount adapter?

[Brightcolours]

[quote name='Koulang' timestamp='1286247520' post='3485']

It sounds like all reviews are positive. I wonder if the lens is very sharp at 300mm F11, it will be interesting to do Macro photography. I imagine 300mm will produce extremely beautiful blur. So can this lens be used with lens mount adapter?

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Lens mount adapter? What do you mean?

[ns_salon]

May be, he means a macro extender.

[Steinar1]

Whateve he means, I can also confirm that the lens is no macro lens <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' /> It has a nice boukeh and can certainly be used for portraits, but not for macro photography.

[Brightcolours]

[quote name='Vieux loup' timestamp='1286297574' post='3506']

Whateve he means, I can also confirm that the lens is no macro lens <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' /> It has a nice boukeh and can certainly be used for portraits, but not for macro photography.

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But you can put a macro "filter" lens on it, like a Canon 500D on it

http://www.the-digital-picture.com/revie...eview.aspx



Or you can put extension tubes between lens and camera body, so that the focussing range collapses and you can focus much closer (with resulting extra magnification).

[koulang]

I am sorry for making you confuse. I wanted to write tripod mount adapter! I know this lens is not 1:1 macro, but I wonder when we shot not too small objects like flowers? As I found in most reviews, this lens produces great image quality at f11 at 300mm, so if I zoom all the way to 300mm to shot macro, it may give very attractive background blur, but doing macro requires tripod's work even with great VC, so why I have this question.