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
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
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.
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
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.