[Reinier]

Hello there,



Does anyone of you have experience with the Tamron AF SP 70-300mm f/4.0-5.6 Di VC USD(how do these guys come up with does names) for Canon 5D?



I am looking for a telezoom or fixed-focal >300mm or >400mm for my EOS 5D (I). I don't have the budget for a Canon 100-400mm lens. Besides that I think it is a very awkward lens as well.



I came acrosse a Tokina 80-400 as well, but couldn't find a test for it.



Hope to hear from you.



Best wishes,



Reinier

[Klaus]

I reckon that I will run a test in ~3 weeks.

[Brightcolours]

[quote name='Reinier' timestamp='1295354951' post='5617']

Hello there,



Does anyone of you have experience with the Tamron AF SP 70-300mm f/4.0-5.6 Di VC USD(how do these guys come up with does names) for Canon 5D?

[/quote]

The name is not so strange.... Lets compare it to the Canon EF 70-300mm f4-5.6 L IS USM.

Brandname: Canon / Tamron

Auto focus: EF / AF

Full frame: EF / Di

Focal length range: 70-300mm / 70-300mm

Aperture range: f4-5.6 / f4.0-5.6

High end range: L / SP

Image stabilization: IS / VC

Ring type motor: USM / USD



All in all, not a very good example of lenses with ridiculous "names" <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />.



[quote name='Reinier' timestamp='1295354951' post='5617']

I am looking for a telezoom or fixed-focal >300mm or >400mm for my EOS 5D (I). I don't have the budget for a Canon 100-400mm lens. Besides that I think it is a very awkward lens as well.



I came acrosse a Tokina 80-400 as well, but couldn't find a test for it.



Hope to hear from you.



Best wishes,



Reinier

[/quote]

Some have problems with focussing accuracy towards infinity on the Canon mount. For the rest I have not seen any deep insights into the workings of that lens in the field yet, on Canon.



The Tokina 80-400mm is not really great, I would rather get a Canon EF 70-300mm f4-5.6 IS USM. But still, if you stop down to or past f8, the Tokina can get decently sharp at 400mm (and sharper if you only go to 350-380mm). But f8 at 400mm (for decent results) and no IS, definitely a good weather lens.

The Sigma 120-400mm lens is not amazing at 400mm, but apparently bit better than the Tokina. And it offers IS (OS).

And of course there also is the Tamron 200-500mm which is relatively affordable, and has quite impressive optics (yet no IS).



http://www.nightfolio.co.uk/tokina/lens_test.html

http://www.lenstip.com/243.1-Lens_review-Tokina_AT-X_840_AF_D_80-400_mm_f_4.5-5.6_Introduction.html

http://www.ephotozine.com/article/tokina-at-x-840-af-d-80-400mm-f-4-5-5-6-13170

[Steinar1]

Reinier, I have this lens on a Nikon D300s and it produces very good piqué over the whole range. The stabilisation works very well and I can easily handhold good IQ at low light conditions. There is a complete report on this lens using DxO in www.lemondedelaphoto.fr under "tests". Although it is in French, it is self explanatory. In all the reports I have seen, it delivers better piqué from 200 to 300mm than the Nikkor or the Canon issue. I can not say from personal experience how it will behave on FF, but check the reports. Kidly Vieux loup

PS I checked the report and it was done on a Nikon D700, so you should be able to predict pretty closely how it will behave on a 5D. http://www.lemondedelaphoto.com/Prise-en-main-et-formule-optique,5058.html

[Guest]

[quote name='Vieux loup' timestamp='1295381408' post='5634']

Reinier, I have this lens on a Nikon D300s and it produces very good piqué over the whole range. The stabilisation works very well and I can easily handhold good IQ at low light conditions. There is a complete report on this lens using DxO in www.lemondedelaphoto.fr under "tests". Although it is in French, it is self explanatory. In all the reports I have seen, it delivers better piqué from 200 to 300mm than the Nikkor or the Canon issue. I can not say from personal experience how it will behave on FF, but check the reports. Kidly Vieux loup

PS I checked the report and it was done on a Nikon D700, so you should be able to predict pretty closely how it will behave on a 5D. http://www.lemondedelaphoto.com/Prise-en-main-et-formule-optique,5058.html

[/quote]



It creates raised parallel cords or fine ribbing (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piqu%C3%A9)? Never heard that term applied to photography. Care to expound?



-Lars

[Brightcolours]

[quote name='larsrc' timestamp='1295436812' post='5638']

It creates raised parallel cords or fine ribbing (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piqu%C3%A9)? Never heard that term applied to photography. Care to expound?



-Lars

[/quote]

Expand you mean? <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />



Vieux loup is french, and is using a french term/saying as if it was english. That that word in a totally other context also is used in english, does not mean that that is what vieux loup was referring to.



I am not french, nor is my french very good at all (almost non-existent), but I can gather that it means (in this context) "peak", meaning that the lens shows high resolution through the entire focal range.

[Guest]

[quote name='Brightcolours' timestamp='1295450050' post='5649']

Expand you mean? <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />



Vieux loup is french, and is using a french term/saying as if it was english. That that word in a totally other context also is used in english, does not mean that that is what vieux loup was referring to.



I am not french, nor is my french very good at all (almost non-existent), but I can gather that it means (in this context) "peak", meaning that the lens shows high resolution through the entire focal range.

[/quote]



No, I actually meant expound: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/expound



I gather it's a positive quality, but is it an overall goodness, general sharpness, being free from artifacts, smoothness? I'd like to know the connotations.



-Lars

[Steinar1]

[quote name='larsrc' timestamp='1295436812' post='5638']

It creates raised parallel cords or fine ribbing (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piqu%C3%A9)? Never heard that term applied to photography. Care to expound?



-Lars

[/quote]



I did not use those words in my reply!! Where do ou get this "It creates raised parallel cords or fine ribbing "? Are you sure you are replying to the right comment? A little too much acquavit there Lars? The nights getting a little long up there in Alta? Kind regrads Vieux loup

[Steinar1]

[quote name='Brightcolours' timestamp='1295450050' post='5649']

Expand you mean? <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />



Vieux loup is french, and is using a french term/saying as if it was english. That that word in a totally other context also is used in english, does not mean that that is what vieux loup was referring to.



I am not french, nor is my french very good at all (almost non-existent), but I can gather that it means (in this context) "peak", meaning that the lens shows high resolution through the entire focal range.

[/quote]



Brightcolours, thanks for coming to my defence, but:



-I am not French, althought I live in France

- I speak French about as well as English (I have lived and worked in English for 30 years)



I do not understand what either of you speak about <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />



Kindly Vieux Loup

[Guest]

Lol, lost in translation <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />