Originally posted by kacansas03 Has anyone in this club tested this lens.??????????? From what i can find it seems to be not as good as what the sellers on Ebay want a person to think. I am a bit interested in it due to it's focal length range. Anyone who has one or has tested it please let me know what you think. one thing that bothered me was it's weight just for starters.
I was not looking for this lens but one (looking tired) came up for very little money in a lot with some other ropey looking stuff so I bought it. No regrets! A 6x zoom with close focussing (albeit limited) Tamron SP lens that can be found this cheap really should not be ignored. It does not seem to be highly regarded so can be found cheap.
The lens is not the best of the SP Adaptalls, F:8 is the widest aperture I use that provides images that are quite without some "glow" and sharp for a zoom with this range. Colours seem good even if a little PF occurs with high contrast shots (more than my Chinon 35-200mm anyway).
No trouble fitting a PK-A adapter to it so it works with dedicated flash.
I scored it a 9 based on getting something that works well enough for almost nothing....but I admit to bias towards cheap lenses and score based on value for money.