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Latest Review Posted Tamron LD 75-300mm F4-5.6
This lens was my first purchase outside of the kit lens for my K100D. I went to the Rolex 24 Hours race in Daytona and tried to shoot cars from a 50 meters and found I needed a lot more reach. Since this was the cheapest lens I found, I went for it (not knowing how much of an investment lenses actually are). I was also hoping to be able to do macro photography with it because it had said macro (also, not knowing to check the magnification on the lens). In the end, I am satisfied with this lens as it is good for situations where you need the reach. I recently used it for candid street shots for a photo journalism assignment and it did the job well.


Pros:


Cheap:
For $100, you'd be troubled to find a lens this good. It might be slow and it's autofocus might hunt a bit, but in the end, it is a steal.


Good Zoom Range:
75-300mm is a good lens range for most applications. It means if your are shooting an event (such as a race), you can pretty much leave this lens on the camera and be able to capture 90% of your shots. 300mm is pretty long (and equivalent to 450mm on any Pentax) so being able to find our target at 75mm and zoom in to 300mm makes shooting much easier.



Cons:


Not the Greatest IQ:
This is barely an issue. There is some decent distortion due to the zoom range and I'm sure pixel peepers will find more wrong with it, but I have not seen anything that ruined a shot. It is not the sharpest lens, I would compare it to the kit lens as far as IQ goes. It work...



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