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Sears Macro 80-200mm F4 | | Latest Review Posted | Tamron 77D/177D AF Aspherical 28-80mm F3.5-5.6
I was frustrated with my "kit" lens DA 18-55mm because it was always a little short for some things when doing street photography. I like the range of 28-80mm much better, but this particular lens is just too poor for me to use - ruins all photos IMO. Can't get sharp at any length or aperture, and colors are not beautiful. It works fine, AF is accurate and everything, I just don't like the lens.
The DA 18-55mm, mediocre as it is, is 3x better than this Tamron lemon.
The only lens I have that I'm happy with is an old 50mm prime I got for $26.
BTW this Tamron 28-80mm lens sells super cheap online. KEH et al have them used for next to nothing. I bought mine at a local camera store and have since decided to never buy anything but emergency supplies locally. The local stores offer no help and need to charge 50-100% above the market price to keep their doors open. If they helped me other things, I'd bite the bullet and help keep them in business, but I have yet to find a store in town that has actually helped me with anything.
This lens sucks. I spent two weeks - mostly full days of street photography - using this lens, and I don't have one shot to show for it that would hold together as a print bigger than 4x6"
I think a lens like this is okay if you want to try out a type of lens - in my case a range of focal length - if you do it cheap enough that you can get all your money back on resale. In my case I wasted about $100 cash and thousands of doll... | |
