The world's smallest, most lightweight 28-200mm high magnification zoom lens. With a minimum focal distance over the entire zoom area of 49cm, and a maximum magnification of 1:4 (at 200mm), this remarkable lens achieves high magnification zoom performance with the compact size of a standard zoom lens. Through XR (Extra Refractive Index) glass and efficient use of aspherical lenses, Tamron has achieved a 25% reduction in size and a 27% reduction in weight over the previous model (Model 371D), along with a decrease in filter diameter by two-steps Μό72mm- Μό62mm) without compromising the superior image quality characteristic of Tamron 28-200 lenses.The World's Smallest & Lightest 28-200mmMAJOR FEATURES: Μό62 Filter Size No Vignetting with Built-in Flash on Most Cameras Easy Handling Extremely Portable for Traveling Fits Today's Compact SLR Cameras
1 Good Price and Good Lens
I have been using the black intl' version of this lens or some time now (I think) and I have been quite happy with it, except that that if you like using Canon's the direction you have to twist your hand to zoom is the OTHER WAY as with Canon! It's a small annoyance, but yes it will get you frustrated if you turn the lens one way to zoom but start pulling back!
The zoom is slow compared to the new USM's from canon, and it seeks a lot. At the far end of the lens spectrum (about 130-200mm) the lens gets really dark and the picture quality degrades, and since the lens gets longer every little vibration in your body gets exaggerated if you are using a long exposure (on a canon 10D around 1/30 or longer).
This is a solid buy but honestly I think that if you can afford the extra cost invest in a Canon lens.
2 Very nice all-around lens
I got this lens recently and it's very nice. I'm impressed with the size and weight.
I wanted a telephoto lens that could also go wide enough to use for everyday photos. I like how wide this one goes. On my Canon Digital Rebel, which has a 1.6x focal length multiplier, the 28mm focal length is effectively 44mm. That's not quite wide enough to use for interior "party" shots, but it's great for everything else.
I've been taking a lot of photos at the full 200mm focal length and I'm very impressed with the image quality and color after reading about the lackluster image quality of other "cheap" lenses. It must be the XR glass. I'm glad that I went with this one.
3 Can't go wrong
If you are looking for an all around excellent lens, this is the one. I have used this lens since 1995. You can't go wrong with this lens.
4 This is the one
If you are the adventure type holiday fotographer, this is the lens you need. Much better then it's predecessors in optical quality and weight. I got triggered to buy one, because it won the joint European Foto Magazines prize of 'lens of the year'.
When you like to travel light, this is the only lens you need.
Watch out, that you get the right lens, because there are 5 different Tamron 28-200 predecessing models around.
