Tamron 18-400mm F/3.5-6.3 DI-II VC HLD All-In-One Zoom For Nikon APS-C Digital SLR Cameras (6 Year Limited USA Warranty)

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Purchased this for happy go lucky travel lens. This is way sharper than the 55-200 Nikon I have. Just started having fun with it. Bokeh is great, sharpness at larger focal length is great too. See the images for yourself. I will post further updated this weekend after the balloon festival shoot and one more later in 2nd week of October. As of now, I am very happy for the purchase. Took this to Balloon fest in plano TX, in the evening. As light gets Dim, this is not at all a lens you want. It wont focus at longer focal length but you can use manual focus. For day light, it is defiitely sharper than 55-200 or 55-300 kit lens . Update Oct 10 2017 I will have the pictures to say more than the words.. Adding few more. Enjoying the lens to thw fullest.. Taking landscape is fun with this lens.

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I am not a professional at photography, but I have enjoyed taking amateur photos for many years as a hobby. I mounted this lens system on a Nikon D5300 camera and conducted a series of experiments to verify the lens system worked properly. I can report everything worked properly and I was able to take very good pictures with it over its operating range of magnification and I can verify the switches on it worked also. I was somewhat nervous about buying it because of the cost, but now I am glad I did and I can honestly recommend it and I now believe I can confidently use this lens system for nearly all my photography with this camera.

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I do a lot of action photography, the first time I used it was to shoot a mud obstacle course event and the lens worked flawlessly. The zoom was fast and the pictures came out great. Would recommend this lens. Can’t wait to use it for portraits and macro next.

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Very nice lens for general purpose use. The autofocus is very quiet and pictures are very sharp. Used with a Nikon D3200 body. You may need to be a little more precise on your exposure than you are used to if your are using manual exposure settings. One nice feature is the ability to lock the lens a specific zoom. The VC seems to compensate nicely to hand holding at shutter speeds of 80-100 indoors. A couple of caveats not specific to the lens: when using the on camera flash watch where your had is. Also, adding filters and a lens hood may cause vignetting a very wide angles. Also, the lens is likely to be heavier than a 55-200 zoom so it could be more tiring to hold for extended periods of time. But this lens is likely to replace two lens with one very capable one.

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Pretty happy with this lens so far. Got it to pair with my new Nikon D7500 for my every day lens. Had a sigma 18-200 but wanted the extra reach. I will echo what other reviews have said that it gets a bit stiff zooming past about 50mm or so but with use it has loosened up. Auto focus is a bit off from time to time, especially when fully zoomed and sometimes I have to zoom back out to correctly focus on the subject but so far this has been very minimal and usually only in windy conditions.

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Bought this to replace two kit lenses for a Nikon D3200, plus to get the extra zoom. I love having the range from 18mm to 400mm in a single lens to photograph a youth sports or wildlife and landscapes. Photo 1 @ 200mm @ 1/2 mile distance Photo 2 @ 400mm @ 1/2 mile distance Photo 3 @ 200mm Photo 4 @ 400mm Photos 5 & 6 @ 400mm

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Just got it today. Initial impressions are it feels well made and image quality seems to be pretty good. However this is not a true 400mm lens. My nikon 70-300 will get closer to objects than this so called 400mm lens. Thats a big let down and will probably be the reason I return this lens. Not sure if this is some marketing crap from tamaron or juts false info.

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I purchased this lens when I purchased my new camera for a trip to Alaska. Since I was going to be gone for a couple weeks, I didnt want to have to pack multiple lenses. This one lens did the trick. It was great to be able to take those close up pictures, but also be able to zoom to 400 to capture those long distance moments without the need to change my lens. It has a lock feature that came in handy as I wore the camera around my neck preventing the lens from slowly coming out. Great value and must have.

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Nice Lens, good for trips where one lens covers two situations, the Nikon 28/300 seems clearer for the same shot at 300 yards. For the price and wide angle this is a great tool.

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After watching many online videos about this lens, I finally purchased it and had the chance to use it quite a bit on a three-week vacation to the UK. The lens performed better than I expected. The zoom range on this lens is fantastic and really works well as a walk-around lens, especially if you dont like changing lenses or carrying around extra lenses while traveling. When I got back from the trip and reviewed the photos (more than 75% of my pictures were taken using this lens) I was even more pleased with the purchase.

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