Tamron AF 28-75mm f/2.8 SP XR Di LD Aspherical (IF) for Canon Digital SLR Cameras (Model A09E)

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This lens is worth the money, and produces tack sharp images.

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When I sold my Rebel XS and made the jump to the Canon 5d Mk II, I knew I would be using the option for my 17 - 55 EF-S lens and I was left with only an empty pocketbook as well as my 3 EF lenses (a 100mm 2.8 Macro prime, a 50mm 1.4 prime and an 70 to 300mm EF lens). Though full frame offered me a much wider view with my 50mm 1.4, I really wanted something a little more versatile for the proverbial "Everyday Lens". I tried the Canon 28 to 135 3.5 - 6.0 F lens and like it quite well. However, I wanted something a little faster so I started looking at the l series 24 to 70 f2.8 lens. It quickly came apparent that it just wasnt financially feasible so I started looking at third party lens options and have eyed this lens for a little over a 9 months. I finally took the plunge this week. Pros: regardless of what I have read in other reviews, this lens seems to focus just fine (and as quickly as any canon lens I have used). The pictures are sharp and when using faster F ratings, I find the "Bokeh" to be completely fine. It is built well, feels solid and is not too heavy. Cons: Well, the first thing I did was to put the lens on, set it to 2.8 and set it to 28mm. Lets see what it can do! Snap.. Vignetting.. Point elsewhere, Snap.. Vignetting.. Granted, I realized my ISO was set to 6400 and I was utilizing AV mode (And was getting very high shutter speeds). So, I set the ISO to 400 and tried some lower shutter speeds.. the Result, vignetting that was less extreme (although still vignetting). I set the F up to 4.0 and snapped a picture and everything was fine.. Likewise, at 2.8, I zoomed in a bit more and vignetting seemed to disappear the farther I zoomed in. I contacted Tamron via email to ask them about it and they were very quick to respond. I sent them the high shutter speed shots and they reviewed and recommended a lower shutter speed of course. They even offered to have me send the lens in for inspection. I was extremely pleased with there response time and willingness to assist. I am a professional videographer with a love for photography. I never really higher out for photography sessions but have done a bit of peripheral work when videographing events. Overall, Even with the vignetting issues, I find this lens to be completely acceptable especially considering the price range of it. If I shoot at f4, I am fine and for the most part, this will be fine for my needs. In all fairness, when I open the pictures in Photoshop and apply "Lens correction", the vignetting experienced at 2.8 pretty much goes away so though it requires a little more editing, It is still acceptable to me (as I would do lens correction any way on any 28mm shots). I had the opportunity to try the Canon L Series 2.8f 24 to 70 lens and It did not vignette at all. Conclusion: If you are budget minded and dont mind Lens correcting when shooting at 2.8F 28mm, then I believe you will find this lens to be a good buy. However, If you shoot wide quite a bit at 2.8, you may find the vignetting annoying. If you shoot at 4 and need a solid and cost concious alternative, I would definitely recommend this lens. Please note, I have not tried this on an APS-C sensor but I would have to believe that Vignetting would not be an issue on a camera with this Sensor. My sister purchased my Rebel XS so I will try it on it and post my results when I complete testing. Cheers!

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Im a professional photographer, I read the good reviews and I decided to buy it; since I cant afford a Canon red line at this time. Several friends of mine, also photographers, told me not to buy It, thanks god Im so obstinate and didnt listen to them. This lens is just AWESOME!; Image quality is nothing to envy to a red line one; Extremely sharp, even at 2.8 maximum aperture, lovely bouquet in a robust, good built structure. I shot two weddings, a pregnancy and a model shoot, and in every case I was impressed with the amazing performance and quality. As a weakness, the lens hood generates a weird vignette; nothing that you cant solve, just take it off and enjoy this beauty. It really worth it!

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I hardly leave reviews, but considering the crazy amount of great reviews on this product, I figured I should warn potential customers on what this lens is and isnt good for. I bought this lens primarily for low-light live music venues - my other lenses are all Canon brand prime lenses, with much wider max apertures, but I really wanted a lens with more flexibility in zoom range so I didnt have to carry two camera bodies around at venues to have two different focal lengths. I bought this lens with extremely high hopes and was so excited to test it out, and it simply didnt perform for what I needed. 1. Focus extremely soft at 2.8 - I have no idea if I simply received a soft copy of this lens or I was expecting too much compared to my prime lenses, but shot after shot the focus was just not sharp enough, even in bright daylight. 2. Autofocus "hunting" - Autofocus is extremely slow and clunky, especially in low-lighting. Seems to "hunt" for the AF point even when I have a single point selected. 3. Zoom. Ring. Is. TERRIBLE - the zoom ring is so hard to turn compared to other zoom lenses I have played around with, and is simply not smooth. The amount of force it takes to turn this thing is ridiculous. You can forget about taking video with this lens because if you want to zoom in or out, you will be struggling so much you wont be able to keep the camera still. The focus ring doesnt seem to have this problem. Again, Im not sure if its just my copy of the lens or if all of them have this problem. I hate to be a "hater" and really had high hopes for this lens. Im sure it would perform fine as a general walk around lens in generous amounts of light, but I prefer primes over zooms for that any day. It definitely beats the pants off of any 18-55 kit lens. Im sad to return it because I wanted it to work out so badly. I guess you really do get what you pay for, Im going to save up for the Canon 24-70 L

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Great lens for the money. Pretty sharp, though it is not an L glass. It does what I want it to and is an interim lens until I purchase an L glass. It can do portraits and landscape. I have it attached to a Canon 6D MKII . with a tripod I get beautiful sunrise/sunset shots. I walked around Savannah, Ga and was able to get some nice street shots. Great lens!

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I was a little hesitant to buy this lens. My Canon 5dMKII requires a lot out of a lens, and I had been saving to buy a Canon 24-70mm "L" for it, but I found I needed something right away. The Tamron was in my budget, and with Amazon, returns are rather easy, so I figured Id try it out and see. I also already have the Tamron 17-50mm in my bag for use on my back-up camera, so I knew that Tamron could make an excellent product. I do a very simple test on every lens I purchase. I line up a row of books on my bookshelf so that they are all even, set my camera on a tripod, square it to the bookshelf and level it, use a remote release, enable mirror lock-up, and fire away. I take shots at 28mm, 50mm and 75mm, from f/2.8 to f/11. I take one series using auto focus, and one where I focus manually. I then view them at 100% on my calibrated monitor and see what Ive got. Im happy to say that Im not saving for the Canon anymore. I know a lot depends on the quality of the copy you receive, but I guess I got lucky. Edge-to-edge sharpness is outstanding, even wide open. My Tammie has a tiny amount of edge softness at f/2.8 from 50mm to 75mm, but every zoom in this category does. Its not noticeable at normal viewing or printing sizes, and it goes away once the lens is stopped down to f/4. I was quite shocked to find that, set to f/4, it was as sharp as both my 50mm f1.4 lens and my 70-200mm f/4 "L" lens, at the same focal lengths and f-stops. For sharpness, I couldnt ask for a better performance. As for distortion, the Tamron has some minor barrel distortion at 28mm. Its not bad, and easily correctable with my cameras software. Pincushion distortion at the telephoto end is well controlled and not noticeable in most cases. Again, where it can be noticed, it is easily fixed. If you use a crop-frame camera, such as the 40D, 50d, 7D or any Rebel, distortion wont be an issue. Neither will the minor edge softness I mentioned above. Chroma aberration and flare are both very, very minor, and better than my Canon lens. Color reproduction is excellent, with no sign of color cast (at least on my copy). If theres one issue, its with the auto focus. My 5DMKII has a micro adjustment to correct focus errors, and I needed every bit of it to correct a front-focusing issue. I may send it back to Tamron for a quick tweak, but I certainly wouldnt return the lens for replacement over this. In any event, with a 6-year warranty, I have plenty of time to decide. Conclusion: The Tamron 28-75mm is an excellent addition to the camera bag, but you should test the lens as soon as you receive it to ensure you get a good copy. Amazons return procedures are very easy, and Tamrons customer service people seem friendly and helpful. Should I decide to send in my copy to adjust the auto focus, Ill update this review and let you know how it turns out. In the meantime, Im going to enjoy using this sharp little bugger. Edit: Well, almost a year into ownership now, and Ive decided not to send in the lens for an adjustment. The micro adjustment on my Canon 5DMKII has worked fine, and the lens is spot on when using my other camera, a Canon XTI. So the front focusing is obviously camera-specific and not an issue with the lens. Since the micro adjustment feature has nicely corrected this, I am extremely happy with this lens.

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This is my go to lens when working events, out side of my portrait lens. This have enough focal length to cover most of the area shots and group shots. You will still need to bring a longer lens on most events as the 75 doesnt cut it. With the 2.8 aperture is wide enough for most situations, I still need my 50 1.4 for some tasks. The images quality is wonderful and I have no complaints I dont want to say this is L glass level but I havent seen a reason it couldnt be. The focus is fast and this lens performs like a work horse. The price was also a great reason to pick up this baby.

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Tremendous quality for the price. If you are looking for something that is an excellent quality lens without dropping $2300 for the Canon L glass this is a pretty nice quality lens. I bought it as a back-up lens for my Canon L glass and the image quality is just as good as far as I can tell. Its considerably lighter than the Canon lens and while I wouldnt go so far as to say it feels cheap I think most of the lens is made of plastic sans the actual lens glass. When zooming you turn the barrel in the opposite direction from all Canon lenses which is a problem when switching from one to the other especially when you have trained yourself for 10-years that one direction is for zooming in and the other is for zooming out. If this is your only lens and you plan on buying Tamron lenses from here on out the zoom direction probably wont be a problem.

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The lens is ok, but after a lot of research, I was sure the AF was compatible with my Nikon D3200. Turns out..no. Very disappointed in that since I have small kids who are constantly on the move. Auto focus really helps so this was a huge bummer. Great lens otherwise. ***UPDATE! After a lot of research, (I know it has been a year, but I am am a fairly new photographer and didnt catch this until now), the lens I thought I purchased was not the lens I received. The pic AND the description clearly has the option for AF or M focus and has the built in AF motor. However, I received the exact lens but my model DOES NOT have that built in motor. I have tried to contact ABC Camera with NO response. VERY DISAPPOINTED!

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As an Amateur Photographer Im trying to stretch my money out as much as possible when buying new gear. All of the professional photographers around me have recommended many times to invest money into good glass. After buying this lens used on Amazon for 200 dollars less than the listed price I have been very pleased with the results. Its not the fastest at focusing (but maybe its because mine is used), but it gets the job done and allows me to have a very affordable zoom lens option to learn photo composition. Lenses and cameras are just tools we use to express ourselves and I personally believe at an entry to semi pro level you do not need the best gear to achieve great results. Use this lens to build your portfolio so you can make money to afford the expensive glass.

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