New Tamron SP 70-200mm F/2.8

[Do'Urden's Eyes]

I read a decent review in a magazine concerning this lens, seems like a good alternative (in terms of price) to the canon (sans IS). however i havent been able to see the new version on very many websites. You can tell by the minor visual changes they made to it, and theres a lot less gold unlike other tamrons. has this lens even been released yet? has any one used/seen it? the picture on the tamron site even seems to be the old version.

New: http://www.dpreview.com/news/0802/08020701tamron70200.asp

Old: http://www.tamron.com/lenses/prod/70200_di.asp

wtf?

You'd think that the official site would have the correct image of their newest lens... Unless im missing something here.

 

[ksmattfish]

I've been shooting with it all summer on Canon DSLRs. Image quality is great. AF is pretty old school: loud and slow and searches in dim light. Not a big deal for me because I'm usually manually focusing at these focal lengths, but if you need decent low light, fast AF better go with the Canon.

 

[Do'Urden's Eyes]

Yeah the auto focus is the one thing thats holding me back a bit. ive shot L before and my oh my is that USM quick. but its pretty close to half the price of the non IS 2.8

 

[D40]

Look at the Sigma 70-200 f/2.8 HSM Macro It does a great job for being half the price.

 

[Tiberius47]

I've got this lens. I really like it. Focus in low light isn't always the best, but it is still acceptable, and in brighter light it's very nice.

 

[keith204]

Look at the Sigma 70-200 f/2.8 HSM Macro It does a great job for being half the price.

:thumbup: The Sigma HSM is very fast.