Buy Tamron AF 55-200mm F/4.0-5.6 Di-II LD Macro Lens for Konica Minolta and Sony Digital SLR CamerasTamron AF 55-200mm F/4.0-5.6 Di-II LD Macro Lens for Konica Minolta and Sony Digital SLR Cameras Product Description:
- Telezoom lens designed exclusively for Konica Minolta Digital SLR cameras with smaller-size imagers
- Nine-blade diaphragm construction for natural out-of-focus effect
- 37.4-inch minimum focusing distance for 3.5x macro capability over entire zoom range
- Low-dispersion lens elements reduces chromatic aberation for sharper images
- Lightwight and compact design weighing a mere 10.4-ounces
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.
Am NOT a Pro Photographer - But am smart enough to know this lens is a steal... and a truly great Macro lens
By Just Another Old Music Fan
Bought this for a friend's Sony A Series DSLR. They love macro photography, so a recent birthday gave me an excuse to get this for them.Let me first say that I've been reading all manner of lens reviews and researching best "bang for the buck", both online and with Pro and Semi-Pro photographers I know and respect for over a year. I have almost pulled the trigger on several different lens choices, but never did because of many reasons, but primarily because I wan't convinced I found "the" perfect lens.Until I found this lens, I had almost settled on one of the "half telephoto, half macro, sort of good at both but really good at neither" lenses, knowing that the user would have been perfectly happy with any of them. Once I discovered this lens, at this price point, I knew I potentially found the lens I had been searching for.Now that it has arrived, been given as a gift and used, and I've seen the results (and taken more than a few shots myself) I can confidently say this is the ideal general purpose macro lens, that actually doubles pretty well as an indoor close-up lens for live music events. You will have to have exceptionally gifted eyesight to find flaws in the pictures this lens produces, even blown up full screen on a 24" monitor or on professionally printed blow-ups.I honestly don't understand the comments about this lens being noisy, or having long focus seek times. The AF motor is audible, but hardly obnoxious or annoying. Focusing time is entirely dependent on how well (and steadily) the camera is held. The better you do your job, the faster the lens does its job.In short, I am 100% sold on Tamron lens quality, and 200% sold on Tamron lens value.In fact I already know that next birthday I'll be getting them a Tamron Telephoto, and I have almost an entire year to decide which one.
1 of 3 people found the following review helpful.excellent lens
By James Nichols
consumer reports rated it #1 in its class and i agree.i bought this to fit my sony a100 dslr and they work perfect together
0 of 11 people found the following review helpful.
Forget it
By Francois Gruen
This product was ordered in August it is almost November, delivery is no where in sight. This might be a great lens but Amazon cannot deliver, Tamron cannot deliver. I have been receiving excuse since August, I called Tamron and they do not have a CLUE! Bottom line is Sigma makes the same lens, buy theirs dont patronize these other yahoo's.
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