Tamron AF200-400mm F/5.6 LD (IF) Reviews

Rating
Reviewed by: donanto
(Intermediate)

Review Date
September 4, 2007

Overall Rating
4 of 5

Value Rating
5 of 5

Used product for
3 Months to 1 year

Review 1 of 24

Price Paid: $180.00

Summary:

very nice bokeh for inexpensive lens. works great for outdoor photos in daylight till almost dawn. I often pairs this tube with my Nikon d50 for covering outdoor events. Push-pull like Nikkor type indeed giving me advantages to capture the object expressions. superb colors for people photos

Strengths:

inexpensive, light enough, great colors

Weaknesses:

not work for indoor and night photos

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Rating
Reviewed by:

ccraft
( Intermediate)

Review Date
May 19, 2005

Overall Rating
3 of 5

Value Rating
3 of 5

Used product for
3 Months to 1 year

Visitors rate this review
5.00 of 5,
3 votes

Review 2 of 24

Price Paid: $300.00 from eBay

Summary:

I'm really enjoying this lens. The f stop prevents me from really using it too much in dark sitations, but it's a great sunny day lens. I find you need to make sure the apature is at around f8 to ensure sharp enough details in your shot. Also, it's quite heavy and should be used with a tripod. I've taken a few hand-held shots with it and had okay results though. You can see samples of shots taken with this lens at the following address: http://www.pbase.com/ccraft/tamron_af_200400mm_56_ld_if_

Strengths:

Inexpensive, great for wildlife

Weaknesses:

needs to be sunny, not as good hand-held

Similar Products Used:

Sigma 70-300mm Nikkor 80-200mm

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Rating
Reviewed by: danwhite
(Expert)

Review Date
July 29, 2003

Overall Rating
3 of 5

Value Rating
4 of 5

Used product for
1 to 3 months

Visitors rate this review
3.00 of 5,
2 votes

Review 3 of 24

Price Paid: $199.00 from ebay

Summary:

This is the longest lens I have bought. Expected much more from it than it was able to produce. I mainly used Provia slide film. Was able to get good color, but on the ducks and geese in water I shot, could not get the crisp images I was looking for at 400mm. 200mm was better. I decided to sell and am now looking for possibly a Sigma 135-400mm. Would like to go with the Canon L series but $$. I use a Canon Elan 7 body.

Strengths:

Color Nice range 200-400

Weaknesses:

Images a little soft, not crisp.

Similar Products Used:

Tamron 70-300mm

Customer Service:

not used

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Rating
Reviewed by: PATT TEERAPAT
(Professional)

Review Date
May 16, 2003

Overall Rating
5 of 5

Value Rating
5 of 5

Used product for
1 to 3 months

Visitors rate this review
5.00 of 5,
1 votes

Review 4 of 24

Price Paid: $250.00 from second hand shop

Summary:

good picture make a good photographer! I use this with nikon D100 ! the djgital picture have to be improve the color with software anyway, thus no problem about color, the shapness of the picture is unbelieveable!!! it beat nikor 80-400VR away! compare by super ZOOM in photoshop at 400%

Strengths:

price and shapness

Weaknesses:

brand name is sound not very popular for the one who think that it's too cheap

Similar Products Used:

nikkor 80-400 VR

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Rating
Reviewed by: Robin
(Professional)

Review Date
May 5, 2003

Overall Rating
2 of 5

Value Rating
3 of 5

Used product for
More than 1 year

Review 5 of 24

Price Paid: $599.00 from Peach State

Summary:

Nice compact lens but image quality is only fair at 400mm. I'm still looking for a solid, lightweight zoom that I can hike with that does not weigh alot and has excellent image quality.

Strengths:

Inexpensive, light weight, nice tripod colar

Weaknesses:

Focus is soft even w/ tripod, lens does not feel solid, slow f/stop, lens zoom position can change due to gravity.

Similar Products Used:

300mm f/2.8S Nikon, Tokina and Nikon 80-200 f/2.8.

Customer Service:

Never needed any

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