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No brainer for 1/3 the price of canon glass.

I’m using it primarily for video and the fact that it focuses in the same direction as canon glass does is very good.

do I care if its 10% less then canon’s glass ? no because that is just such a splitting hairs over nothing issue. this is a way better lens then you could of bought 10+ years ago. in fact if its slightly less that helps REDUCE moire problems. its still a nice contrasty lens. it has a nice look, focus speed is fine unless you shoot fast moving stuff. if I made my living shooting stills ( I used to actually ), maybe I might want the 100% best AKA canon 70-200 II 2.8 IS $2800 lens… but unless you are competing at the top of the game, I really doubt anyone will know the difference…. really. its an awesome piece of glass. I used to have a real FD 200 2.8 and this lens is better.

build quality is decent, its heavy but that should be expected for this sort of lens

the snap back for manual focus ring is very cool. wish all lenses did this. it makes a AF switch seem pretty dopey in comparison because you don’t have to move your hand anywhere to change modes. its seemless between manual and auto modes which is great when shooting fast moving subjects.

great lens, great price, no complaints !
Tamron AF 70 200mm

garmin forerunner 305 remains the reference for GPS tracking of your heart rate monitored activities.
no extra sensors makes it suitable for all activites: running, biking, skiing, kayaking, trekking – you name it.
quite bulky, but nothing you cannot get used to – after all it is a tool, not an accessory.
garmin’s connect website is awesome with link directly to google earth and not least the player, which let’s you replay you route on a map, with indication of speed, heart rate and elevation – way cool.
Digital Concepts 2X AF

I bought this lens with my Nikon D80 and used it a great deal of the time. Partnered with a warming filter, this lens took nice pictures. It was a workhorse for me until I started doing outside shots at football games. This its slow AF became an issue and I upgraded to the Tamrom AF 70-300 Di model. I also took some close up shots with this lens, but I had to get quite a ways back. This is a good starter zoom, but will show its shortcomings pretty soon.
Tamron AF 75 300mm

My wife is very happy!. I bought Nikon 55-200mm f4-5.6G ED AF-S DX lens for my wife who enjoys her Nikon camera and she is very happy now.

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Great standard lens on DX cameras. Fast prime lenses outperform any zoom.

I have Always used a standard lens on my film cameras and needed one that would auto focus on my D60 and D40. My 50mm 1.8 and 1.4 lenses work fine but Nikon 35mm f1.8G AF-S DX took me a while to learn manual focusing on these cameras with them (a katzeye focusing screen REALLY helped in this regard…). With the crop factor on these cameras I was missing the 50mm view because the 50mm lenes translate to 75mm or so. This lens fits the bill perfectly. Now I have a 50mm view from my DX format cameras.

This lens is really sharp and contrasty. The only weakness here is that there is some noticeable barrel distortion with this lens but if you use Nikon capture NX2 software it will automatically remove it based on the focal length.

This lens stays on my camera almost all the time and is definitely worth the price of $199.00. The gauging by some distributers who are trying to sell this lens for $349.00 is disappointing! Pre-order the lens and wait. This type of behavior by sellers is not to be rewarded! It took about 2 months to get this lens and my only guess is that demand is higher than supply right now.

BUY IT! You will not be sorry.

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