Tag : pentax digital, f 4, slr cameras, tamron af, 0 5, 75 300mm

Company : Tamron List Price : $159.99 Amazon Price : Too low to display Used Price : $199.00 Average customer review :

Accessoies

• Tiffen 62mm UV Protection Filter
• Tiffen 62HTCGND6 62MM Digital HT Grad ND 0.6 Titanium Filter
• Hoya HMC Haze UV(0) - Filter - UV - 62 mm
• Wacom Graphire3 6X8 USB Tablet - Pearl (CTE630PE)

SimilarProduct

• Tiffen 62mm UV Protection Filter
• Pentax K100D 6.1MP Digital SLR Camera Shake Reduction and 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 Lens
• Pentax K10D 10.2MP Digital SLR Camera with Shake Reduction and 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 Lens
• Tiffen 52mm UV Protection Filter
• Tamron AF 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6 Aspherical Lens for Pentax Digital SLR Cameras

Product Description

The AF 75-300 f/4-5.6 extended-range zoom lens offers true telephoto capability ideal for a variety of applications including sports and wildlife shooting. The lens also features the capability to provide beautifully blurred background to high light the main subject in portraiture, or "compression effects" that make the most of the telephoto lens.

Customer reviews

Nice telezoom - mostly
I've owned the Tamron Autofocus 75-300mm f/4-5.6 LD with Hood for Pentax SLR Cameras for about a year now. I use it on a Pentax DSLR (I am a big fan of conventional lenses on smaller sensor cameras - the sensor picks up the sweet spot of the lens). It was/is my 'go to' lens for far-away outdoor sports, action and even outdoor portraiture. The size translates to 110 to 480mm in 35mm film camera terms, so it will not do for close up work but the reach is awesome!

Pros: great depth of field at wider apertures (even relatively long focus) which makes subjects pop. Reasonably fast focus (about a second from close to far). Solid zoom feel and there is little tendency to creep. Solid build. The lens has 'presence' - when zoomed to 300mm, it looks huge! When used on a DSLR with a smaller sensor (1.6 factor), there is no noticeable pincushion or barrel distortion. It is, especially for the money, fairly sharp.
Cons: Occasionally, aperture control closes down (may be a flaw in my lens as opposed to all lenses). Causes me to turn off camera, partially disengage and then reengage the lens from the camera, turn camera back on (cycle is about 5-7 seconds - I have lost shots because of this). It tends to hunt for focus with some subjects. The lens is somewhat heavy.

All in all, despite the one major issue I have with the aperture, it's a really nice lens at the price I paid. Great value for the money. I rate it a 3 because of my particular issue. Without the issue I would rate it a 4+ or 5-, mostly because of weight.

Tamron Autofocus 75-300mm f/4-5.6 LD with Hood for Pentax SLR Cameras
Lens works great, zoom is fantastic.

Good for the price...but....
This lens is "ok". For the price that it is you kind of get what you pay for from it. Noticed some shake and lighting was off on some inside shots I took at my daughters cheerleading competition that I bought this for. I have shot on a tripod and off of the tripod...both the same outcome.

Used exact same thing before... and will again!
This Objective is the best in this price range I have used. It works just great, light intensity is good enough, and I found it to be able to accomodate the strangest requests especially at the Cliffs of Mohare in Ireland, Malta and here in my homecountry, the U.S. Even with diffuse light situations, the Tamron still gives you some power to accomplish what you want.
I would personally recommend Tamron Objectives to everybody on a budget. If you need better light intensity you will have to go with a lower spread, which will, depending on the lens you buy, drive the price right up. Tamron is a great Customer Service experience as well.

I just recently bought a Pentax DSLR and this one will be equipped with a Tamron soon.

Tamron Autofocus 75-300mm f/4-5.6 LD with Hood for Pentax SLR Cameras
This lens works smoothly with my manual focus Pentax K1000. I just need to keep off the A (automatic) focus stop.

I noticed a slight amount of distortion at the edges of one picture taken at the 300 mm position, but, generally, everything looks fine.

I bought the lens for a trip to Alaska and I was very satisfied with the operation of the lens.