Tamron 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6 Lens with 0.25x Fisheye Lens Kit for Sony Alpha A230, A290, A300, A330, A350, A380, A390, A450, A500, A550, A850 & A900 Digital SLR Cameras

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Product Details

• ASIN: B00113EKBK
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #29,281 in Camera & Photo (See Top 100 in Camera & Photo)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: December 11, 2007

Product Description

Kit includes: 1) Tamron Autofocus 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6 Lens; 2) Precision Design 0.25x Super Fisheye Lens; 3) Deluxe SLR Pro Camera Case; 4) LCD Monitor Screen Protection Kit; 5) 6- Piece Cleaning Kit; 6) Camera Tripod with Carrying Case; ♦ The Tamron Autofocus 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6 Aspherical Autofocus zoom lens is perfect for all-around use. It provides the versatile 28mm wide to 80mm medium telephoto range that's ideal for shooting landscapes, group shots and portraits. Designed with aspherical front lens elements, the total number of lens elements required has been reduced, resulting in an ultra-compact and lightweight design without compromising optical quality. ♦ The .25X is a great tool for real estate agents or for just having fun! Panoramic or full room shots, just stand your tripod in a corner facing the center of a room. Floor to ceiling, wall to wall, except what is directly behind the camera. Just import the resulting image into a panoramic editor/ stitching program (your digital camera probably came with one), convert it to a QuickTime VR file, and have a virtual view of the room. ♦ Protect your valuable camera investment with this custom designed professional camera carrying case. This bag is a compact bag that has an adjustable, non-slip shoulder strap as well as a convenient and comfortable carrying handle. ♦ 6-piece cleaning kit contains everything you'll ever need: Hurricane Air Blower; Booklet of Lens Cleaning Tissues; Lens Cloth; Lens Cleaning Liquid; Brush; Cotton Swabs; ♦ Deluxe Camera Tripods maintain image quality for cropping and larger picture sizes. Get maximum image quality; Extremely Sharp pictures; Avoid camera shake.

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Liked it, January 28, 2009

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S. Routh - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tamron 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6 Lens with 0.25x Fisheye Lens Kit for Sony Alpha A230, A290, A300, A330, A350, A380, A390, A450, A500, A550, A850 & A900 Digital SLR Cameras (Electronics)

I am new to photography and this allows me to explore at a reasonable price. I could not justify paying $700+ for a fisheye and not know how to use it. I was happy with everything that came with it as well. I did not have a tripod and I was outgroing my camera case.
All equipment was in great shape, packaged nicely and was shippied on time.

4.0 out of 5 stars Very decent lens, June 27, 2010

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Eduardo Carvalho - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Tamron 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6 Lens with 0.25x Fisheye Lens Kit for Sony Alpha A230, A290, A300, A330, A350, A380, A390, A450, A500, A550, A850 & A900 Digital SLR Cameras (Electronics)

I'm an amateur photographer but I was not intent to spend 600$ on a wide angle lens. I was trying to have fun and try around. Nothing fancy. Got this very nice 28-80 lens. Works great with in autofocus, clean image, and nice body. The fisheye is very simple but very effective and has a clean image too. It steels A LOT of light, so you have to compensate. Couldn't make it work on a 75-300, but I don't know if I was doing something wrong... will try again, but works fine on close range lens. Tried on a sony 18-55 too, very satisfactory.
About the rest of the kit... the bag is small, no ziper, bad material. The tripod is a really crappy one, and seems that it will brake at any minute now, but I knew all that already, nothing that cheap could be good. The rest is ok... nothing different. Overall I'm very happy, the lens is most important and it is very good. The rest is a rent, use 'till it fades for 20$

3.0 out of 5 stars It's Ok., June 10, 2010

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Kay Lumachi (Kuna, Idaho) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tamron 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6 Lens with 0.25x Fisheye Lens Kit for Sony Alpha A230, A290, A300, A330, A350, A380, A390, A450, A500, A550, A850 & A900 Digital SLR Cameras (Electronics)

For the price this item is ok. I have a Sony A200K DSLR camera and Im glad it came with an extra 3.5-5.6 lens that allows me to use it as it wont screw onto my Sony lens. However I was hoping to get a full circled fisheye on my pictures and it only puts the sides in a circle shape. Thats ok if I want to take a panoramic view of my room or get my whole house in the picture. Also, if there is low light the lens shows up as a shadow on the bottom of the picture. I suppose that can be taken care of with a better flash though. The product is a bit heavy on my camera and after a few pictures I have to either take off the fisheye itself or take out my tripod. The tripod it comes with is just a tabletop one and wont support the weight of my camera. Maybe be useful if I had a Kodak Easy Share. I am just starting out, have never had classes and Im super amateur in this so its a good product for starting out and getting a feel for what you can do. I guess Im mostly disappointed that it doesn't bubble the whole picture and I get a shadow when there is low light.