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5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent macro lens for insects
I owned this lens for almost three years and I find it to be a perfect fit for the task it was designed: portraits of bugs and flies. You can use it for portraits of people, but don't even think about this lens as a substitute for a 200mm f/2.8. The autofocus is awfully slow and noisy. The A850 firmware 2.0 slightly improved this situation. When shooting macros, I...
Published 10 months ago by Serd Asta
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2.0 out of 5 stars
Quality Control Problems and very slow focus
The copy I had didn't autofocus correctly, it had a back focusing problem. But even ignoring this, the autofocus was so ridiculously slow it was practically unusable. As someone else said, you could go get a cup of coffee while this thing focused. PROS: - Very sharp, even wide open - Good build quality CONS: - Unusable...
Published 11 months ago by Naveed
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent macro lens for insects,
By Serd Asta (Gainesville, FL, US) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tamron AF 180mm f/3.5 Di SP A/M FEC LD (IF) 1:1 Macro Lens for Konica Minolta and Sony Digital SLR Cameras (Electronics)
I owned this lens for almost three years and I find it to be a perfect fit for the task it was designed: portraits of bugs and flies. You can use it for portraits of people, but don't even think about this lens as a substitute for a 200mm f/2.8. The autofocus is awfully slow and noisy. The A850 firmware 2.0 slightly improved this situation. When shooting macros, I generally use the lens in manual focus mode so neither the focusing speed or noise is a concern. Thanks to the long focal length, I have a large working distance and take my pictures without scaring the insect and causing it to fly away. Even though the lens has only 7 blades, I have no complaints about the bokeh. It is sharp, easy to manual focus (especially with the M-type focusing screen) thanks to the large focusing ring, and the internal focusing design keeps the size constant (and minimizes the risk of sucking in dust).
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2.0 out of 5 stars
Quality Control Problems and very slow focus,
By Naveed (TX, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tamron AF 180mm f/3.5 Di SP A/M FEC LD (IF) 1:1 Macro Lens for Konica Minolta and Sony Digital SLR Cameras (Electronics)
The copy I had didn't autofocus correctly, it had a back focusing problem. But even ignoring this, the autofocus was so ridiculously slow it was practically unusable. As someone else said, you could go get a cup of coffee while this thing focused.
PROS: - Very sharp, even wide open - Good build quality CONS: - Unusable autofocus - Quality control issues It could be used as a manual focus lens, but for that, there might be cheaper options available.
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1.0 out of 5 stars
Such a shame,
By Designed to work (On the edge.) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Tamron AF 180mm f/3.5 Di SP A/M FEC LD (IF) 1:1 Macro Lens for Konica Minolta and Sony Digital SLR Cameras (Electronics)
Image quality is just astounding. I love the pics I took with this lens.
When I purchased the lens I realized that the focus was a little forward, but as it's a macro I'd only be using manual focus. All was going well until it started to auto focus when both the camera and the lens were in manual focus mode. I have returned it today and miss it already. |
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