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Hi All. Thinking of buying this lenses Tamron SP AF 180mm F/3,5 Di LD[IF] MACRO 1:1
For macro work has anybody used one and what do people think of it, would love to buy the canon 180, but sadly the purse stings won’t stretch that far, with me also wanting a Canon 16-35 mk11, I’m using Canon 600d with it, Thanks Pete
We've reviewed it twice once in 2005 and once in 2010 with different reviewers
Tamron SP AF 180mm f/3.5 2005 review
Tamron SP AF 180mm f/3.5 2010 review
I looked into this one recently. I sold off my Nikon 105, wanted something longer which would double as a nice long portrait/tele lens too. I opted for the Sigma 150mm 2.8 OS in the end. The tamron is extremely slow to focus, fine if all you're going to do is macro wit it, as you'll be manual focusing mostly. But if you want to use it for other types of shooting too, it's going to frustrate. Sigma also have a 180mm, an older non-OS one, which is pretty cheap - and a new one with OS. Their older non-OS 150mm can be got for pretty cheap too. Have a look into those options before deciding.
Hi Tomcat, Yes can stretch to the 100mm, have been looking at this lense previously, as for field craft lets not go there, lol, i do a lot of fishing and the amount of times iv'e sat by the waters edge and wished i'd have my camera with me, just looked at your portfolio some really nice pictures with the 100mm Thanks Peter
i had this lens, the optics are good, see my PF before may 2012 or Jennifer Taggart.
BUT there is a severe quality warning, please read this here about a big problem.
http://www.ephotozine.com/forums/topic/180mm-macro-sticking-aperture-----97715
in short, i bought a 200mm nikkor instead and have posted about 140 pictures taken with this lens since.
yes, it is good to have a 200mm for butterflies!
Quote: Hi Cagey. Thanks for info, it's not just for macro, truth is only reason i'm going for a long focal is trying to get close to butterfies and dragon files without them flying off, will look uothe sigma one now, Cheers Pete
Sigma also have a 180mm, they have 2 actually. The older version without OS and the newer one with OS. The reviews on both are very good. The OS version is obiously more expensive though. I was getting it but the 150mm with OS was 2/3 the price. I can live without the extra 30mm, but for your needs 180 would be great.
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