5 Responses to “Tamron SP AF 17-50mm F/2.8 XR Di-II LD SP ZL Aspherical Zoom Lens with Built In Motor for Nikon Digital SLR”

  1. yamamaha 08 says:

    I bought this lens for my nikon D300 I thought i would save some money instead of getting the nikon. was i wrong it was a nightmare problems every other day, it would not focus half of the time you have to turn camera off and on sometimes unmount the lens also very noisy it ruined alot of my holiday pictures. nikon cameras need nikon lenses to communicate.dont listen to what anyone says pay a little more and stick with nikon you wont regret it. i returned it and bought the nikon and i love it nikon 18-200 VR is the best lens ever never had a problem after that. I would never buy any tamron lens ever!!!!! 5 STARS FOR NIKON LENSES 1/2 STAR FOR TAMRON
    Rating: 1 / 5

  2. J. Ho says:

    I received a bad copy. The guys at Tamron let this one through without quailty assurance. This lens had a hard time focusing. It appeared fine on the preview screen, but upon uploading to my computer, 80% of the pictures were blurry. This occurred on all apertures. Don’t think this is user error as I have been taking pictures for a lifetime. The autofocus motor makes a louder than normal wheee-zzz sound when trying to focus. Bad experience over-all.
    Rating: 1 / 5

  3. JD says:

    I got D90 and wanted a fast lens for everyday use. I guess this lens worked out for some people, unfortunately I wasn’t the lucky one. The lens is sharp and fast. Great concept, just it doesn’t focus on the subject, but 2 inches in front of it. Too bad. I ended up returning it. I looked at a similar Nikon lens just to compare. It’s much bigger. But focus is fast and accurate! I love it but EXPENSIVE.

    Well, I ended up buying D90 with it’s kit lens plus Nikon 1.8 50mm lens. These two give me a great range, and money wise it less than D90 body and Tamron ;-)
    Rating: 1 / 5

  4. D. Brodsky says:

    Same results as many others here: bought one in Canon mount, results were disappointing, soft images, improper focusing, problems with focusing in low light. Tried another sample, a little better but same issues. Returned and paid more to get a Canon 17-85 – magically all the focusing problems disappeared. Moral for me at least: stay away from off-brands.
    Rating: 1 / 5

  5. S. Pietri says:

    I bought this lens to take pictures of live shows and house indoors.

    It took me an hour to notice that AF was front focusing on my Nikon D90.

    Manual focus pictures were perfect but with low light AF works much better than my eyes.

    I returned the lens immediately and asked for a replacement. Amazon did not have it and item was back-ordered with no estimated available time so I asked for a refund that arrived just in time to get the Tokina 11-16mm f2.8… but this is another review.

    Rating: 3 / 5

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