Is an inexpensive lens "good enough"? Tamron 75-300mm vs Nikon 80-200 F2.8 zooms Photo Gallery by Mel Snyder at pbase.com

Is an inexpensive lens "good enough"? Tamron 75-300mm vs Nikon 80-200 F2.8 zooms

The Nikon 80-200mm f2.8 zoom may be one of the best and sharpest ever made. It is also very heavy. So I decided to buy a Tamron 75-300 f4-5.6 LD that I saw advertised as "like new" on Ebay. Cost: $52.
For most purposes, hand-held, the differences may not be important. These were shot on a tripod, to maximize differences that would be masked by the tiniest camera shake.

Tamron 200mm @ F5
Tamron 200mm @ F11
Tamron 300mm @ F6.3
Tamron 300 mm @ F11
Nikon 200mm @ F5.6

Nikon 200mm @ F11

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lennie 14-Nov-2007 02:20

this is a great post! im looking to by a zoom lens and being a novice im thinking "do i buy expensive" or "just get cheap" well this has helped me. Im going to buy one of the Tamron lenses.

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Tamron 200mm @ F5	Tamron 200mm @ F11	Tamron 300mm @ F6.3	Tamron 300 mm @ F11	Nikon 200mm @ F5.6
Nikon 200mm @ F11

lennie		14-Nov-2007 02:20
this is a great post! im looking to by a zoom lens and being a novice im thinking "do i buy expensive" or "just get cheap" well this has helped me. Im going to buy one of the Tamron lenses.