I had been loving my El Cheapo 70-300 Di Tamron lens for about $160 and was talking to Tamron about the new VC that offers 3-4 stops of IS. I started reading reviews and was stunned! One review before it was release was saying they expect the price to be $800-$1000 dollars at release and was so sharp that you had to be careful not to cut yourself pulling it out of the bag.
THE LENS IS PRICED AT $450!!! and right now there is a $50 rebate bringing it to a mere $400!!!!!
The difference between the Non LD and LD lens that I have purchased for both $160 each were huge! With this new lens I was expecting good things but at a mere $450 with GREAT I.S. this is of real interest. I was looking up test shots and it looks like it blew the expensive Canon 70-300 IS out of the water and is much more inexpensive than the Canon. The more I read on this lens the more amazed I am. Test shots are getting me very excited!
I was really looking foward to some day getting a 70-200 2.8 and could not think about the $2000 price with IS for the new version. A dream at this point, but the image quality seems very close to the 70-200 and once again, the more I read and test shots I see are making me crazy! Can you see me shooting from the old control tower at 1/60th of a second???? I can't! I would try slower with that lens!
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