Tamron AF 70-300mm f/4.0-5.6 Di LD Macro ...- User Rating: 
Summary for Tamron AF 70-300mm f/4.0-5.6 Di LD Macro ...- My Rating: 4.3125 (I gave it 5 stars though)
Notes on Tamron AF 70-300mm f/4.0-5.6 Di LD Macro ...- Price: 5/5
(Great value for a 70-300 lens! BONUS: it comes with a free lens hood!)
Autofocus: 3.75/5
(It takes a while to automatically focus. You might have missed capturing a moment just because of the length of time it consumed for "auto-focusing" especially in dark conditions. The manual focus works fine though.)
Color: 4.5/5
(Outstanding color accuracy! Though some pictures look soft on 300mm.)
Handling: 4/5
(The autofocus and manual focus switch seems like it was going to break everytime you used it. Tamron needs to improve this! Furthermore, using the zoom at 270-300 seems like you are also about to break the lens. This needs to be improved too.)
Overall:
The lens is good for its value. If you're an aspiring photographer, this is probably a good lens to start with. But you can add more to your budget to invest in a lens with IS (Image Stabilizer), VC, (Vibration Compensation), etc. to improve your pictures.
Tamron AF 70-300mm f/4.0-5.6 Di LD Macro ...- User Rating: Summary for Tamron AF 70-300mm f/4.0-5.6 Di LD Macro ...- Great Lens for the price!
Notes on Tamron AF 70-300mm f/4.0-5.6 Di LD Macro ...- This is a great lens especially for the price! I've managed to get some great shots without using my tripod. I would definitely recommend this lens!
Tamron AF 70-300mm f/4.0-5.6 Di LD Macro ...- User Rating: Summary for Tamron AF 70-300mm f/4.0-5.6 Di LD Macro ...- Not good:(
Notes on Tamron AF 70-300mm f/4.0-5.6 Di LD Macro ...- I read all the other reviews on here and jumped to buy this lens. It seemed perfect for the price and since I am only an amateur I didn't need anything fancy. Well, the lens is no good! The focus in low light is non existent. Even in the shade I couldn't get a photo. It's incredibly noisy and I couldn't even switch into Macro mode. It was stuck! So, don't bother spending your money on this lens if you plan on taking good photos!!
Tamron AF 70-300mm f/4.0-5.6 Di LD Macro ...- User Rating: Summary for Tamron AF 70-300mm f/4.0-5.6 Di LD Macro ...- Very nice non expensive lens
Notes on Tamron AF 70-300mm f/4.0-5.6 Di LD Macro ...- This is one of my most-liked buys recently. Nice, well constructed, non heavy and easy to use lens. I'm really hooked up to Tamron lenses. The macro function is awesome. It's true that being near the 300 mm, it turns a little soft, but I can tell you this, if you provide or find to your subject better light conditions you can get the right desired picture avoiding this "softness". There is not "the perfect" lens anywhere.Some say the AF is noisy, I like when it zooms like that, this way I know it is working properly. It doesn't bother me at all.
Tamron AF 70-300mm f/4.0-5.6 Di LD Macro ...- User Rating: Summary for Tamron AF 70-300mm f/4.0-5.6 Di LD Macro ...- Great Lens
Notes on Tamron AF 70-300mm f/4.0-5.6 Di LD Macro ...- Now I'm an amateur photographer, so I don't know much about lenses and everything, but I can tell what a good picture looks like, and this, for us, has taken many great pictures. Even fully zoomed in, pictures come out wonderful. Compared to the price for the Canon lens, this is quite a bit cheaper, but not cheap at all. We were actually surprised how heavy this lens is, especially compared to the kit lens that came with the Canon Rebel XT we purchased. I'd highly recommend this for those wanting longer distance, but also wanting to save some money.
