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Product Description
The new autofocus lens from Tamron covers everything from the 24mm real wideangle that professionals and serious amateurs demand to 135mm telephoto suitable for portraits-all in one compact package. The first SP lens among Tamron’s high power zoom lenses, the lens represents a new concept in high power zoom lenses, achieving outstanding performance characteristics worthy of the name SP (Super Performance).
Features
- Covers 24mm real wide-angle through 135mm lens telephoto
- Internal focusing system maintains overall length during focusing
- Low-dispersion glass compensates for chromatic aberration
- Hybrid aspherical elements for compactness and image quality
- Mount compatible with Nikon AF-D SLR cameras
Customer Digital SLR Lens Reviews
Great lens for the price
I previously shot with a Canon 5D and the Canon 24-105 F/4L lens. I loved that combo for the zoom range and picture quality but decided to switch to the Nikon D700 for its great features (auto-iso, better metering, autofocus, 6.5 fps, etc). Nikon doesn’t have a constant f/4 full frame zoom lenses for with the same approximate 24-105 focal length range, but I heard good things about this tamaron 24 lens. After using it for 6 months, I can say that it makes a great walk around lens. No, its not as sharp as the Canon 24-105, especially in the corners, but for less than half the price, I did not expect it to be. The smaller size and weight is nice as is the extra range on the long end. Until Nikon comes out with a f/4 full frame equivalent to Canon’s 24-105, I’ll be holding on to this Tamron.
An excellent lens from Tamron F Lens.
* This SP (Super Performance) lens is now my favorite for relatively close subjects (car shows, birthdays, putzing around, etc). This 135mm lens is a couple of notches upward on image quality compared to my Tamron 18-200mm Dii lens. 24mm is plenty wide enough for just about anything you might need under “normal” circumstances. If you’re a realtor and shoot the inside of houses you should use something wider than this (10-20mm Sigma or 12-24mm Nikkor for example). And 135mm is “telephoto enough” for closing the gap, unless your really wanting to see those wrinkles around someones eyes from 30 paces.
* It may just be my imagination, but I think this lens really soaks up the color. Looking at my most recent car show pix show tons of color, great sharpness, and contrast. NO signs of vignetting at all, which is something my 18-70mm Nikkor lens suffers terribly from. And like my other Tamron autofocus lenses (18-200mm), the 24-135mm comes with a lens cover that can be easily removed when the lens hood is in place. Althoug
