Tamron SP AF 17-50mm F/2.8 XR Di-II LD SP ZL Aspherical (IF) Zoom Lens with Built In Motor for Nikon Digital SLR
- Built in motor for use on the new Nikon Cameras
- Includes lens hood, 67mm filter size
- 2.9 inches in diameter and 3.2 inches long
Di II: Lenses are designed for exclusive use on digital cameras with smaller-size imagers and inherit all of the benefits of our Di products. These lenses are not designed for conventional cameras and digital cameras with image sensors larger than 24mm x 16mm. The SP AF17-50mm F/2.8 is a lightweight, compact, fast standard zoom lens designed exclusively for digital SLR cameras, expanding the product concept of the popular SP AF28-75mm F/2.8 zoom lens. In addition, portrait shots are made beautiful with the natural out-of-focus effect characteristic provided by the fast F/2.8 aperture. Additionally, a broader photographic expression through the use of faster shutter speeds as a result of the maximum aperture offers enhanced photographic pleasure. The lens boasts one of the best close-up shooting performances in the class of fast standard zoom lenses designed exclusively for digital cameras and featuring an F/2.8 maximum aperture throughout the entire zoom range, to ensure stress-free ph
List Price: $ 1,022.95
Price: $ 1,022.95
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No focus problems here, great general purpose lens,
I was wary of picking this one up, but so far I haven’t noticed anything wrong at all with autofocus: very clear, crisp images, and I’m loving the speed compared to my D40’s stock lens (18-55mm f/3.5-5.6).
About all I could complain about is the motor, which is noisier and seems slower than the 18-55. It works though which is the main thing! Build quality seems solid.
Mine is Japanese-made according to the label, serial number 29xxx. One would hope that after building nearly 30,000 of the things they would have any quality control problems worked out.
Update 01/2010: I posted my review originally 14 months or so ago and in that time I’ve upgraded from a D40 to a D90 and picked up a few other lenses along the way for specific situations (f/1.4 Sigma prime, 55-200mm Nikon long zoom, 105mm Sigma macro). It’s more plasticky in construction than any of those but is still my favorite lens, not just the one I use the most, because of the quality of the images. After 10,000+ shots taken I’m not noticing any mechanical or electrical problems. Seems other people have, I guess I’m one of the lucky ones!
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