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Tamron AF 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 XR Di II LD Aspherical (IF) Macro Zoom Lens with Built In Motor for Nikon Digital SLR | 
 enlarge | Brand: Tamron
Category: Photography
List Price: $644.95
Buy New: $289.00
You Save: $355.95 (55%)
New (5) Used (1) from $225.00
Rating:  13 reviews
Color: Black
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 5.3 x 4.3 x 4.2
MPN: AF014NII-700
Model: AF014NII-700
UPC: 725211147312
EAN: 0725211147312
ASIN: B0015U95SW
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Built in motor for use on the new Nikon Cameras | | • | Includes lens hood | | • | 6 year Tamron Warranty | | • | Zoom lock, 62mm filter size |
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Product Description
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. At Tamron, our quest has always been to make the ideal zoom lens. As a result of this ongoing challenge, we have introduced the concept of our high-power zoom lens in the AF18-200mm XR Di II for exclusive use with digital SLRs. Tamron's original development of proprietary core technologies such as Aspherical element production, Multiple Cam Mechanism and Integrated Focus Cam design lend to the creation of the world's lightest, most compact 11.1X zoom lens made for digital SLR cameras. The 18-200mm (28-300 when converted to 35mm) provides the digital photographer with the versatility of a true wide to ultra tele zoom in an amazingly easy to use design. Macro Magnification Ratio 1 - 3.7 (at f=200mm MFD 0.45m) Filter Diameter - 62mm Weight 398g (14oz) Diameter x Length 2.9 x 3.3in. (73.8 x 83.7mm) Flower-shaped Lens hood
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 13
 Great range but the lens is painfully slow and terrible indoors! August 7, 2010
Christian Lee (Seoul, Korea)
This was the first lens I bought for my Nikon D90. I got it used for $270 (March 2010) because I couldn't afford anything else at the time. It was a great lens to learn how to use the manual features of my Nikon D90 because the lens is so slow and difficult to get a good shot (especially indoors) unless you learn how to set the optimal settings of shutter speed, aperture, focus, and ISO. So I am thankful for my Tamron lens because it taught me to appreciate the better features of better quality lenses.
Good Features:
1) Great for outdoor shots.
2) Great wide angle at 18mm (great for group pictures, landscapes, and capturing high rise buildings).
Bad Features:
1) Terrible quality for indoor shots.
2) Terribly slow when autofocusing and quite noisy (can disturb guests at a wedding or a public speaking event).
3) Build quality is poor and plasticky.
4) The lens creeps a lot (meaning it slides out on its own when you point the lens downward).
I compared this Tamron lens to the Nikon stock lens that comes with many consumer Nikon digital SLRs and I didn't see a huge difference. I think it is comparable. But compared to the Nikon 50mm f/1.4D and the Nikon 85mm f/1.4D prime lenses, this lens simply doesn't capture anything close to the sharpness, detail, and great looking bokkeh of these more expensive lenses. Bottom line... I never use my Tamron lens despite its multipurpose range since I purchased my 50mm 1.4D prime lens.
Most of the time, I am taking portraits of people indoors.
 What a buy! July 2, 2010
Samuel Tolbert
A good friend of mine has the Nikon D40 and her lens was the 18-135. Her pictures looked fantastic compared to my D80 with its standard lens. While searching for the lens she has I saw where its discontinued, then I looked up the updated version and saw the price tag around 899.00. Well I did another search for OEM lens are found this one. Thank you to all those you have written reviews you helped me make my decision on this product. I'm by no means a professional photographer I just like to take good looking pictures. This lens blew me away on the very first shot I took and I'm going to make it my primary lens from now on. The 289.00 price wasn't a bad deal either. If you're a part time photographer who just wants to take good looking pictures you can't go wrong with this lens.
 Resolving power like a Kodak instamatic May 10, 2010
Glenn Miller (Ca,USA)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I don't normally give bad reviews except to warn people....This lens does have great range but the poor corner to corner resolving power and low contrast make this lens a poor choice for just about every type of subject. In low light,back lit,or harsh lighting conditions like reflections off of cars,aircraft,or water etc,the lens wants to hunt for the proper focus to the point where after a full 60 secs of this lens trying to find its focus,I just switch to manual focus. The lens even stops responding altogether from time to time and the camera has to be shut off and the lens removed and then put back on to cure this. Also the lens is not sealed on,the body mount side and I have dust between elements that can not be cleaned without a complete disassemble. I can only speak of my EOS 20D but the other canon lenses I have exhibit none of these problems. I have been into photography for 40 years and I would have never considered a Tamron lens. This was my first Digital Camera and I let the Salesman sell me a Tamron POS...Dont buy this lens if you plan on doing serious Photography it never fails to disappoint.
great lens April 25, 2010
S. Lyman (ct.)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I was sceptical at first but a few photography friends checked it out and thought it was great. I'm glad I listened to them and purchased it because I love it! Especially for the hummingbirds in my backyard and our road trip to Florida! We have gotten some beautiful pictures.
 Fair Lens, But Limited March 9, 2010
TheWaldo
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I bought the immediate predecessor to this lens and while it is a fair lens and takes moderately decent pictures (certainly cannot compare to the quality of real Nikkor lenses) I find the specs somewhat misleading. The lens is stated to be 18-200 but when I ran actual image comparisons against a real Nikkor 200mm lens, the Tamron comes up WAY short. I would estimate that the actual image shows this lenses to be roughly 160mm or so. I use it often, only because it is so handy to have a moderate wide angel to medium telephoto in one package, and for most occasions it does a fair job. But if I had the money, it would be Nikon all the way next time.
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