Product Description

The new zoom 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).

Product Details

• Brand: Tamron
• Model: AF90N-700
• Dimensions: 2.00 pounds

Features

• Covers 24mm real wide-angle through 135mm 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 Reviews

Very good zoom lens for everyday photography
I decided to give this lens a try after reading Wayne Kuban's review. I wasn't disappointed. Very sharp lens, with true colors and fast focusing. The zoom ring (after several months of continuous use) is becoming more fluid. Auto and manual focusing are both spot on. The only gripe is the hood - the hood is just not adequate for bright sun / open water photography (i.e. lots of reflections). I had to either shield the lens with my hand or shoot 180 to the sun (UV filter didn't help), or shoot lower than the horizon. Other than that this lens is a keeper.

An excellent lens from Tamron.
* This SP (Super Performance) lens is now my favorite for relatively close subjects (car shows, birthdays, putzing around, etc). This 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 lens (18-200mm), the 24-135mm comes with a lens cover that can be easily removed when the lens hood is in place. Although this "center pinch removal design" is also used on my Nikkor (Nikon) lenses, I have 2 Sigma lenses that do not have this feature and you really can't install (or remove) their lens caps without 1st removing the lens hood. A hassle (hear that Sigma?).

* I was almost tempted to lower it to four stars, but decided against it. My only complaint with this lens:

- I have this lens mounted to my D200, and I sometimes slightly impede the lens' autofocus from performing it's duties. Why? The focus ring is pretty close to the zoom ring, which itself isn't all that wide, so my hand sometimes migrates forward just enough to drag down the focus ring as it spins. It could stand to be another quarter inch forward in my opinion, but then it wouldn't be as compact. I forgive Tamron THIS time because the focus ring feels perfectly positioned when focusing manually (I, and others, still do this from time to time).

* Bottom line - A very good lens overall, and worthy of at least 4-1/2 stars. I'd buy another one in a heartbeat if this one was lost or stolen.

*** EDIT *** I uploaded some car show pictures that DO NOT do this lens credit. Amazon's photo samples are a nice feature but reduce & compress images down to a level that seriously degrades their true quality. Rest assured that they are much better than as shown here.