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I remember Tamron from my early days of photography back in the 70's. It was always seen as a top-end aftermarket brand for serious usage and to be preferred over the likes of Clubman, Sirius, et al. Therefore, I was not at all hesitant in looking at this lens, assuming that they would have probably improved a lot over their very good earlier offerings. A quick search of the web supplied me with some reviews (all positive), and even Tamron's own page about this range of lenses.This reassured me that it was quite a recent design and gave me some info on what the "IF" feature achieves. I was looking for a replacement for a 35-70mm zoom on my Pentax SLR that would cover a greater range, but still be fairly light & compact. This (slightly rare) lens fitted the bill as it goes up to 105mm at the long end as opposed only 80mm which a lot of similar lenses max-out at. Results on my first roll of film with it did not disappoint! Clear, sharp contrasty (but not too much).Easily on a par with a couple of Nikon AF-D zooms I had a while back. We always wish for more, don't we? Well for this lens, it would have been nice if it had a f3.5 max aperture (f2.8 would probably make it too expensive).but apart from that, I'm very pleased.Read full review
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