Tamron AF 28-200mm f/3.8-5.6 XR Aspherical (IF) Super Zoom for Canon EOS (Black)

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Summary: Very nice all-around lens
Review: I got this lens recently and it's very nice. I'm impressed with the size and weight.

I wanted a telephoto lens that could also go wide enough to use for everyday photos. I like how wide this one goes. On my Canon Digital Rebel, which has a 1.6x focal length multiplier, the 28mm focal length is effectively 44mm. That's not quite wide enough to use for interior "party" shots, but it's great for everything else.

I've been taking a lot of photos at the full 200mm focal length and I'm very impressed with the image quality and color after reading about the lackluster image quality of other "cheap" lenses. It must be the XR glass. I'm glad that I went with this one.

Rating:
Summary: This is the one
Review: If you are the adventure type holiday fotographer, this is the lens you need. Much better then it's predecessors in optical quality and weight. I got triggered to buy one, because it won the joint European Foto Magazines prize of 'lens of the year'.

When you like to travel light, this is the only lens you need.

Watch out, that you get the right lens, because there are 5 different Tamron 28-200 predecessing models around.