Tamron AF28-300 f/3.5-6.3 Canon Mount Lens (Silver)

Rating:
Summary: Good all purpose lens
Review: I find this Tamron 28-300mm zoom lens a convenient all pupose lens that I always keep on my D60 to capture just about any candid or elected opportunity that may arise while walking or driving around Honolulu or while I'm traveling for business or vacation. I like the convenience of the Tamron's ability to capture what's essentially the full spectrum of my everyday quick "point and shoot" spontaneous photo opportunities, far, near, and everything in between. The quality is good, however, in the event I really need to squeeze out all of the clarity possible from edge to edge then I'll mount one of my Canon lens that's matched to the situation.

I've got a somewhat small basic lens collection that, as the situation/time permits, I'll mount for a more defined "close to perfect" shot. This set consists of a Canon EF 16-35mm f2.8 L USM, a Canon EF 28-70mm f2.8L USM, Canon 75-300mm f4-5.6 IS USM, a Canon EF 35-350MM F3.5-5.6L USM, and a Sigma 50-500mm f4-6.3 EX APO RF HSM.

This Tamron is very compact and light which made it comfortable when I recently took it on a photo shoot to Volcanoes National Park to get pictures of the latest lava flows. We had to walk in about an hour and a half over some pretty treacherous, sharp and jagged hardened lava to arrive at the area where the spectacular flows were dropping into the sea and creating new land masses.