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2.9 Inches | Home » » » Tamron 18-250mm F/3.5-6.3 AF Di-II LD Aspherical (IF) Macro Lens for Nikon Digital SLR Cameras | | | | | | | Description: | | The Tamron AF 18-250mm f/3.5-6.3 Di-II LD Aspherical IF Macro Lens is a lightweight, compact and ultra high power zoom lens designed exclusively for digital SLR cameras with APS-C sized imager sensors. The focal length of this lens is equivalent to approx. 29-400mm in 35mm format. This lens offers an extreme zoom ratio of 13.9X, and is designed as the everyday "all-in-one" lens for digital SLR cameras, covering wideangle to long telephoto. The lens uses an optical system specially designed for digital SLR cameras. This resulted in the sufficient compensation of aberrations, including astigmatism, compactness, thanks to downsizing of the first group, a high zoom power, and optimum optical quality. >>>Key Features:Advanced Optical Design: One LD (Low Dispersion) glass element and one AD (Anomalous Dispersion) lens in the first lens group minimize on-axis chromatic aberration. Two hybrid aspherical lens elements serves to meet the desired compactness despite its 13.9X zoom power.>>> Internal Surface Coating to Reduce Ghosting and Flare: This lens features Internal Surface Coatings (i.e., multiple-layer coatings on cemented surfaces of plural elements) and new multiple-layer coating technology on ordinary elements in order to minimize reflections that occur when light enters through the front element and to reduce image degrading effects caused by the imagers themselves.;>>> Zoom Lock Mechanism:The Zoom Lock prevents unwanted barrel movement when carrying the lens/camera combination.;>>> Di-II Series Design: Design has been improved by adding a gold-colored band between the focus and zoom rings to enhance the appearance and make it stand out as a Di-II lens. The rubber patterns of the zoom and focus control rings have been improved at the same time to compliment the digital camera design style and to provide better handling. | | | Features: | |
• Advanced Optical Design
• Internal Surface Coating to Reduce Ghosting and Flare
• Zoom Lock Mechanism
• Di-II Series Design
| | | Product Details: | | | Product Length:
| 3.3 inches | | Product Width:
| 2.9 inches | | Product Height:
| 2.9 inches | | Product Weight:
| 0.93 pounds | | Package Length:
| 6.3 inches | | Package Width:
| 4.4 inches | | Package Height:
| 4.1 inches | | Package Weight:
| 1.3 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 22 reviews |
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36 of 36 found the following review helpful:
 All I expected and moreMay 14, 2007
By J. Hooks
"TTownPops"
I've had this lens for about 3 months and it has been even more satisfactory than expected (and I ordered before it had been reviewed). I wanted a reasonable quality, small, lightweight "walk around" lens, at a reasonable price, and it has been great for me. As an amateur photographer and using a Nikon D50 SLR, my acceptance level may be limited, and someday I may want better glass. But for now I am very very happy. After receiving it and using it for a while, a very positive review appeared in Popular Photography magazine.
36 of 38 found the following review helpful:
Awesome lens (See update below)Aug 29, 2007
By Leo
Previously I owned 18-55 and 55-200 (kit lenses) that came with my Nikon D50. After an year of switching them again an again,I started to look at reasonably price long range ("vacational")lens. The Nikon 18-200 VR looked so good, but price tag was way over my budget. Two weeks ago, I saw review of Tamron 18-250 lens as being #1 zoom lens for D-SLR. I immediately looked at tons of reviews and soon I understood that this is what I was looking for. Immediately two D50's lenses went on e-Bay and I purchased this lens. After one day of continues usage (about 200 photos), I was amazed with color saturation, sharpness, and quality of the lens. I am not a professional photographer but for my purpose (serious home photographer) this lens is simply AWESOME.
UPDATE (3 stars). After 10 days of use, I found this lens has limitations. I was unable to get sharp, clean action photos of my son. Previous 55-200 lens was able to stop the action. As much as about 50/50 of my shots are actions related, I couldn't accept this lens. I sent it back (Buydig.com offer 15 days money back - 10%) for refund. Looking for replacement high zoom lens (more than 200 mm) at reasonable price.
16 of 16 found the following review helpful:
CAREFUL! There are two Nikon versions of this lensMar 04, 2010
By Howard Gillis MD
"Howie Gillis"
Apparently, this lens is available in two versions for the Nikon. The AF018N-700 does NOT have a built in motor for AF. The AF018NII-700, does. If you want AF and your camera does not have an AF motor in the body, make sure you get the lens with the motor. Reading through the reviews on this page, it seems that people are reviewing the two different lenses here, thus the confusion. This lens does not have a motor. The AF works fine with my D300, but not with my D3000.
8 of 8 found the following review helpful:
Great Lens, Great Price. I have no regrets.Apr 01, 2008
By Vikram Jairam
"nikonica"
Though I do feel the need for VR I get closer to 250mm, this lens does great with my Nikon D70S for ALL occassions. I have no complaints, be it focusing speed or image quality / sharpness. This has become my lens of choice - 5 Stars for the buck. I did have the Nikkor 18-200 VR in mind, but for the price I chose this. I have used SLRs for 15 years and just switched to digital... I never had the option of VR and remember that I had to switch between my 18-70 and 70-300 all the time. My 70-300 had the same problem of shake as I got closer to 300 and this problem is always going to be there with longer focal lengths - Use a tripod for low-light large focal length situations. With this lens, I have no need to switch lenses while I am on the floor - which is a big plus. I use it with my Monopod for event photography and frankly, this does a great job. Note though that this only works well with cameras with APS-C sized Digital SLRs where the CMOS Sensor is close to 24 X 16 mm. THis was the perfect choice for my D70S. A++++++++++++++++.
5 of 5 found the following review helpful:
Tamron 18-250 is a pretty good lenseMay 29, 2008
By Lew Wurdeman
"Lew, the Geek"
After dropping my camera with my Tamron 18-200 on it I bought the 18-250. Seems to be equally sharp although some reviewers say the 250 is better than the 200. The 200 had bad lens creep which the 250 doesn't have and that alone is a big improvement.
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