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Macheath
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I own 3 Tamron lenses for the EOS mount. I got the 17-50 f/2.8 for $440, 75-300 f/4-5.6 for about $150, and the 28-80 3.5-56 for about $50 (though I don't use it anymore at the moment).
The glass is better than what you are paying for. The build quality is where Tamron cuts its corners. Motors are slow and noisy as fuck. They definitely feel cheaper than similar lenses from Canon/Nikon. I've never used anything other than Sony's kit lens though, which I hear is made by Tamron anyway.
Honestly though, if you're a cheap student like me who's relatively inexperienced with this stuff, you probably won't mind. I really had no problem with the build quality until I got to spend a lot of time with better equipment (being able to use a D300 kinda spoiled me).
If you can afford better lenses, I'd say spend the extra money. But if you just have enough money for those lenses, and spending the money on Tamron is the difference between shooting with the Tamron, or shooting with crappy lenses/having a gap in your equipment, go for the Tamron and think about upgrading in the next 3-5 years.
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