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Tamron 70-200 2.8 Anonymous
I really hope they release this soon. It has been soon a year since the announcement.
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>> Vincent !!8LCSE0Zp1mL
ITs going to be a compromise over the Nikon or Canon versions (which have Stabilization), and technically the Sigma should focus faster (and has the macro designation)
So I don't really see the excitement for it.
>> Anonymous
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Of course it will have compromises, if they sell it for under half the price than AF-S VR / USM IS glass. Suggested price in Amazon was $699.

Both Tamron and Sigma focus to 1m and have same reproduction ratio. Tamron is even cheaper than Sigma, and the focus speed is still big ?, but..

Sigma's HSM isn't that fast or reliable (at least with 30mm 1.4's Nikon version wasn't), but we'll see. NAF version of Tamron has its own AF engine (but not ultrasonic, otherwise they would advertise it), so it's not screw-driven anymore.

Tamron is known for (with Tokina) making slow AF glass, but you can always hope :P

Optically it probably is very good/excellent, I see no point releasing crappy glass nowdays.
>> agh
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I'm a Sony Alpha user that loves Tamron's 28-75 f/2.8 . With sensor stabilization, nothing even comes close to it for the price, and the only drawback is ISO noise on the A100. It's just an amazingly good lens, and that's why I'm looking forward to this 70-200... Hoping that lightning will strike twice.

It has a macro designation, FWIW.

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