Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/04/17

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Tamron suggestions
From: dannyg1 <dannyg1@IDT.NET>
Date: Sat, 18 Apr 1998 00:17:32 +0000

James,

Of the Tamron's you've listed, I've owned two:
The SP 180 f2.5LD is one of the finest 180's (or 200's) I've ever used. I bought it when it 
beat out the 180/2.3 Angenieux I tested it against (by a good margin) and the lens is so 
good, it held its own against the Canon 200/1.8L, a truly great 200 I had the pleasure of 
owning/using. I'd recommend this lens to anyone.

I've also owned the SP 300 f2.8LD in the 2nd version (green). This lens was very good 
but not up to the standard of either the EOS 300/2.8 or the Tokina 300/2.8 that I 
owned before it. It's a good lens to have until you can save the money for the marque 
300 you want but, unlike the 180, you wont miss this one as much when its gone. 
Maybe the newer grey one is a lot better but, were it me, in this length, I'd buy the 
Tokina (if its available in a mount you can use). The Tokina was alot closer to the superb 
quality the Canon lens offered.

Danny Gonzalez