Tamron now offers a lightweight, compact, high-image-quality telephoto zoom lens with macro capability of 1:2 that can be used with digital cameras. This lens is a Di type lens using an optical system with improved multi-coating designed to function with digital SLR cameras as well as film cameras.

With this 70-300mm telephoto zoom lens, flipping a macro switch in the focal length range of 180mm to 300mm obtains a maximum magnification ratio of 1:2 at a minimum focus distance as short as 37.4", enabling close-up shots of flowers, insects, and other objects that normally require the use of a specially designed macro lens. Moreover, this is a zoom lens that casually offers the distant capture and foreshortening effect pleasures of the 300mm ultra-telephoto world.

"Best in Class" Tele-Macro Zoom Lens

Perfect 2nd lens for your DSLR kit

22% lighter and 4% shorter than other makes

I’ve tested lots of 70 or 75-300mm tele zoom lenses over the years and they’ve all showed more or less the same characteristics - good to great at the short end - poor to awful at the long end of the zoom range.

Tamron is a name I have great respect for - they make some great lenses, and the Tamron 70-300mm LD, although very reasonably priced, gives some very much more expensive lenses a run for their money.

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