It is too bad, Tamron do have some good lenses, the 17-50/2.8 is a very good
performer. Their service here in Hong Kong is quite ok, I had the 70-300
repaired in three weeks.
C.H.Ling
----- Original Message -----
From: "Andrew Fildes" <afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> That's lucky - Tamron repairs around here are difficult to impossible.
> They don't seem to bother keeping spares in Oz, according to a
> repairer mate..
> Andrew Fildes
> afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
>
> On 21/07/2008, at 12:05 PM, C.H.Ling wrote:
>
>> Yes, based on the test result Tamron 70-300 is better in resolution
>> but it
>> also suffer from purple fringe. You are right about the price, it
>> is much
>> cheaper than the Olympus version but the Tamron is very weak in
>> construction, my friend damaged mine by holding the front focusing
>> ring
>> during mounting on the camera, fortunately I got a free repair.
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