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I have this lens (the AE version) too on a D7000 and I was very surprised how easy and precise the manual focus is. This lens is clearly optimised for manual focus, unlike others recent nikon AF-S...

I sincerely hope that nikon will *never* use EVF or if they do, they must be as good as the human eye, have zero noise, no latency... and don't drain power; (all this ain't gonna happen ever) so,...

agreed. It's clearely the sony's jpeg engine that sucks (like always). I've downloaded A77's raw files and loaded thems in RT. Although the raw color conversion is wrong, the noise pattern seems...

Yes the lens do matter more than the body, especially now with high demanding sensors. The tamron you choosed is good (the non VC is better optically) BUT only if *you have the chance to get a good...

Honestly and for what it's worth, I think buying zoom lens like the 18-200 is a big novice error, it doesn't make justice to the D7k's sensor. Don't forget to buy either the 35 or 50 mm primes,...

Put your money on lens, not in cameras. A D50 with a good lens is better than a D3x with a crappy lens. nuff said

I still wonder why do people buy such cameras... iso 100 look like cr@p, like all other compact theses days. Go get an entry level DSLR or mirrorless 4/3 / aps-c

And it did very welll ! I picked this lens with my D7000 and I don't regret it coz I love primes. Now, if only nikon could release a wide angle afs prime soon... I think primes need more serious...

Your welcome, I fully understand your position. Unfortunately, I can't return mine to nikon right now, that's soon holiday season and I will need it. I use quiet mode as a workaround but that's...

I already done controlled tests on tripod with nikon camera control and without human factor, they were repeatable 100%, single mode add blur while quiet mode eliminate it. The dog was just a real...

but it's not only bwigg's problem, I've got it too, as well as others people. Furthermore, bwigg had it on 2 different body and our serials numbers are not even in the same range. We just try...

+1 nt

It's always the same problem, people not concerned or simply not pixel-pipping enough don't usually notice such problems (although many complained about D7000 sharpness issues which may be...

Your tamron seems excellent already, at least in the center... Much better micro-contrast ? at which aperture ? could you post full size exemples for us please ?

following up my tests redone *on tripod*, *stab OFF*, 70mm, 1/160s, f5.6, 100iso shots triggered by Camera control pro (not ever touched the shutter button) first is a serie of 3 shots in...