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<blockquote data-quote="robbins.photo" data-source="post: 324221" data-attributes="member: 27043">I would agree with this wholeheartedly, and I would actually go a step further and caution that when you are looking at a lens, particularly in the Tamron or Sigma, make sure you're doing your research on the correct lens - particularly with Tamron's designations it's sometimes difficult because they have come out with several versions of the same lens and often there can be a significant quality difference between the versions.I own a Sigma 70-200 mm F/2.8 OS HSM for example.&nbsp; It's a much newer design and a much better lens by all accounts than the Sigma 70-200 mm F/2.8 without the OS.&nbsp; The new Tamron 70-200 mm F/2.8 with VC are by all accounts spectacular lenses in alll respects, however the older non-VC versions have had a lot of reported problems of slow and noisy autofocus.&nbsp; As someone mentioned previously the 70-300 mm AFS-G VR version of the Nikkor lens is outstanding - the older, 70-300 mm non VR version, well not so much really.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="robbins.photo, post: 324221, member: 27043"] I would agree with this wholeheartedly, and I would actually go a step further and caution that when you are looking at a lens, particularly in the Tamron or Sigma, make sure you're doing your research on the correct lens - particularly with Tamron's designations it's sometimes difficult because they have come out with several versions of the same lens and often there can be a significant quality difference between the versions. I own a Sigma 70-200 mm F/2.8 OS HSM for example. It's a much newer design and a much better lens by all accounts than the Sigma 70-200 mm F/2.8 without the OS. The new Tamron 70-200 mm F/2.8 with VC are by all accounts spectacular lenses in alll respects, however the older non-VC versions have had a lot of reported problems of slow and noisy autofocus. As someone mentioned previously the 70-300 mm AFS-G VR version of the Nikkor lens is outstanding - the older, 70-300 mm non VR version, well not so much really. [/QUOTE]

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