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<blockquote data-quote="emoxley" data-source="post: 65302" data-attributes="member: 8006">I have the Tammy 70-300mm VC lens, and love it. When I was looking, I asked about it at Nikon Cafe forums (hadn't found this place yet). Most of the folks there told me the Tamron was sharper than the Nikon 70-300 VR lens, in the 200-300mm range. Since I was getting it for wildlife shots, I figured it would be set to 300mm most of the time, and it is. It is good and sharp. I've not used the Nikon 70-300mm, so I have no personal experience in comparing the two. I just took the word of several people that had used both, and preferred the Tamron. I'm very happy with it. I got mine at Amazon.com. Right now, it has a $100 mail-in rebate, which gets the price down to $349. When used on a D7000, the f/4-5.6 does very well in low light too. It also has a better warranty than the Nikon lens. The VC (vibration compensation) works very well. I like it better than Nikon's VR, but the VR is a little quieter.Good luck!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="emoxley, post: 65302, member: 8006"] I have the Tammy 70-300mm VC lens, and love it. When I was looking, I asked about it at Nikon Cafe forums (hadn't found this place yet). Most of the folks there told me the Tamron was sharper than the Nikon 70-300 VR lens, in the 200-300mm range. Since I was getting it for wildlife shots, I figured it would be set to 300mm most of the time, and it is. It is good and sharp. I've not used the Nikon 70-300mm, so I have no personal experience in comparing the two. I just took the word of several people that had used both, and preferred the Tamron. I'm very happy with it. I got mine at Amazon.com. Right now, it has a $100 mail-in rebate, which gets the price down to $349. When used on a D7000, the f/4-5.6 does very well in low light too. It also has a better warranty than the Nikon lens. The VC (vibration compensation) works very well. I like it better than Nikon's VR, but the VR is a little quieter. Good luck! [/QUOTE]

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