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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Horoscope Fish" data-source="post: 594519" data-attributes="member: 13090">It's no secret how much I love my Tamron 70-200mm f/2.8 Di VC USD; it's the lens I need a reason to take off of my D750. It's closely followed by another Tamron lens, their 24-70mm f/2.8 to be exact. Having used them both for quite some time, I don't think Tamron made any concessions whatsoever to get the price to where it is. In my experience the build quality equals or exceeds their Nikon equivalents. I think Nikon glass is, quite frequently, outrageously over-priced. As manufacturing technology has improved and I think it safe to say, reduced manufacturing costs, "upstarts" like Tamron, Sigma and Tokina are proving time and time again that outstanding glass can often be done for a lot less that what Nikon is asking. Anyone not considering third-party glass because they think Nikon glass is better somehow simply for being Nikon glass are fooling themselves. Hard. Now, as for using my zooms at f/2.8, I find that wide aperture very, very useful personally; but I guess just how useful that would be for anyone would depend on what and/how they shoot. I like that I can keep that wide aperture throughout the zoom range, unlike variable aperture glass that closes down as the focal length increases. I like being able to use that shallow depth of field because it gives the subject more "pop" from the background the creamy out-of-focus background that the wide aperture gives. But again, these things suit my type of photography. I understand that top-notch, fast zooms are pricey. It's why I've really pared down what glass I do own because I'd rather own few really, really good lenses, than several that are mediocre. .....</blockquote>

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