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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AC016" data-source="post: 157078" data-attributes="member: 9619"><p>Hey Kevin, Before buying the Tamron, i read many reviews, written and video and looked at the DXO numbers.  The general consensus was that both lenses are excellent, but neither wins a knock out punch over the other.  After my research was done, i also noticed that Tamron had a $100 rebate on the lens - which i just cashed in last week - and they also have a 6 year warranty.  Therefore, along with the $100 rebate and the $125 i got for my 55-200, i was only paying about $230 for the Tamron.  It was an easy decision for me.  Besides, i am not married to Nikkor and as i continually read reviews of Tamron SP lenses and some of the Sigmas, Nikkor has some stiff competition.  And the technical differences i was talking about are so minute, that they are not even worth while to talk about.  Hope this helps</p></blockquote><p></p>