Zoom Lens Special: Speed Is In

WHY LOOK: Tamron’s first high-speed tele zoom in 10 years, this full-framer delivers speed, solid construction, and a very powerful subject magnification: 1:2.85 at 200mm. A member of Tamron’s SP (Super Performance) family of lenses, it boasts features pros like, including L D glass elements (two of them), a lightweight magnesium-alloy tripod collar, and a reverse-stowing lenshood.
CERTIFIED TEST RESULTS (August 2008): Even at 200mm, our SQF tests found Excellent sharpness and contrast, unusually good for this class. Distortion also was very well controlled, never rising out of the low- to mid-Slight range.
STREET PRICE: $680.