Tamron AF 55-200mm f/4-5.6 Di II

Good product for the price especially for somone starting out on a budget Contrary to what several others reviewed, this is an autofocus lens if you've go the camera that will do it. Running on a Nikon D800, it works fine, a little noisy, but you get what you pay for. On my 3100 its strictly a manual focus lens. Few test shots I've done so far seem fine, but won't know more until I can really get out and use it this weekend.

Camera Lwna I love this lens and how close up it gets. I have taken some excellent pictures using this lens. I have been wanting a close-up lens for some time and have been afraid to purchase one. After doing some investigating, I decided on this one. I believe I made a great choice.

Great photos, manual focus is tricky but still good It's a manual focus lens, which makes it a little trick to take photos during the football games, but takes fantastic photographs. I do like the fact that I have the option to focus in on an object and blur the background a little.