I have tried so hard to fall in love with the Tamron 18-200 for the EOS M
When I bought it hit the market at the same time like the 55-200 from Canon.
The Canon was plastic all down to the bayonet, the Tamron a steely tank.
The Canon zoomed smooth the Tamron had to be worked like squeezing the last drip of water out of a wet towel when wrenching the zoom ring.
So I gave back the Tamron.
Later I sold it for halfprice and I bought it again. It weight was more than the 55-200 + the Kit lense but real estate is scarce in my bag so I thought it is a fair tradeoff. But... b*** of a lens did not work with my new M3.
So I returned it and than they said they had fixed that problem and I bought this lens for the third time.
Guess what... yesterday my EOS M5 arrived. Guess what happens... Camera says faulty lens and shuts down.
Well 8 years of cursing Sigma's sparkle coated old lenses with more compatibility flaws than bennefits should have teached me.
For the moment: hands away from Tamron for M
When I bought it hit the market at the same time like the 55-200 from Canon.
The Canon was plastic all down to the bayonet, the Tamron a steely tank.
The Canon zoomed smooth the Tamron had to be worked like squeezing the last drip of water out of a wet towel when wrenching the zoom ring.
So I gave back the Tamron.
Later I sold it for halfprice and I bought it again. It weight was more than the 55-200 + the Kit lense but real estate is scarce in my bag so I thought it is a fair tradeoff. But... b*** of a lens did not work with my new M3.
So I returned it and than they said they had fixed that problem and I bought this lens for the third time.
Guess what... yesterday my EOS M5 arrived. Guess what happens... Camera says faulty lens and shuts down.
Well 8 years of cursing Sigma's sparkle coated old lenses with more compatibility flaws than bennefits should have teached me.
For the moment: hands away from Tamron for M