70-200 Showdown pt1 - Tamron vs Canon vs Nikon

Featured Wednesday, 24 July 2013 23:25

Part 1 of a complete showdown of the stabilised Canon, Nikon & Tamron 70-200mm f2.8 lenses.

PLEASE NOTE - despite several requests I was not able to loan a Sigma to include in the tests.

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Learn about T stop values here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jI8uAzX0bBw

Want to compare f2.8 to f4? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_g2JRj-V-E
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