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I'll be watching this thread with interest, my Tamron 17-50 just arrived in the post this morning. Any chance you could post a pic of what you're describing Tony?

I hope the review, and pix, made it clear I used the 2X HSM converter and results from that are excellent. I have not used the 1.4X. David It did indeed make it clear, right after the point where I stopped reading. That will teach me to read a full report before asking questions, or it should! Coul...

Good reading, thank you David. Did you try it out with the matched HSM-compatible 2X or 1.4X converters, I would be interested in knowing about performance fall-off.

Maybe I should just consider a 2x converter for my beercan? What would that do to full zoom sharpness? I'm just getting back into photography after a long lay off. I started off with a Zenith EM with standard 50mm and dabbled a bit with home darkroom, that was 30 years ago. Quite honestly I'm a bit ...

These are good points that are being raised. You are paying for something that is not needed and further more may well just be disabled in the A-mount version. So that leads me to still looking... 9hrs left on this one.. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&am...

Thanks for the response David. I'm rather puzzled by a current e-bay sale http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=150356396090 ..it looks a bit tatty but could just be a really bad picture. Maybe purchased overseas, I believe the lens first made its appe...

Anyone have any experience of this lens? http://www.microglobe.co.uk/catalog/pro ... 56-dg-lens

I'm looking for wildlife zoom and just can't afford a good prime, but think this might be an acceptable alternative.