If anyone has one of these in good condition, let me know please.
The seller would have to agree to shipping within EU (Slovenia).

Price drop to 100€ + postage. Needs to go.

Lens still for sale. I'm also willing to swap for an F(A) 50mm 1.4 or 1.7 with additional cash from my side.

Still for sale

Pictures added and can be seen here:
Flickr

The macro photos of the 35mm lens are taken at 6400 ISO, which is why they appear granulated.

I also noticed a tiny bump inside the barrel at the rear element section. It's shown in the picture of me holding the lens. It does not affect image quality whatsoever. Given light of this new discovery though, I am willing to lower the price to 130€.

Hi Mike,

I will post some pictures tomorrow. Came home too late today.

For sale is the AF version of this Macro lens. It's 1:2 magnification with the corresponding 1:1 adapter enclosed. The lens is boxed and optically excellent. Some scuffs on the lens body.

Price is 150€ including postage to anywhere inside EU.
Bank transfer preferred, but Paypal accepted as well.

Thanks for all the comments.
@opethian: the Tamron is surely a great lens. It would probably be the last lens I would sell. It's also my most used.

@stuey: the bear was indeed shot through glass. The bear enclosure in this particular zoo is divided into 2 halves with glass separating them. Most of the time both enclosures are occupied by bears, but at times one is emptied and the public is allowed to enter (they say that scents people leave behind encourage bears to be more active).

Went out to give my Tamron 70-200 a bit of a workout.
Comments and critiques appreciated. Pictures are links to larger ones as well.



IMGP1946 by luftwalk, on Flickr



IMGP1970 by luftwalk, on Flickr



IMGP1925 by luftwalk, on Flickr



IMGP2038 by luftwalk, on Flickr



IMGP2171 by luftwalk, on Flickr

I've had the 150-500 Sigma myself and switched to the DA*300 since to me it seemed cropping was better than a full shot from the Bigma. It is a bit slow when it comes to AF but the IQ is better.