Tamron 16-300 focusing problems: Looking for the response from people who own Tamron zoom lens 16-300 for Nikon. I have a focusing problem . Developed after a year and AF is "limping"...

MiroFoto

Looking for the response from people who own Tamron zoom lens 16-300 for Nikon.

I have a focusing problem . Developed after a year and AF is "limping" every 20-30 pictures .

Thanks M

Delderby Loc: Derby UK

An 18x zoom? you cannot expect too much!

MT Shooter Loc: Montana

MiroFoto wrote:

Looking for the response from people who own Tamron zoom lens 16-300 for Nikon.

I have a focusing problem . Developed after a year and AF is "limping" every 20-30 pictures .

Thanks M

You have a 6 year warranty, contact Tamron to get it looked at.

BrettProbert Loc: Clinton, PA

That's why I never, ever buy third party lenses. In the end you always get what you pay for. Yes, Nikon lenses do have issues, but far fewer and with far better long term coverage and reliability.

MiroFoto

You sounded like my mother :" See, I told you so." But I need somebody who had/has the same problem and resolved it.
Sorry , I know you tried.
Miro

Thank you Mr Shooter . I will check it out. I did not know 6 Y warranty - great news.

MT Shooter Loc: Montana

MiroFoto wrote:

You sounded like my mother :" See, I told you so." But I need somebody who had/has the same problem and resolved it.
Sorry , I know you tried.
Miro

Thank you Mr Shooter . I will check it out. I did not know 6 Y warranty - great news.

Tamron has the absolute BEST lens warranty in the industry, 6 years long and guaranteed 72 hour turn-around on repairs. Hopefully you registered it when you bought it, if not, you will need to submit proof of purchase with your warranty claim. Its a great lens, but no matter what you buy, there will be occassional need for service on some copies, just be thankful you are not stuck with a Canon ONE year lens warranty.

BrettProbert Loc: Clinton, PA

MiroFoto wrote:

You sounded like my mother :" See, I told you so." But I need somebody who had/has the same problem and resolved it.
Sorry , I know you tried.
Miro

You're right. Sorry!

Delderby Loc: Derby UK

BrettProbert wrote:

That's why I never, ever buy third party lenses. In the end you always get what you pay for. Yes, Nikon lenses do have issues, but far fewer and with far better long term coverage and reliability.

Some corporates have different ideas about required profitability levels - usually the larger the corporate, the larger the required margin. This is partly required to fund the inefficencies inherent in the larger corporates, who are more likely to generate fat. History shows that eventually they fail.

mwsilvers Loc: Central New Jersey

MiroFoto wrote:

Looking for the response from people who own Tamron zoom lens 16-300 for Nikon.

I have a focusing problem . Developed after a year and AF is "limping" every 20-30 pictures .

Thanks M

What exactly do you mean by limping ? By any chance are you referring to lens creep or zoom creep? If so that's normal for many zoom lenses, regardless of manufacturer, as they age and the zoom barrel mechanism loosens. Generally this problem is not fixable. The zoom on some lenses can sometimes be tightened a bit but it's a short lived fix. If you mean something else could you be a bit more specific regarding the problem? I'm not familiar with the term limping in an AF context.

bigjoe

What kind of camera do you have it. On Canon/Nikon

MiroFoto

mwsilvers - Sorry..."limping" = it works but has a problem. I have explained details in the post about 5 days ago , but got many unrelated responses. I have 16-300 Tamron on Nikon 7100. Since Christmas , the AF focusing is not able to catch and lock the focus. It happens once in 20-30 shots. When I set BBF , that button works fine. ( PS: I know how to set & use BBF = how does it work exclusively of the 1/2 trigger)
Somebody already wrote me that she has the same problem with this lens but not with other lenses.

I just can not believe your statement that zoom lenses generally do this.... after a 1 or 2 yrs. Can you please confirm?

Thanks Miro

bigjoe

I have the same lens on the D 7100 and the d500 The D 7100 seems to have a focusing issue with the camera itself and I do not believe that it's the lens very same lens works flawlessly on my d 500 you may want to check if you haven't already just make sure the contacts between the lens and camera are clean for some reason with D7100 The contacts have to be perfectly clean it's been a problem with my D 7100 for a few years no matter what Lens on it also I updated the software on the D 7100 and it seem too help . If I can help answer any other questions feel free to private message me ... it appears some people on here are off their meds

leftj Loc: Texas

BrettProbert wrote:

That's why I never, ever buy third party lenses. In the end you always get what you pay for. Yes, Nikon lenses do have issues, but far fewer and with far better long term coverage and reliability.

Just a dumb response that's does nothing more than reflect a baseless personal bias. We're all guilty of having them but best not to air them.

leftj Loc: Texas

Delderby wrote:

Some corporates have different ideas about required profitability levels - usually the larger the corporate, the larger the required margin. This is partly required to fund the inefficencies inherent in the larger corporates, who are more likely to generate fat. History shows that eventually they fail.

Scratching my head but still LOL!

leftj Loc: Texas

bigjoe wrote:

What kind of camera do you have it. On Canon/Nikon

I believe he said Nikon.