Hi All,
Thought you'd be interested in this guy's story. Without making light of the
fact that he was evidently screwed, I can think of one moral to the story:
>>> You may THINK Olympus is a sinking ship, but watch out ...when you jump
off you may find the water is filled with sharks!
(I also invited him to the list so we may take some unused Olympus equipment
off his hands.)
Seriously- has anyone had bad experiences like this with Tamron? I only use
Tokina aftermarket lenses (besides Zuikos of course) and am very pleased with
them.
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Subject: Tamron... A Horror Story .... Garbage is assembled with tape !!!!!!!
From: benchr@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Ross Bench)
Date: 2/11/99 6:20 AM EST
Message-id: <36c2a9e7.5033227@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Hello;
Recently I have had a very unpleasant experience with
the much touted Tamron company.
It started with my switch from Olympus to Nikon equipment...
Having had nothing but good experiences with my Olympus
gear, including lenses from OEM manufacturers, it has unfortunately
become obvious that Olympus is almost totally dead in the consumer
SLR market. They are still very strong in the scientific and medical
markets, but their consumer SLRs are fading fast...
So, I decided to switch to Nikon..
Having mucho bucks tied up in my Olympus glass I wasn't quite
ready to take the big plunge and buy Nikkors, I decided to go
with a popular OEM brand... Tamron...
I noticed that the first Tamron lens that I purchased, less than
six months ago, had what I thought were bubbles in the glass of
the front element.
Upon closer examination it looked like the bubbles were actually
particles inside the lens..
I called tamron and they said that even though the lens is of current
production that they would not service it under warranty as I had no
paperwork...
A little weak, but I could understand this position and I had hoped
that they would service the lens for a minimum charge.
But that was not to be the case either. They told me that I would
have to pay approx $102.00 to service the lens.
Ridiculous, I can buy a similar Nikkor NEW from B&H for the price of
this garbage from Tamron...
Here's where it gets scary folks:
I decided to disassemble the lens (experienced) and see if I could
take care of the problem...
I rolled down the rubber grip to discover that this lens is HELD
TOGETHER WITH TAPE !!!!!!
Can anyone say Sigma ????
I was shocked beyond belief when I saw that this over priced
piece of plastic actually has the front element held on with a
1/2" wide strip of tape !!!!
Further adding to my horror is the fact that the original problem
with the lens is IN THE CEMENT somewhere between the
three cemented lenses that comprise the front element of the
lens... Utterly unfixable outside a lab...
So it boils down to some simple facts:
1) Tamron doesn't stand behind their product unless you have
paperwork. remember, this is even if the lens is current
production...
KEEP YOUR PAPERWORK ON THIS GARBAGE !!!!!
2) Tamron lenses are assembled with TAPE... What happened to screws ??
3) Make damn sure that you thoroughly check the elements of any Tamron
lens that you buy, or be smart and don't buy Tamron...
I guess that I'm going to have to buy those Nikkors after all... :(
At least I can be assured of a quality lens.
Good luck to all you Tamron owners, take caution: Dried out tape has
broken more than one Sigma owners heart as their front element
tumbled off the camera and onto the ground...
I can't see Tamron's tape lasting much longer !!
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