The Tamron AF 55-200mm Di II LD Macro is pretty small and light, and has a semi-matte back finish. The body is plastic and the wide zoom ring has a rubberized grip. Manual focus is achieved by rotating a very narrow knurled ring (maybe 3mm wide) at the front of the lens. The manual focus ring is separate from the front of the lens. i.e. you don't manually focus by rotating the front of the lens as you do, for example, with the Canon EF-S 18-55/3/5-5.6. Manual focus operation is smooth, and though not heavily damped it doesn't have excessive free play. It's certainly feels beeter then, for example, the manual focus operation on the Canon EF-S 18-55/3.5-5.6.
Via Bob Atkins Photography
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