Tamron lens are they really that bad
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10-24, 17-50, 28-75, 70-200, 90 macro are all quality lenses I believe. And all f2.8 except the 10-24.
The build quality of the 17-50 has been questioned, but it does come with a 5 year warranty.
What Alan said. All quality lenses, some of those are outstanding.
The 70-300 is an amazing value for money lens.
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Ultimately, I think Tamron is like any manufacturer of any kind of product - sometimes they get it right, sometimes they don't. Sigma, Pentax, Ford, Vauxhall, Coca-cola, Pepsi - no-one makes every product perfect, and a lot of it is down to personal opinion.
I'm waiting in for a parcel to be delivered so I thought I would kill time doing an informal comparative test of my standard zoom lenses. Just out of interest I decided to include the 10-24, not thinking it would compare well.
The lenses I compared were:
Pentax 16-45
Pentax 16-50
Pentax 17-70
Pentax 18-55 WR
Sigma 24-70 2.8 (non HSM)
Sigma 17-70 (non HSM)
Tamron 10-24
Pentax 21mm (just out of curiosity to see how a prime would do)
I set them all to 24mm (except the prime obviously) and f4.5, put the camera on a tripod, mirror up remote release, and took flat on pics of my bookcase full of books and DVDs.
The results surprised me. There was no noticeable difference in colour rendering but the sharpness did vary. The sharpest across most of the frame was the Tamron, closely followed by the Sigma 24-70, with the Sigma perhaps a little better at the edges. The other lenses were all o.k. but not as sharp as the best two.
I know this is not exactly a scientific test and it only covered one focal length and one aperture but it has made me view the Tamron with a new respect.
10-24, 17-50, 28-75,70-200, 90 macro are all quality lenses I believe. And all f2.8 except the 10-24.
The build quality of the 17-50 has been questioned, but it does come with a 5 year warranty.
Hi,
I have a Tamron 17-50 f2.8 lens. The grip for zooming has become stiff, lens is having trouble zooming and the grip can be rotated past 17 or 50mm setting. just noticed it today...
As far as I know I didn't get any material into it, keep it in a camera bag.
any ideas how I go about fixing it?
Pa.
Lenses: DA*16-50, DA18-55WR, DA18-135, DAL35, M50 F2, A50 f1.4, FA50 f1.4, DA*50-135, DA55-300, Tamron 70-300, DFA 100 WR Macro, M135 f3.5, Sigma 120-400 APO DG HSM, Tokina 500 f8.0
Flash: Metz 58, Metz 48
Accessories: BG4, Pentax right angle finder, Pentax mirror adaptor lens, O-ME53 Viewfinder Loupe
Auto 110 System: Auto 110, Winder, 18mm, 24mm, 50mm, 70mm, 20-40mm, AF100P, 1.7x telecon
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