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    Posted: 09 November 2006 at 15:08
I'm at work, and just got the Tamron 17-50 2,8 dropped off by the postman :)

When I get home I will post photos OF and WITH this little gem :)

It truly does exists ...
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We will be waiting for your pics, today I am going to pick my new Sigma 17-70, I hope it doesnt have BF problems like the former.

But if I continue having problems, maybe I will finish with a Tamron 17-50

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Great news; i can't wait to see how it does perform in minolta mount.
Where did you get it?
Have you reviewed your lenses?
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I got it from www.kamerashop.dk - a danish store, and I ordered about a month and a half ago - just to be first in line when Tamron got around to actually ship :)
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Waiting for sample pics :).

Edited by kris - 09 November 2006 at 15:38
Dynax 5D :: CZ 16-80 f/3.5-4.5 :: Tam 17-50 f/2.8 :: Min 70-210 f/4 :: Min 28 f/2 [RS] :: Min 35 f/1.4 :: Min 50 f/1.7 :: Soligor TC 1.7x :: Sony HVL-F56AM
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Roughly 450 euro.
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With the zeiss lenses delayed, i thing i will try this one as soon it gets in the stores.
Keep us informed with your experiences and happy shooting
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Ok, mounted it - works great :)

Picture time:

Got the box:


Yep, it's the right one:


In all it's beauty:


Missed focus with the old sigma, but it's minolta mount for sure:


Switched lenses, the sigma, shot with the Tamron, 50 mm, f2,8:


Same image, f7,1:


Lets see the beauty on camera:






So far it seems like an extremely nice lens, need to do further testing off course. I think that it has a very slight tendency to focus a bit more to the back than dead center, but the part I focus on is clearly in focus.

BTW, the postman all so brought me the Metz 54 MZ-4i flash that I used to do the shots, what a nice flash.

all in all, I'm one happy camper.

Browse to http://public.fotki.com/anderslynge/tamron1750/ to view images in full size and get exif info.
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This is great!

You know depth of field typically extends behind the focus area for about 2/3 the depth of field, while the 1/3 is in front.
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that's great - in that case my kit lens has a slight mis focus, and this is DEAD ON.
Getting better and better :)
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Originally posted by kiliii kiliii wrote:

You know depth of field typically extends behind the focus area for about 2/3 the depth of field, while the 1/3 is in front.


Well, only very roughly. At larger magnifications DOF becomes more and more symmetrical.
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Keep posting, we (at least me) can't wait to see more test shots from this lens :-) And also your comments about build quality, feel etc. Thanks for sharing.
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Originally posted by mhohner mhohner wrote:

Originally posted by kiliii kiliii wrote:

You know depth of field typically extends behind the focus area for about 2/3 the depth of field, while the 1/3 is in front.


Well, only very roughly. At larger magnifications DOF becomes more and more symmetrical.


I was all so referring to my shots at 2.8, at smaller apertures I haven't noticed anything.

Will do proper testing this weekend - so dark now that I can only shoot indoors with the flash .... which is a great chance to test the Metz out.

By the way, in very dark areas I got it to hunt for autofocus, but overall it seems to do a very fine job at autofocusing.

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Originally posted by Aleq Aleq wrote:

Keep posting, we (at least me) can't wait to see more test shots from this lens :-) And also your comments about build quality, feel etc. Thanks for sharing.


Build seems very good.

I only have the kit lenses, and the Minolta 50 1.7 to compare to, and this is really A LOT better, quite a different league :)

It looks good on the 5D I think :)
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