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nandbytes ![]() Senior Member ![]() Joined: 09 January 2014 Country: United Kingdom Location: London Status: Offline Posts: 3372 |
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nandbytes ![]() Senior Member ![]() Joined: 09 January 2014 Country: United Kingdom Location: London Status: Offline Posts: 3372 |
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First real world pictures of the 35-150mm f2.8
https://www.sonyalpharumors.com/first-real-world-images-of-the-new-tamron-35-150mm-f-2-0-2-8-lens/ That's bit of a beast! Still interested but its needs to be really well coma corrected, sharp and preferably f2 @ 80-85mm |
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nandbytes ![]() Senior Member ![]() Joined: 09 January 2014 Country: United Kingdom Location: London Status: Offline Posts: 3372 |
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More information about the lens revealed....
Tamron leaflet with the lens specs: https://www.sonyalpharumors.com/new-leaked-leaflet-and-images-about-the-tamron-35-150mm-f-2-2-8-and-28-75mm-f-2-8-lenses/ Tamron's picture with aperture changes at various focal lengths ![]() Seems like a pretty hefty lens, I was expecting it to be less than 1KG. Hmmm.... having second thought about this lens now ![]() |
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Kilkry ![]() Senior Member ![]() Joined: 06 August 2008 Country: Sweden Location: ISO1600 Status: Offline Posts: 2782 |
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Cool that it doesn't lose f/2 at 36mm. As the people at FM are saying it looks like like something suitable for portrait duty. I sure wouldn't drag it around for landscape or try to use it for astro (is there even a collar on it?).
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nandbytes ![]() Senior Member ![]() Joined: 09 January 2014 Country: United Kingdom Location: London Status: Offline Posts: 3372 |
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Doesn't look like there is a collar for it. You can probably get a 3rd party one like you can do for their 70-180mm. I wouldn't like to hike with it for sure. if they managed to keep to F2 at 80-85mm I'd be more interested. I think at this stage I will just keep my 35/85mm f1.4 primes setup along with the 28-200mm for zooming. |
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nandbytes ![]() Senior Member ![]() Joined: 09 January 2014 Country: United Kingdom Location: London Status: Offline Posts: 3372 |
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Its a very interesting lens for sure with lots of uses (not sure travel is one of them
![]() Just don't think it will be long term fixture in my line up or a lens I will be looking buy with some urgency. |
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Kilkry ![]() Senior Member ![]() Joined: 06 August 2008 Country: Sweden Location: ISO1600 Status: Offline Posts: 2782 |
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Portraits as mentioned, weddings an associate. I disagree with you regarding travel and landscapes. It's over a kg and large (travel) and it hasn't a collar (tripod?) and a zoom needn't be f/2 for landscapes generally speaking. Of course one can use whatever one wishes for what whatever endeavor one might undertake but its natural inclination would seem to be portraits. However, as someone who mostly shoots when travelling somewhere, I can see sort of see why one would bring this schlepp. Especially if no other lens in its range and no tripod. I tend to bring a travel tripod however and for those instances speed is less relevant. Edited by Kilkry - 18 September 2021 at 17:54 |
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Wētāpunga ![]() Senior Member ![]() Joined: 02 September 2007 Country: New Zealand Location: New Zealand Status: Offline Posts: 6185 |
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Quite, once I saw how heavy it was and its filter size, I lost all interest in it as a landscape or travel lens. Especially as 35mm starts a bit too long. It looks more like a general purpose, fast lens that goes longer at the long end at the cost of the wide end. |
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addy landzaat ![]() Senior Member ![]() Joined: 22 April 2006 Country: Netherlands Location: Netherlands Status: Offline Posts: 12961 |
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A 70-200/2.8 is a much better portrait lens. Tamron for sure is marketing this as an "all-in-one lens".
35mm is nice for a lot of travel, I used to use a 24-85 on APS-C (35-125) before I moved to much more complicated set ups with multiple lenses. You could add a wide lens if you want something wider at times. Yes, it is heavy and that is why I wonder the f/2 wide end was a good idea. |
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nandbytes ![]() Senior Member ![]() Joined: 09 January 2014 Country: United Kingdom Location: London Status: Offline Posts: 3372 |
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I know a few wedding folks lining up for this lens because there looking to replace 24-70/2.8+70-200mm/2.8 with this one lens.
Knowing what we know about the size and aperture now if f2.8 at 35mm bought the size down to 70-180mm levels I'd have preferred that too. but it is what it is now. |
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minolta_mutley ![]() Senior Member ![]() Joined: 01 August 2010 Country: Belgium Location: Belgium Status: Offline Posts: 870 |
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For portrait photographers this is a dream lens - it's a very nice option to have for them, but not for my needs.
Later - I may consider buying it in 2nd hand for a reasonable price though... |
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Miranda F ![]() Senior Member ![]() Joined: 11 January 2014 Country: United Kingdom Location: Bristol Status: Offline Posts: 4019 |
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Interesting how much opinions differ over the usefulness of zoom ranges. I don't claim to be typical by any means but prefer something like 24/28-100mm for a medium zoom.
Most of my photography nowadays seems to be medium to wide angle primes on either the A7 or Nex-6, but if I want a long+wide zoom I take the 18-250mm on the A58 which is a very nice package, especially for potentially dusty places. Changing lenses frequently I get far more sensor dust on my E-mount cameras than I ever did on the A58 (even with primes), so much so that sensor cleaning needs to be a weekly thing not once in a blue moon. I've lost count of the clear-sky pictures ruined by dust specs. ![]() Hardly ever had that on a DSLT, where not only is there a plastic film covering the sensor but most of it is out of focus. ![]() |
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I'll add another "almost" opinion, if it were a Secret Handshake 28/2-135/2.8 with Focus Hold and AF/MF buttons I would be thrilled ... I guess I keep the Secret Handshake and a900 to hold it
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