Tamron AF 19-35mm F3.5-4.5 A-mount lens review by gtfourdreams
 gtfourdreams#4782 date: Feb-1-2009 | |
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| sharpness: 4 color: 3 build: 4 distortion: 5 flare control: 4 overall: 4 | tested on:
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| ownership: | I own this lens |
| compared to: | sony 18-70mm kit lens minolta 70-210mm beer can vivitar 19-35mm 3.5-4.5 |
| price paid: | missing |
| positive: | - decent build in my opinion - nice wide angles - works with film/full frame |
| negative: | - mine was a little bit soft - colors are generally washed out, photoshop fixes it easily - expensive filters |
| comment: | Overall this lens is great for the price I paid. (Under $100 used with hood and original box, glass in great condition.) However, I may have a bad copy as the colors are bad and the sharpness could be better. Compared to the vivitar, this particular unit seemed to be a bit softer in the middle but sharper at the edges. The petal hood is huge and works pretty well. The front element is fixed during focus so it would work with different linear type filters. the build is pretty good, at least as good as the kit lens if not better. the focus is much quieter than the vivitar's. CA control was a bit better on this Tamron than the vivitar, and noticeably better than the kit lens. i bought both this tamron and the vivitar at the same time (for the same price) and returned the vivitar. I gave it a low color rating, because the pictures I get are usually flat, washed out, and boring. It's nothing Photoshop or Adobe's Raw editor can't fix. If you're used to the beer can's saturated colors, this lens is the opposite. |
; 12MPrating summary
- total reviews: 12
- sharpness: 3.96
- color: 4.25
- build: 3.58
- distortion: 3.67
- flare control: 3.50
- overall: 3.79