practicalphotography.com Updated:
2011-09-24 20:13:28
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Operationally, the lens is rather slow at locking focus and though it performed with no real signs of hunting, the whirrs and groans the AF system produced were far from silent and slightly off-putting. The zoom and...
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Photoradar.com Updated:
2011-09-24 20:13:28
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On paper, a lens like this Tamron 70-200mm f2.8 doesn’t sound so very different from 55-200mm budget models. In practice, they’re a world apart. Budget 55-200mm lenses are lightweight, plasticky, and designed for APS-C digital SLRs and owners just look...
On paper, a lens like this Tamron 70-200mm f2.8 doesn’t sound so very different from 55-200mm budget models. In practice, they’re a world apart. Budget 55-200mm lenses are lightweight, plasticky, and designed for APS-C digital SLRs and owners just look...
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As usual Tamron wins one trophy straight from the start ... the one for the longest product name. The Tamron AF 70-200mm f/2.8 SP LD Di [IF] macro represents their offer in the arena of fast, professional grade tele zoom lenses. As such it competes ag...
The Tamron AF 70-200mm f/2.8 SP LD Di [IF] macro showed a very good performance during our APS-C format tests and it is only slightly worse in the full format scope. The center performance is very good at f/2.8 and excellent at medium aperture setting...
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As usual Tamron wins one trophy straight from the start ... the one for the longest product name. The Tamron AF 70-200mm f/2.8 SP LD Di [IF] macro represents their offer in the arena of fast, professional grade tele zoom lenses. As such it competes ag...
The Tamron AF 70-200mm f/2.8 SP LD Di [IF] macro (*gasp*) is a very capable lens when used on an APS-C DSLR. It provides a very harmonious performance throughout the zoom range. The center quality is generally very high followed by very good borders...
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Price is obviously the major consideration when considering a lens in this category, and with exceptional results for image quality, its not just about the money when considering the Tamron 70-200mm ƒ/2.8. Sharpness results meet and even exceed...
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Because of the increasing number of D-SLRs with full-frame sensors, Tamron is upgrading several of their multi-platform lenses to the Digitally Integrated standard. The most recent model, the 70-200mm f/2.8 Di, is optimized for D-SLRs regardless of th...
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The Tamron 70-200mm f/2.8 Di Macro Lens review is coming, but Im waiting (at this moment at least) for a replacement lens. My first copy of the Tamron 70-200mm f/2.8 Di Macro Lens exhibited very soft right side due mostly to a curved focus plane. Ove...
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The Tamron 70-200 ƒ/2.8 telephoto zoom was announced in February 2008, updating and replacing their existing 70-200mm ƒ/2.8 zoom lens. The economical lens was originally available only for Canon and Nikon lens mounts; Tamron has now made versions for Pent...
Price is obviously the major consideration when considering a lens in this category, and with exceptional results for image quality, it's not just about the money when considering the Tamron 70-200mm ƒ/2.8. Sharpness results meet and even exceed those for...
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Nikon's mid-term refresh of the firm's hugely popular D800 and D800E models resulted in a single model, the D810. Like the D800E it aims to maximize the resolution of the full-frame 36-Mpix CMOS sensor and omits a modified AA filter completely. We've anal...
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Aimed at professional studio and landscape photographers, the full-frame 36-Mpix D800E with its modified AA filter effectively increasing resolution over the standard D800 model is the closest 35mm full-frame camera yet to rival larger formats in renderin...
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This is the third part in the series of our lens recommendations for the Nikon D7100 where we've analyzed nearly 46 Nikon and third-party telephoto prime and zoom models to assess their optical quality. Read onto find out which of these lenses are the bes...
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Following on from the lens recommendations for the earlier full-frame Nikon D600, we've now had the opportunity to assess a wide range lenses with that model's replacement, the 24-Mpix D610. We've analyzed a total of 95 Nikkor and third-party prime and zo...
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This is part one of our lens recommendations for the Nikon D7100 where we've tested over 120 Nikkor and third-party prime and zoom models to assess image quality. Read onto find out which of these lenses are perform best when paired with Nikon's 24M-Pix A...
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This is the first of a three part series on choosing suitable lenses for Canon's entry-level full frame camera, the EOS 6D. The 20-Mpix CMOS' sensor used is similar in architecture to that in Canon's hugely popular full-frame EOS 5D Mk III, a camera that...
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In this second installment of lens recommendations for the Nikon D810, we've been analyzing the best performing models for landscape and wildlife photography. Admittedly when it comes to fast-paced photography there are better choices in Nikon's range but...
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With a full-frame 18-Mpix CMOS sensor and twin Digic 5+ processers that's capable of continuous bursts of up 12 fps – the fastest of any professional DSLR currently - the Canon EOS-1 Dx is the firm's flagship press camera. We've assessed it with over 100...
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This is the second and final part of our comprehensive lens recommendations for the new entry-level Canon EOS Rebel T5 / 1200D. This time we've assessed zoom lenses from both the Canon and third party makers to see how well they perform on the camera, and...
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Following on the from the lens recommendations for the new mid-range DX format Nikon D5300, we've now completed the assessment of the full-frame Nikon Df. We've tested the camera with more than 90 Nikkor and third-party prime lenses and zooms to assess im...
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