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Tamron 24-70mm f2.8 VC

tamron 24-70mm vc

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Don't you mean, the Tamron is a 24-70?


No.. I actually meant 28-75... :). There is a 24-70, but that's out of my budget.

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This is a bit off-topic as this thread is about the Tamron 24-70, but anyway...

The Tamron 28-75 is quite a bit better than the 35-70. The 35-70 was a solid workhorse on film, up to 10 MP on DX and on the D700 and D3. It doesn't outresolve the more modern sensors, though and everything needs to be oversharpened to not look flat. The Tamron, on the other hand is nice and contrasty between f/3.2 and f/7.1 even on the D810. It is slightly soft and shows some vignetting wide open and diffraction sets in earlier than with the 24-70-s from both Tamron and Nikon, but for what it costs, it is surprisingly good. On a D600, D610 or D750, it is nice up to f/11 and quite usable up to f/16.



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Got to ask, how does this lens compare to say a used Nikon 35-70 f2.8 acknowledging that the Tamron is a 28-70...

 

You mean the older Tamron 28-75mm?

 

edit: Oops.. didn't see the second page



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This is a bit off-topic as this thread is about the Tamron 24-70, but anyway...
The Tamron 28-75 is quite a bit better than the 35-70. The 35-70 was a solid workhorse on film, up to 10 MP on DX and on the D700 and D3. It doesn't outresolve the more modern sensors, though and everything needs to be oversharpened to not look flat. The Tamron, on the other hand is nice and contrasty between f/3.2 and f/7.1 even on the D810. It is slightly soft and shows some vignetting wide open and diffraction sets in earlier than with the 24-70-s from both Tamron and Nikon, but for what it costs, it is surprisingly good. On a D600, D610 or D750, it is nice up to f/11 and quite usable up to f/16.


Yes, my bad... I had been asking around about both the Tamron 24-70 and the 28-75, as well as the Nikon 35-70 2.8D and was confused as to which thread I was replying. Apologies!

Thanks for the input regardless!

I ended up purchasing a Nikon 35-70 2.8D... I'll see how it goes. If I don't like it, I'll resell it. The Tamron 24-70 is a bit out of my budget right now, but worth keeping in sight as it's still substantially cheaper than Nikon's new 24-70 VR and mildly cheaper than the non-VR. The Tamron 28-75 also fits my budget right now, however many of the photos on Flickr from both Tamron lenses on average look soft to me on a D7100. Most of the sharp images I've seen from the Tamrons have been on FX bodies.

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 Most of the sharp images I've seen from the Tamrons have been on FX bodies.

Most people will tell you that the Tamron 28-75 works better on a crop body camera.  I certainly liked mine on my Pentax gear.  The 28-75 is known for having weak corners.  You can check it out, here.  http://www.the-digit...omp=0&APIComp=0

 

When you're looking at pictures on the internet, for a zoom, you also have to keep in mind the sweet spots for the lens.  The Tamron 28-75 is better on the wide end than the tele-end.  If you decide to sell your 35-70, you should probably look for something like the Tamron 17-50mm/2.8 lens, as 35 is pretty narrow on a crop body.  17-50 will give you the more traditional standard zoom angle of view.  



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The 50mm sigma, how is focus speed compared to the 24-70?
I honestly find it a little slow compared to 70-200 2.8 tamron, but small sacrifice. Pretty happy with the lens, and really... macro, it is good for this purpose.

Unlike you, I use VC almost all the time, it is great, nothing less...!





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