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