I Fanged this Tamron SP-35-105mm Zoom Lens and I use 100F and 400F
myself
I'll let you know how my first roll goes after taking possession of it.
Dan
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From: owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Walt Wayman
Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2003 6:44 AM
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [OM] Defending the 28-105/2.8 Tamron
I have great respect for John Lind and his knowledge of things
photographic. But today, for the second time in the last week or
so, he has made disparaging remarks about the 28-105/2.8 Tamron.
I have come to speak in its defense, even to praise it a bit.
John's criticism seemingly is based on (a) unspecified test
results and (b) comparing the 28-105/2.8 Tamron to the 35-105/2.8
Tamron, which, sadly, I don't have one of, so I'm at a
disadvantage there. But I do have the 35-105/3.5~4.5 Zuiko and
the 35-80/2.8 Zuiko. I use all three of these lenses with some
regularity, mostly with Provia 100F and 400F. Viewing the
resulting slides through an 8x loupe, or scanning them at 3200 dpi
and making the occasional 8x10 or 11x14 in. print, or projecting
them onto a 50x50 in. matte screen, I don't see any really
significant differences.
Gary Reese's test of the 28-105/2.8 Tamron shows it to be a pretty
decent performer, with it getting lots of A's, B+'s, B's, even a
couple of A+'s, and so on. I would wager that if C.H. took his
microscope to the slides I've been shooting with these lenses, he
very well might find the 35-80 Zuiko to be the better lens, and
maybe even the 35-105 Zuiko. But with my style of mainly hand-
held, shoot-first-and-ask- questions-later photography, the 28-105
Tamron has become my grab-and-go, one-lens outfit of choice.
As an example, this morning I had a number of errands to run.
Being now retired :-), I had all the time in the world to
accomplish these tasks. In about three hours, I covered a half
dozen stops in probably 40 miles or so of wandering about the
northwest quadrant of the metropolitan Atlanta area. The day here
is dreary and cloudy, so as I was leaving home, I grabbed up the
OM-4Ti loaded with Provia 400F, attached the big Tamron, and off I
went. Had the sun been shining, I would have picked the OM-4Ti
loaded with Provia 100F. As I do on these outings where only
accidental photography is expected to occur, I just hang the
camera by the neck strap over the headrest on the passenger seat,
keeping it safe from sudden stops, and go on my sometimes merry
way.
No photography occurred today, but I was ready if the occasion
arose. It's hard to beat the combination of range and speed of
this lens. It certainly wins hands-down over these other lenses
in the 28-34mm range, and it wallops the 35-80 Zuiko from 81 to
105mm, whether there's a tiny bit of pincushion distortion or not,
and I haven't noticed any of significance.
In summation, I think it's a pretty darn good lens. It certainly
fills a niche in my photographic armament.
Defense rests.
Walt
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