I had the big Tamron 28-105/2.8 zoom before I traded it for a Zuiko 35-80 +
cash.
First, it was expensive. It also produced very, very nice images.
High-quality color, snappy photos.
Minuses for me:
- It's an AF lens, and MF functionality was an afterthought with that thin
focusing ring and quick throw.
- It's big, esp with the 82mm filter = expensive filters and a big front
element + the tulip hood
- Did I mention that it's big? When you zoom out to 105 in close company, I
always got self-conscious as the lens grew several inches, and people
definitely noticed, often remarking how big that lens was!
- Unbalanced without a MD, IMO. It's too large with a bare body.
In the end, the handling was a dead-end for me and I moved to the Zuiko, which
I liked more, although I really enjoyed the wide zoom range of the Tamron and
the fixed f/2.8 aperture.
Incidentally, isn't it interesting that the E-1's standard lens is a 28-108
equiv. lens, just like the Tamron?
Skip
----- Original Message ---------------
Subject: [OM] Re: Tamron 28-105/2.8 opinions?
From: Gary Reese <pcacala@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2004 15:37:43 -0700
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
>Hi Mike:
>
><< Any opinions on this lens? I seem to remember it being discussed
>favorably in the past. >>
>
>I posted the Popular Photography SQF grades at:
>< http://members.aol.com/olympusom/lenstests/default.htm >
>along with my own testing grades at even more focal length settings than
>the magazine. Those C and worse wide open grades and the too short a
>twist to the focusing helical makes this a difficult to focus lens, in
>my humble opinion, as posted here years ago. I listened to a wedding
>photographer hype the lens at a Tamron booth and got the distinct
>impression it really wasn't his favorite lens - he just had to say it
>was. I think it is a very high profit item for Tamron.
>
>Gary Reese
>Las Vegas, NV
>
>
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