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Subject: Tamron 18-270mm F/3.5-6.3 Di II VC PZD

bclaytonphoto opened this issue on May 06, 2011 · 3 posts
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bclaytonphoto ( ) posted Fri, 06 May 2011 at 6:09 AM · edited Fri, 26 July 2024 at 2:42 PM

http://www.dpreview.com/news/1105/11050310tamron18_270gallery.asp

The range of this lens is very appealing to me..It would be perfect on my back-up camera for concerts..besides..what a nice range as a walk-about lens

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TheSeekerr ( ) posted Fri, 06 May 2011 at 11:35 PM · edited Fri, 06 May 2011 at 11:36 PM

Aperture gets slow fast. Horrid bokeh and CA, and merely acceptable sharpness - might as well be shooting with a superzoom compact and not bother with the DSLR.

(To it's credit, though this new version does focus MUCH better than its predecessor, and the image stabilisation is quite effective. So that's something)

blinkings ( ) posted Sat, 07 May 2011 at 7:25 PM

The relatively small maximum apertures, particularly at longer focal lengths, would make it difficult to blur-out background detail. The bokeh may be better with images that have gentler brightness differences. For me, it's the choppy focus on the higher contrast example shots that bugs me the most with this lens. And forget it if you are not a RAW shooter or need flatness of field for shooting architectural shots.

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