p.42 #1 · In stock: Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8 E-mount ($799)
I just bought one here in New Zealand and honestly I think this lens is very very sharp on center/midframe and I can't fault anything for personal use (family kids etc...). To my untrained eyes is prime like sharp but I probably don't know how to pixel peep properly.
AF is also super snappy and probably as fast of not faster than the Sony 55mm AF. Again just my fealing - I didn't perform any scientific tests.
I am so happy that I will selling my samyang 35mm 2.8 and samyang 50mm 1.4 to keep this zoom.
p.42 #2 · In stock: Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8 E-mount ($799)
GMPhotography wrote:
This lens needs a good lens profile. I’ll post my results later but it’s exactly what I thought it will be and whoever said will beat a GM 24-70 should be strapped to a cactus and whipped with Ocotillo branches. Big deservice to users. It’s a competent lens and for its price tag and being 2.8 a good lens but don’t go selling your primes. I’m not being negative I’m a lens whore and I call it the way I see it and I have very high quality standards. That’s me though
p.42 #3 · In stock: Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8 E-mount ($799)
flaviosa wrote:
I just bought one here in New Zealand and honestly I think this lens is very very sharp on center/midframe and I can't fault anything for personal use (family kids etc...). To my untrained eyes is prime like sharp but I probably don't know how to pixel peep properly.
AF is also super snappy and probably as fast of not faster than the Sony 55mm AF. Again just my fealing - I didn't perform any scientific tests.
I am so happy that I will selling my samyang 35mm 2.8 and samyang 50mm 1.4 to keep this zoom.
Will probably add the Sony 85mm 1.8mm later....Show more →
This is a compliment. You are the target audience and many many folks are like you. Very happy with a good price, smaller, lighter good lens. It gets the family type , vacation type shots done without stress. I just get furious when I read it’s 2/3 rd the price of a GM and better. It’s such a bad advice from these supposedly professional reviewers or try to be but ultimately it’s about click bait and getting google money. Here my point you just need to know the expectations of what it is and what it’s not. Can’t people just be honest . Is it that hard or are they inexperienced in this testing that it’s about the money and damn the torpedos. Sorry it just makes me nuts.
I’m glad your happy and yes it’s very good on center and mid frame
It honestly reminds me of a Sony 28 F2 only a zoom
p.42 #5 · In stock: Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8 E-mount ($799)
GMPhotography wrote:
This is a compliment. You are the target audience and many many folks are like you. Very happy with a good price, smaller, lighter good lens. It gets the family type , vacation type shots done without stress. I just get furious when I read it’s 2/3 rd the price of a GM and better. It’s such a bad advice from these supposedly professional reviewers or try to be but ultimately it’s about click bait and getting google money. Here my point you just need to know the expectations of what it is and what it’s not. Can’t people just be honest . Is it that hard or are they inexperienced in this testing that it’s about the money and damn the torpedos. Sorry it just makes me nuts.
I’m glad your happy and yes it’s very good on center and mid frame
It honestly reminds me of a Sony 28 F2 only a zoom...Show more →
Totally agree. I never thought nor Tamron said it would be better than the GM and every single possible way. The reviewers did that.
For the price it's a very good lens period. I am not a professional so even if the af is not 100% which is not the case I m happy with it.
This is my non professional review.
-Great overall IQ that rivals the GM and some primes.
-Very fast AF and not 100% reliable (will be fixed in the next firmware).
-Build quality ok/good enough (what were you expecting?)
-Price is adequate. If fact you get slight more for what you paid for.
If can live with these limitations buy it and be happy. If you are a professional they can't afford missing a shot here and there than buy the GM.
p.42 #7 · In stock: Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8 E-mount ($799)
Personably the “Forum Experts” that look at someone else’s crops and deem it worthless, or complete garbage annoy me more. Too many seem to fail to grasp that optics are always a trade off. A 28-75/2.8 isn’t a landscape lens. It’ll stand in sure, but those that dismiss the lens as crap cause it’s corners aren’t perfect at 2.8... I do t want one lens to do everything for me, I want tools, and for family/event type shooting, this lens has the best trade off I can think of.
GMPhotography wrote:
This is a compliment. You are the target audience and many many folks are like you. Very happy with a good price, smaller, lighter good lens. It gets the family type , vacation type shots done without stress. I just get furious when I read it’s 2/3 rd the price of a GM and better. It’s such a bad advice from these supposedly professional reviewers or try to be but ultimately it’s about click bait and getting google money. Here my point you just need to know the expectations of what it is and what it’s not. Can’t people just be honest . Is it that hard or are they inexperienced in this testing that it’s about the money and damn the torpedos. Sorry it just makes me nuts.
I’m glad your happy and yes it’s very good on center and mid frame
It honestly reminds me of a Sony 28 F2 only a zoom...Show more →
p.42 #8 · In stock: Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8 E-mount ($799)
Will look at those corners tonight but for family stuff even F 4 is pretty good going to the corners. People’s me expect too much out of a zoom on. There always a compromise somewhere and it’s either a focal length, corners or CA issues. That’s normal
I think folks tend to think I’m saving so much money over buying primes they think there getting the deal of a lifetime. You gotta take it on its merit not on price or convience sake
p.42 #9 · In stock: Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8 E-mount ($799)
Just made an account to ask this, could someone who has both lenses do a bokeh test comparison between the new 28-75 and the Sony 28mm f2? Maybe if possible more comparisons with other basic primes in the same FL range could be useful as well like between this lens and the 35mm f2.8 or the 55mm f1.8.
p.42 #10 · In stock: Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8 E-mount ($799)
GMPhotography wrote:
Will look at those corners tonight but for family stuff even F 4 is pretty good going to the corners. People’s me expect too much out of a zoom on. There always a compromise somewhere and it’s either a focal length, corners or CA issues. That’s normal
I think folks tend to think I’m saving so much money over buying primes they think there getting the deal of a lifetime. You gotta take it on its merit not on price or convience sake
I couldn't agree more. from what I'm seeing it looks to be a great small, lightweight family/event lens for out-and-about use. It might not have the ultimate IQ or bokeh of the GM but for many the lightness, size and weight will be important. Also it is f2.8 which again will make it for many who also shoot in lower light more useful than the 24-105.
p.42 #12 · In stock: Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8 E-mount ($799)
Interesting that difference of brightness between the GM and the Tamron at 2.8...and at every focal length. it seems that the Tamron is more a 3.something than a real 2.8
p.42 #15 · In stock: Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8 E-mount ($799)
This may be true. I was trying a friend’s tamron side by side with my 24-105mm f4 last night. Under the same indoor light condition, I was a little surprised that auto iso with tamron at f2.8 was only 1/3-1/2 stop better than 24-105mm at f4. If I recall correctly, tamron at f2.8 was at iso 4000 vs iso 5000/6000 of Sony at f4 around 70/75mm end. Nothing scientific nor under ideal controlled situation by any means. Would appreciate folks with tamron to further explore the actual T stop of this lens.
moby59 wrote:
Interesting that difference of brightness between the GM and the Tamron at 2.8...and at every focal length. it seems that the Tamron is more a 3.something than a real 2.8
p.42 #20 · In stock: Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8 E-mount ($799)
Had mine since June 1. I'm aware that Tamron is working on a FW. But, I will return it if they really don't fix it. And, I'm scared it may be beyond a simple FW fix and may be a QC or hardware issue.
It's super duper bad on mine. It "locks on" to something totally not in focus. It's like it locks-on to air, if that made sense, lol.
Mine is 1000x worse than all the YT videos and complaints about it. It happens 99.99% of the time.
Even, an unmounting&dismounting, or an on&off, doesn't fix it. Sometimes it does fix it, but only fixes it for only for a few minutes (3-10minutes), then it returns to locking-on to air or something totally out of focus.
I don't even use it and cannot use it at all.. it is unusable and trash at this moment. Maybe only good as an MF lens really.
It happens in BOTH Video and Stills modes.
Also, worth noting, Video mode AWB is noticeably different than in Stills mode. Video mode, AWB seems a bit more tungsten and warmer, whereas in Stills mode it seems normal and perfect. Yes, same exact settings.
If it didn't have this issue... it's really a spectacular lens... MFD is crazy good!, very sharp (for when I could actually focus on things or using it in MF mode), very small and light for a 2.8 FF zoom, doesn't extend that long at all compared to Zony lenses, looks very sleek and nice, etc.
Frustrated at this lens...but not really... cuz I just gave up on it and already know about the focus issues and will wait until a FW update.
I just hope the store I bought it from will accept a return and refund by that time (if Tamron can't fix it).
