While we await some English reviews: Some guys who get really excited taking landscape photos. Not sure there is much info on the G2, but entertaining anyway.
I'm getting older- between the motorcycles and horses, my can-do barely keeps up with my want-to.
As with many of us, weight was a deciding factor when switching systems (I went from Canon to Sony).
I still take long walks and my 7R3 always goes with me, usually hung around my neck with a single lens.
For that (mostly casual) affair I mount the Sony 18 to 105mm (35mm Equivalent Focal Length: 27 to 157.5mm / Weight 15 oz / 427 g).
Mounted on the 7R3 comes in at 2 lbs 9 oz / 1175 g. It's an absolute pleasure for a walkabout and mine is quite sharp, but it only gives me 18 mp and at times I wish I had more.
Now, I could use my optically excellent Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II, but with the 7R3 & adapter it comes in at 3 lbs 10 oz- that's more than I want to hang on my neck for 5 miles.
For me the Tamron G2, at just a quarter pound more than the 18-105, becomes a viable walkabout lens. I'll lose 1mm on the short end and 45mm on the long but I'll get 42 mp files and twice the light at f 2.8. I'm not selling the 18-105 either, so for the very casual stuff I'll still use it.
I don't know when I'll have one in my hands (I preordered one two weeks ago) or how many copies I might have to go through (the Canon 24-70 took 3) but it will need to at least match the Canon 24-70 to make it into my bag.
I'll post the tests and even check it against the Sig 14-24 when I finish them.
I was thinking about the new sigma 18-50. The size is really appealing. It might work for casual photos aps-c on the a7r4 is 26mp.
If you are hoping the g2 is as sharp as the canon 24-70, that might be a stretch but hopefully. The canon is one of the best regarded standard zooms. I rented one once and that is what I would like as well in native e mount. It might have to wait till the 24-70 gm ii
J-Baird wrote:
I'm getting older- between the motorcycles and horses, my can-do barely keeps up with my want-to.
As with many of us, weight was a deciding factor when switching systems (I went from Canon to Sony).
I still take long walks and my 7R3 always goes with me, usually hung around my neck with a single lens.
For that (mostly casual) affair I mount the Sony 18 to 105mm (35mm Equivalent Focal Length: 27 to 157.5mm / Weight 15 oz / 427 g).
Mounted on the 7R3 comes in at 2 lbs 9 oz / 1175 g. It's an absolute pleasure for a walkabout and mine is quite sharp, but it only gives me 18 mp and at times I wish I had more.
Now, I could use my optically excellent Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II, but with the 7R3 & adapter it comes in at 3 lbs 10 oz- that's more than I want to hang on my neck for 5 miles.
For me the Tamron G2, at just a quarter pound more than the 18-105, becomes a viable walkabout lens. I'll lose 1mm on the short end and 45mm on the long but I'll get 42 mp files and twice the light at f 2.8. I'm not selling the 18-105 either, so for the very casual stuff I'll still use it.
I don't know when I'll have one in my hands (I preordered one two weeks ago) or how many copies I might have to go through (the Canon 24-70 took 3) but it will need to at least match the Canon 24-70 to make it into my bag.
I'll post the tests and even check it against the Sig 14-24 when I finish them....Show more →
Nice review overall by Richard W. He is easy to listen to. The utility software that doesn't require any special hardware because the new Tamron lenses have a usb-c port seems nice. A little sharper in the corners primarily, slightly better sunstars at f/22, at little better repro ratio at 28mm, a little less CA (though as he notes the old one controls CA pretty well too), a little less structure in bokeh highlights, slightly worse pincushion distortion at 75mm, better physical feel to the lens.
He says the price is the same as the old one and therefore the new lens is better for the money. Around here (Sweden) the G2 is USD290 more than the old one's current standard price, which makes sense I guess unless they discontinue the old one. How's it where you lot are located? : )
He also says one can "simply enable the built-in distortion control in camera" and as he didn't mention jpegs I performed a small practical test (I had a vague notion that lens profiles enabled in camera are just for jpegs from before) and yes jpegs are corrected and for raws to be there needs to be a lens profile for distortion in your bit of postprocessing software. (Less of a problem for the majority of users(LR Classic) I imagine but those dependent upon Lensfun must sometimes be prepared to wait or perform profiling themselves)
I thought it was a good review although he didn't have an up to date higher MP camera to test the lens on. Thus, I think we'll get more helpful reviews for those who test on A1 or A7R4.
What struck me most was that the improvements would be hard to see in real world use unless, again, they will be more noticeable with a newer camera.
The most image quality gain will hopefully show up in meaningfully sharper corners. If so, I'll strongly consider switching for use with my A7R4. Although my original doesn't get that much use, I've had zero complaints.
I just think it's impressive that Tamron is really pushing the envelope when it comes to their design, support and overall posture in the E-mount space. I typically only purchase "OEM" glass, but I may have to rethink my approach... some of these options are getting difficult to ignore, especially the value.
IDK how I feel about the open USB port. I am kind of surprised it doesn't come with a rubber plug. Far from a deal breaker, but I would like that covered up.
tschopp wrote:
Video from Japan in English. At the end he is thinking about replacing his sigma 24-70 with the tamron, but needs more testing.
Impressive results! It does seem like Tamron made a leap from their G1.
I look forward to reviews from the usual subjects. I should applaud Tamron for actually picking up the pace and making so many updates from G1.
