Re: Official: Tamron 35-150mm F/2-2.8 Di III VXD (Model A058)
Dexter75 wrote: MAubrey wrote: Dexter75 wrote:
I was so hyped for this lens that I stayed up late a few nights ago ready to preorder as soon as it went live...until I saw the price. $2,079 after tax is just way too much. Thats GM lens pricing for a 3rd party, variable aperture zoom. I would have much preferred a constant f/2.8 if it would have been smaller, lighter and priced at or under $1500. I'll be keeping my Tamron 28-200 for now and renting the 35-150 to see if its even any good (dont like the bokeh quality and falloff at all in the sample portraits), but will definitely wait for a major price drop or them to hit the used forum here.
You say "variable aperture" as if f/2 to f/2.8 is a step below a constant f/2.8. I guess if you're doing a ton of video maybe...
Im talking about portrait, wedding or event photography, especially outdoors. I shoot with the 28-200, which is a variable aperture zoom. You constantly have to watch your settings as you go thru the focal lengths because they are ever changing. Granted, f/2-2.8 is a smaller range than my f/2.8-5.6 but youre still dealing with f/2, 2.2, 2.5 and 2.8 which is not ideal.
Lets say you are shooting a wedding or event and need to go from 35-40mm out to 135mm or so quickly. That jump from f/2 to f/2.8 is going to require a change to your shutter speed and ISO or the photos will look way off from each other and your client wont be very impressed. How fast do you think you can change your settings before you miss a shot at a wedding?
This is why every professional grade zoom has a constant aperture and variable aperture is for budget zooms. Even going from f/2 to f/2.2 is more than likely going to require you change your settings, especially if you are outdoors where your light may be changing. For the price of this lens, having a variable aperture is a major downfall.
Honestly, no disrespect but i never seen a professional photographer using Tamron 28-200/F2.8-5.6 for his (paid or even free) work, never even heard about one till now.
Aside from that T35-150/F2-F2.8 for wedding/event or portrait is amazing, with modern camera there is no risk whatsoever to just use shutter priorioty with aotu ISO limit on and since the light gathering only changes at worst from F2 to F2.8 which only one stop this will work without fail.
It may not work for your style of taking photos but for most wedding/event/portrait photographers this Tamron is almost a perfect lens.
Oct 03, 2021 at 02:57 PM
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