Test Results Nikon 70-300mm VR & Tamron 70-300mm VC
I posted earlier about buying the Tamron 70-300 VC to test against the Nikon 70-300 VR. I finally had a chance to test them today. In my unscientific tests I shot each lens at 70mm and at 300mm at f/4, f/8, and f/16.
As far as colors and contrast I really did not see a huge difference between these 2 lenses. For my purposes I was mostly interested in how they compared at 300mm. ISO was set at 200 VR and VC was turned off and outside of cropping, the images haven\'t been touched. The camera was on a tripod and a cable release was used.
At 300mm f/5.6(wide open) I really did not see a difference in the 2 lenses. At f/8 and f/16 is where I think the Tamron beat the Nikon. The Tamron definitely was sharper. Also, at 70mm I did not see much difference and i have posted pics below at 70mm. In testing AF I could not find much difference. They both seemed to hunt just a tiny bit in low light but locked on quickly in good light. I really did not where one was faster than the other.
The images below are as follows:
1. Nikon @300mm f/8
2. Tamron @300mm f/8
3. Nikon @300mm f/16
4. Tamron @300mm f/16
I have other images if anyone wants to see something in particular.
Steve
Test Results Nikon 70-300mm VR & Tamron 70-300mm VC
I posted earlier about buying the Tamron 70-300 VC to test against the Nikon 70-300 VR. I finally had a chance to test them today. In my unscientific tests I shot each lens at 70mm and at 300mm at f/4, f/8, and f/16.
As far as colors and contrast I really did not see a huge difference between these 2 lenses. For my purposes I was mostly interested in how they compared at 300mm. ISO was set at 200 VR and VC was turned off and outside of cropping, the images haven\'t been touched. The camera was on a tripod and a cable release was used.
At 300mm f/5.6(wide open) I really did not see a difference in the 2 lenses. At f/8 and f/16 is whereI think the Tamron beat the Nikon. The Tamron definitely was sharper. Also, at 70mm I did not see much difference and i have posted pics below at 70mm. In testing AF I could not find much difference. They both seemed to hunt just a tiny bit in low light but locked on quickly in good light. I really did not where one was faster than the other.
The images below are as follows:
1. Nikon @300mm f/8
2. Tamron @300mm f/8
3. Nikon @300mm f/16
4. Tamron @300mm f/16
I have other images if anyone wants to see something in particular.
Steve
I posted earlier about buying the Tamron 70-300 VC to test against the Nikon 70-300 VR. I finally had a chance to test them today. In my unscientific tests I shot each lens at 70mm and at 300mm at f/4, f/8, and f/16.
As far as colors and contrast I really did not see a huge difference between these 2 lenses. For my purposes I was mostly interested in how they compared at 300mm. ISO was set at 200 VR and VC was turned off and outside of cropping, the images haven\'t been touched. The camera was on a tripod and a cable release was used.
At 300mm f/5.6(wide open) I really did not see a difference in the 2 lenses. At f/8 and f/16 is whereI think the Tamron beat the Nikon. The Tamron definitely was sharper. Also, at 70mm I did not see much difference and i have posted pics below at 70mm. In testing AF I could not find much difference. They both seemed to hunt just a tiny bit in low light but locked on quickly in good light. I really did not where one was faster than the other.
The images below are as follows:
1. Nikon @300mm f/8
2. Tamron @300mm f/8
3. Nikon @300mm f/16
4. Tamron @300mm f/16
I have other images if anyone wants to see something in particular.
Steve
I posted earlier about buying the Tamron 70-300 VC to test against the Nikon 70-300 VR. I finally had a chance to test them today. In my unscientific tests I shot each lens at 70mm and at 300mm at f/4, f/8, and f/16.
As far as colors and contrast I really did not see a difference between these 2 lenses. For my purposes I was mostly interested in how they compared at 300mm. ISO was set at 200 and outside of cropping, the images haven\'t been touched. The camera was on a tripod and a cable release was used.
At 300mm f/5.6(wide open) I really did not see a difference in the 2 lenses. At f/8 and f/16 is where the difference between the 2 started to show up The Tamron definitely was sharper. Also, at 70mm I did not see much difference.
The images below are as follows:
1. Nikon @300mm f/8
2. Tamron @300mm f/8
3. Nikon @300mm f/16
4. Tamron @300mm f/16
I have other images if anyone wants to see something in particular.
Steve
I own the Nikon 70-300mm VR which I really like but a case of LAS hit me and I bought the new Tamron 70-300mm VC to test out. Hopefully I can test both of them this weeknd and see which one I think might be better for my needs. Has anyone else compared these two??
Steve
Feb 18, 2011 at 01:01 PM
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