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New Tamron 35mm & 45mm 1.8 Lenses
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Albert Silver
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100% agreed. Best reviewer pics I have seen so far on this lens.
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Yes, and the 45mm looks plenty sharp wide open.
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Albert Silver
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I quite understand, but will admit I am more attracted to the 45mm myself. It may not have quite the quality of the Sigma 50, but it is also cheaper and lighter (not to mention VC, close-focusing, and weather sealing), but should easily outdo the nifty-fifties which are quite soft wide open, and only really decent as of 2.8.
Great links.
fishy wishy
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Reviews keep mentioning slow focus speed of these lenses. All my very fast lenses have had slow focus speeds because a long manual focus throw helps nail the focus with the shallow depth of field.
I have both long- and short- throw FTM zooms. The short-throw ones pull the focus back quickly in cases of focus error, but make the task of precise focus fiddly. I would rather have a wide prime a bit slow but manual-focusable.
Are these reviewers all spoilt, or post-digital?
I have both long- and short- throw FTM zooms. The short-throw ones pull the focus back quickly in cases of focus error, but make the task of precise focus fiddly. I would rather have a wide prime a bit slow but manual-focusable.
Are these reviewers all spoilt, or post-digital?
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Well I use AF nearly all the time too
but I like to know that good manual focus is an option for when I need it. I think the reviewers are doing the lenses a disservice by only commenting on the AF time from one extreme to the other; only when you know how the lenses handle smaller but rapid focus adjustments can you start saying things like "slow" and not good for tracking action etc.Albert Silver
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Many thanks. Some truly bizarre comments though.
"In my heart of hearts I cannot recommend it for certain sports or fast action photographers."
First of all, these are fast primes, not really designed for sports (35mm for sports??) so it is hard to understand what he means. Furthermore, I'm guessing that unless you are going from zero to infinity to capture your moving subject, it will do more than fine for regular situations where the lens does not need to swing the entire length to lock.
Yes, isn't that silly. Short fast primes as fast action lenses. LOL
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Shangri La
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Good stuff. Wish dcfever's comparison images were available for download.
And here's the 35mm review from your 45mm link:
I tested out the 45mm yesterday at my local camera shop. I compared it to the Sigma 50 1.4 Art Lens and the Nikon 50mm 1.4.
The only thing I will comment on was the focus speed and how quickly it snapped to focus at various distances.
The clear winner was the Sigma which was very snappy, followed by the Tamron. The Nikon was the slowest of the 3.
I purchased the Sigma as it was the fastest to focus and I don't want to deal with any potential CA issues that I've been reading about with the Tamron.
The only thing I will comment on was the focus speed and how quickly it snapped to focus at various distances.
The clear winner was the Sigma which was very snappy, followed by the Tamron. The Nikon was the slowest of the 3.
I purchased the Sigma as it was the fastest to focus and I don't want to deal with any potential CA issues that I've been reading about with the Tamron.
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Indeed i did notice color fringing and vignetting. Otherwise sharpness (including edge sharpness is very good). It is barely any wider than the Sigma 50 f1.4 im replacing (mostly because of poor corner/edge sharpness). Additionally, for reference the Sigma did show more color fringing at equivalent aperture.
Top is Tamron, bottom is Sigma 50 f1.4 (non-art)
Top is Tamron, bottom is Sigma 50 f1.4 (non-art)
Thanks, great to see it all written out. No lens is perfect, an A+, but these two Tamrons appear to be A-, which is pretty damn good. Sacrifice a little AF speed for accuracy, may have to do some CA correction in exchange for sharpness wide open, VC, close focus, weather sealing in a relatively small light package, to me that's a great compromise.
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Thanks, great to see it all written out. No lens is perfect, an A+, but these two Tamrons appear to be A-, which is pretty damn good. Sacrifice a little AF speed for accuracy, may have to do some CA correction in exchange for sharpness wide open, VC, close focus, weather sealing in a relatively small light package, to me that's a great compromise.
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