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Thoughts on the Tamron 17-70 thus far...

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Lettermanian
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Re: Thoughts on the Tamron 17-70 thus far...

RustyRus wrote:

looks like a nice lens!

How do you feel about no aperture ring? I thought it was an interesting design decision from Tamron not to include.

Cheers and enjoy it!

Honestly it doesn't bother me; I like having it if it's there but for myself it's not a must-have feature. I have spent several years with Fuji, but over the past two years I have switched to the Nikon Z system and the Panasonic S5 with two lenses, and previous to owning Fuji I had m43 cameras, so I'm used to PSAM and lenses without aperture rings. Most other systems have aperture control on the front command dial by default, so I guess I'm used to it by now

I think Tamron is probably in a "test" phase with Fuji to see how sales go over time, so I doubt they would want to stray too far from their existing lens designs. It's a bit of a shame really; if they had jumped in from the beginning with a "Fuji" aesthetic (i.e. aperture rings), I'm sure more people would be seriously interested. For now though it's still nice for us to have more choice. This zoom range is very useful, and to have it in a 2.8 APS-C lens is very welcome, imo.

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