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

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Human Elements
Human Elements Senior Member • Posts: 1,051
Re: Thoughts on the Tamron 17-70 thus far...
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Lettermanian wrote:

...flare at 70mm f11 in direct, low sunlight:

FWIW, that's almost certainly the purple grid flare common to X-Trans cameras and has nothing to do with the Tamron. Fuji had stated it was fixed with the X-T3. But I shoot a lot of landscapes as well and you can still find it when the sun is in the frame, the aperture is small-ish and light hits just right.
Here's one starting to manifest with the XF 70-300mm (lens is only at f/7.1 or it would be stronger):

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