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Tamron 24-70 G2 on EOS R6: Does VC and IBIS work together?

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catastrophe Regular Member • Posts: 161
Re: Tamron 24-70 G2 on EOS R6: Does VC and IBIS work together?
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I have the Tamron SP 24-70 vc F2.8 G1. It started on a 6D then an R and I now have an R6mII. I have done a quick test with the Tamron and the R6mII. My technique for hand holding at low shutter speeds is not good. I seem to get about 2 stops of stabilisation at 70mm. I am sure that if I took more care and practiced a bit more I could do better. I don't have a non stabilised lense so I can't compare the VC - IBIS combination with IBIS only.

This lens did not need a firmware upgrade to work with the R and RP. The introduction of the R5 and R6 seems to have caused problems with all the lenses that Tamron supports on the R. As far as I can tell, a high f number, a high shutter speed and probably servo can cause a lockup. Tamron produced a firmware update for all the lenses that they support in the R system to fix this problem. I have not yet updated either my 24-70 or my 70-200. So far I have not managed to get the 24-70 to run at more than 12 FPS. I can get around 20fps from the 70-200. I have not tried to run it faster but I suspect that 20 fps is around its limit. I have not had problems with tracking.

I looks like you have an unstabilised 85mm. If you can get 2 stops or better with IBIS you can forget about VC and go for an unstabilised lense.

Personaly I would not buy a new camera or lense without accessible support unless there was an amazing discount

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