Tamron 17-50 2.8 Lens Review

Posted by Steve Oakley at 12:40:07 AM in Gear Reviews (66) | Comments (2)

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1. Samuel+H said...

I love mine too, great lens for a very reasonable price

but beware: the VC version is absolutely horrible
it's not just that it's more expensive, so if you're not going to use that feature it's better to save a bit of money: it's a completely different optical formula, and it's really really really soft
http://www.the-digital-picture.com/Reviews/ISO-12233-Sample-Crops.aspx?Lens=679&Camera=474&Sample=0&FLI=1&API=0&LensComp=400&CameraComp=474&SampleComp=0&FLIComp=1&APIComp=0

it's featured on Lensrental's list of Stuff I Wish I'd Never Bought:
http://www.lensrentals.com/blog/2011/01/stuff-i-wish-id-never-bought

some people shoot happily with the VC version, but I know I wouldn't

2/6/2012

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