APS-C shooters can be forgiven for feeling like they sometimes get left out in the cold when it comes to quality development for their platform. Canon, for example, has an interesting dichotomy. Many of their lens releases for full frame are of the premium “L” series type, while it seems that an abnormal amount [&hell [Read more...]
Tamron
I’ve already done a full review of the new Tamron SP 150-600mm f/5-6.3 VC USD G2 lens in the late fall of 2016, but at that time the lens was just coming to market and my review time was constrained by the high demand for the lens (and for review copies). As a result, […] [Read more...]
There are few lenses more indispensable to photographers as a 70-200mm f/2.8 lens. Though large, heavy, and expensive, these lenses can be found in the bags of many, many photographers, both professional and amateur. They are just so versatile! They can do everything, from events to sports to portraits to landscapes to ev [Read more...]
Tamron 10-24mm f/3.5-4.5 Di II VC HLD Image Gallery Tamron’s newest lens is a replacement for its wide angle option for APS-C (crop sensor) cameras – the Tamron 10-24mm f/3.5-4.5 Di II VC HLD. The new version of the lens has taken a big step forward in build and features, including a new physical design [&helli [Read more...]
Tamron SP 70-200mm f/2.8 VC G2 Image Gallery Ever since the announcement of the new Tamron SP 70-200mm f/2.8 VC USD G2 lens I’ve been excited to get my hands on one. That was particularly true when I started having conversations with industry insiders and heard some exciting reports of how good it really was. [&helli [Read more...]
The first generation of Tamron’s affordable supertelephoto zoom took the world by storm when it was released less than three years ago. Never before had the market seen such incredible reach (up to 600mm on a full frame DSLR) in such an affordable, well executed package. The lens wasn’t without faults, but even when late [Read more...]
The first generation of Tamron’s affordable supertelephoto zoom took the world by storm when it was released nearly four years ago. Never before had the market seen such incredible reach (up to 600mm on a full frame DSLR) in such an affordable, well executed package. The lens wasn’t without faults, but ev [Read more...]
Why the Tap In console? When rival third party lens maker Sigma introduced their USB dock in 2013 it was heralded as a great move. The Sigma Optimization Pro software allowed users to customize certain aspects of lens behavior (like autofocus and optical stabilization) as well as allowing Sigma to distribute firmware updates for [Read more...]