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WIDE, WIDER, WIDEST
E xperienced landscape photographers use telephoto lenses to isolate detail, exploit shallow depth-of-field effects and compress perspective; when they want dramatic foregrounds, powerful lead-in lines and massive back-to-front sharpness, it’s time for the wide-angle lens. Tamron’s range has the perfect duo to encompass both approaches: the 35-150mm f/2.8-4 Di VC OSD covering telephoto needs; and the 17-35mm f/2.8-4 Di OSD giving a seamless transition to the world of the wide. Together they make a formidable, lightweight and high-performing combination, and not just for landscape photography but for general shooting, too. We’ll be exploring the potential of the 35-150mm f/2.8-4 Di VC OSD in the next issue, and concentrating on the 17-35mm f/2.8-4 Di OSD here. Going from a moderately wide 35mm view for an almost normal, human-eye perspective to a 17mm setting which is about as wide as most photographers would want to go, the Tamron’s 17-35mm f/2.8-4 Di OSD is available in Canon EF and Nikon F mounts and suits full-frame and APS-C format DSLR cameras. I used it on a Canon EOS 5DMark IV, a popular and capable full-frame DSLR camera. The lens and camera make for a lovely, balanced To make the most of sweeping lines, awesome foregrounds and big skies, what you need is a wide- angle lens. Better still, what you really, really need for total versatility is a wide- angle zoom, a lens like the Tamron 17-35mm f/2.8-4 Di OSD . PN’s editor takes it out for a trip to the coast
SPECS › Price £499.99
› Mount availability Canon EF, Nikon F › Optical construction 15 elements in 10 groups › Special elements Four LD (Low Dispersion), two GM (Glass Moulded Aspherical) elements › Moisture resistant Yes › Autofocus motor OSD (Optimised Silent Drive) › Aperture range F/2.8-4 to 16-22 › Minimum focus 28cm › Diaphragm Seven blades › Maximummagnification ratio 1:4.9 › Coatings BBAR (Broad-BandAnti Reflection), fluorine coat on front lens element › Filter size 77mm › Dimensions (dxl) 83.6x92.5mm › Weight 460g › Contact tamron.eu/uk
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