Photography News | Issue 34 | absolutephoto.com
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A professional photographer based in Cologne, Martin Krolop primarily works alongside fellow photographer Marc Gerst as a duo. The two mainly focus on people photography, and in Germany Martin also has a reputation as a photography coach. “I was given the opportunity to take the Tamron 35mm f/1.8 and 45mm f/1.8 lenses on a two-week trip to Iceland,” he says. “In total we shot over 7000 images in 14 days all around Iceland, and it was a great opportunity to really test them out.” Martin has been a long-time user of Tamron optics, attracted by both the quality of the products and the affordable price Tamron user: Martin Krolop
points the range offers. The SP 35mm and 45mm models open the door to still more opportunities and leading up to the Iceland shoot he was looking forward to seeing what they could do. Ultimately he came away hugely impressed, convinced that these are lenses that really could help photographers to improve the quality of their images. “I really love the 35mm f/1.8 and 45mm f/1.8 lenses,” he says. “In my work I tend to use fixed focal length lenses in any case, so these were ideal. The killer features for me are image quality combined with excellent image stabilisation. I shoot with a Canon EOS 5DS R, and the ultra-high resolution
this offers will show up any shake if I’m shooting below 1/200sec. It will be the same for any photographer working with a high megapixel camera: stability becomes all important and the VC on the lenses was super efficient. This, combined with a very fast maximum aperture of f/1.8, meant that I was able to work in all kinds of conditions and still achieve the results I was after.” Another big plus point for Martin was the light weight of the lenses, useful when serious amounts of trekking and carrying of gear might be called for, and their weather resistance also came in handy in the challenging Icelandic environment.
“A lot of the time it was raining or there was a lot of dust around,” he says, “but both lenses ultimately stood up to everything that the weather could throw at them.” Overall it was a really successful trip, and Martin and Marc returned with a set of pictures to be proud of. “The image quality these lenses offer is astonishing,” Martin confirms, “and the combination of all the features they’re packed with means that both these optics have now officially become my all-time favourite lenses.”
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