Tamron
LEFT Shooting towards a low bright sun had the risk of flare and ghosting having a negative effect on the shot, but Tamron’s BBAR coating dealt with any risk very well so no problems surfaced ABOVE It might look very bright, but the shutter speed needed for this shot was 1/13sec with the lens set to f/3.5 and 61mm. The AF point was positioned over Natasha’s eye and this result is critically sharp (All images edited to taste) shots, especially as I was still trying to utilise the lens’s wide range of focal lengths. However I could see I was getting lovely results even at the telephoto settings. I thought the Tamron 35-150mm F/2.8-4 Di VC OSD performed really well in this simple daylight shoot. The lens’s wide range enabled me to get a great range of shots and its VC skills gave me the freedom to shoot handheld shots as the light levels fell. It’s a seriously impressive, very capable lens.
SPECS › Price £799 › Mount availability Canon EF, Nikon F › Optical construction 18 elements in 14 groups › Special elements Three LD (low dispersion), three hybrid aspherical elements › Moisture resistant Yes › Autofocus motor OSD (Optimised Silent Drive) › Aperture range F/2.8-4 to f/16-22 › Minimum focus 45cm › Diaphragm Nine blades › Maximummagnification ratio 1:3.7 › Coatings BBAR (Broad-Band Anti Reflection), fluorine coat on front lens element › Filter size 77mm › Dimensions (dxl) 84x126.8mm › Weight 796g (Canon), 790g (Nikon) › Contact tamron.eu/uk
I had the camera set to its AF point expansion setting that uses five AF points and this I moved around with the focus lever to be over Natasha’s eye. The Tamron’s OSD AF motor was so smooth and quiet that I didn’t even notice it but I did see that the AF system dealt with the situation very well indeed. A quick outfit change and I opted to enjoy the now very low and intense sun streaming into the room. I had Natasha sitting on the floor with the sun backlighting her hair and I shot towards the light, with some much- needed fill in provided by a fold-up reflector. Tamron’s BBAR coating
helped to deliver flare-free shots even in this high-contrast situation. The third change was Natasha in a black pullover. With her blonde hair and the white walls, I thought this would give a lovely contrast and so it proved. By now it was late in the afternoon and the sun was dropping into low cloud so the lighting was changing constantly with levels being quite low at times. On occasion my shutter speed was dipping as low as 1/15sec even with the lens wide open, and this is when I had to rely on the lens’s VC system to help me get pin-sharp handheld
“The Tamron 35-150mm f/2.8-4’sOSD AFmotorwas so smoothand quiet that I didn’t evennotice it”
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