Comments on: [Editorial] Why The Tamron 24-70mm Matters

By: Gina

Gina — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 15:01:00 +0000

You all don’t know how to read!

By: Alex Kaplan

Alex Kaplan — Sun, 29 Jul 2012 04:10:00 +0000

would anyone know focus speed difference between Tamron 24-70 vs Nikon 24 – 120 f/4 VRII ?

By: Peter Grifoni

Peter Grifoni — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 03:56:00 +0000

“That Nikon Guy” has done a 5 part comparison between the 4 brands of lenses on YouTube.
Very interesting results and detailed testing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HV9ju8LmRfU&feature=g-user-u

check it out!

By: Phú Đẹp Trai

Phú Đẹp Trai — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 18:10:00 +0000

u dont no what ur talking about !

By: Peter Kertz

Peter Kertz — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 06:47:00 +0000

I bought this lens today and I LOVE it! I’d link to video and it looks great, like any other video with a VC/IS type lens. The 24-70 is super sweet with the 5D3.

By: davidagogo

davidagogo — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 18:17:00 +0000

In the comment section of that review they claim the ‘onion bokeh’ you are referring to is actually due to a water drop. Not sure how true it is but they go on to make a good point that if it was going to have an onion problem, wouldn’t the rest of the highlights in that photo have the same issues?

By: Maksimilian Dikarev

Maksimilian Dikarev — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 03:58:00 +0000

I think you missed something – the Canon 24-70 mk II is $1000 more, not 300. So in that respect – the Tamron is definitely a good deal.

By: Ken Yee

Ken Yee — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 15:36:00 +0000

Anyone take a close look at the only 2.8 shot in that review (not sure why they posted mostly shots at f/8 and f/11…even a kit lens looks good stopped down that far :)?

Check out the highlight to the right of the guy’s head. Onion shaped bokeh. Same issue w/ Sigma’s 24-70 HSM that they released w/ much fanfare a few years ago…onion bokeh for any highlights…yucko :-P

By: Patrick Hall

Patrick Hall — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 05:22:00 +0000

you should turn your stabilizor off when shooting fast….no need to have it on

By: Eric Lam

Eric Lam — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 01:35:00 +0000

One thing to note though
investing 82mm filters will be costly now as a whole new set of 82mm UV, ND, Polariser, and new system for Grads. Previously a set of 77mm covers almost if not all lenses one would have.
Especially so too if you are investing in good quality filters.

The other thing is with VC if one is shooting higher frame rates to “catch” the moment, will the multiple shots after the first one remain as sharp?

I have not tested the 17-50mm VC.
But I do own the 18-270mm VC PZD.
When I have VC on and I am shooting on Hi-FPS mode, I find that subsequent images after the first shot tend to be blur. If I shoot the same thing with VC off, things gets better.