A walkaround lens with a decent zoom range, reasonable aperture, good image quality, and an affordable price is something of a unicorn for a lot of photographers. The Tamron 35-150mm f/2.8-4 Di VC OSD lens seems to check all those boxes, making it one of the most intriguing lenses I have seen in a few years. This excellent video review takes a look at the lens and what you can expect from it in practice.
Coming to you from Julia Trotti, this excellent video review takes a look at the Tamron 35-150mm f/2.8-4 Di VC OSD lens. Along with a super useful focal length range and reasonable maximum aperture range, the 35-150mm f/2.8-4 comes with Three Low Dispersion elements to reduce chromatic aberrations and improve clarity, three hybrid aspherical elements for reduced distortion and improved sharpness, Broad-Band Anti-Reflection coating for reduced flares and ghosting and improved contrast, a 0.27x maximum magnification, Optimized Silent Drive motor, vibration compensation of up to five stops, moisture-resistant construction, and a rounded nine-blade diaphragm for smooth bokeh.
I am personally quite intrigued by this lens, and it very well may end up being my next walkaround lens. Check out the video above for Trotti's full thoughts.
I have used this lens last year, Summer 2019 on a one month roadtrip though Italy for that exact purpose but I sold it once we got home. It's too soft at either end. It wasn't a front or back focus issue.
Really satisfied with the versatile zoom range and the aperture is indeed very decent. But it simply couldn't keep up in terms of sharpness and AF speed with the 24-70 and 70-200mm G2 which I also used to own.
There's also the physically rotating focus ring as you auto focus the lens. It's a neat feature but kinda annoying when you try to work in AF-C since there's always a moving part that you can actually feel. In terms of AF speed this also is a disadvantage. And combined with a rather steep introduction price it looks like a nice lens, but unfortunately I can't say I can share this experience.