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| sent on 06 Ottobre 2024
Pros: Sharpness, autofocus (nikon), stabilization, construction, price.
Cons: ASSISTANCE, backlight rendering, swinging switches, weight.
Opinion: I write my opinion out of time after six years of use and tens of thousands of shots. I came to this lens in 2018 for professional needs on a Nikon system after switching to the 36 megapixel sensor and experiencing serious AF and micro-blur difficulties with non-stabilized lenses (I used G 1.8 fixeds) in dynamic contexts such as events. What can I say... once engaged I turned. This makes like 24, 28, 35, 50 fixed with good f2.8 apertures and from f4 there is nothing to say, pixel-sharp. At 70mm there is a slight failure in sharpness and contrast as it is obvious, you have to close an extra stop to match with the other focal lengths, but it remains perfectly usable and it is a behavior that in the portrait can also be desirable. The stabilization works very well and is essential to get the most out of the most pixelated bodies at all focal lengths, in addition to the clear advantage in low-light and slow shutter speeds. The blur is always great for a zoom from 24 to 70, perhaps thanks to the slow 82. The colors on Nikon are a bit greenish but it compensates, it suffers A LOT from backlighting, if the direct sun gets inside, the photo is often to be thrown away, you just need to know it. The construction is very good, in several years of fairly heavy use it has never given up anything (see below), the finish is still very beautiful and the tropicalization has done its job on several occasions. On the downside of the body, the exposed AF and VR switches that you can turn off by keeping the camera on your side, you have to be careful enough to avoid nasty surprises that are easy to imagine. Given its size and granite weight, I use it exclusively for "professional" outings. Sunday outings, trekking and travel are not really his area, also because he "likes" larger bodies for optimal balance. On my 3 FF reflex cameras the autofocus is a certainty, never calibrated in 6 years and it goes better than all the other lenses I have tried in many years. If I have to shoot an unrepeatable moment, I use him. What else can I say? Surely it will be a lucky copy but mine is doing so well that it has definitively killed every type of monkey in this focal range for years, practically it is keeping me in Reflex well beyond the maximum time, since to find similar performance and consistency I think I should go to Z8 and 24-70S. The downside, quite disappointing, is for me the assistance of the house. I requested a simple spare part for a "road accident", the filter ring on which the lens hood is grafted that has broken following a side impact on the lens hood. The mechanics have not made a crease, the construction is well done because the lens hood "discharges" the shocks on the fragile ring saving the internal movements, BUT the spare part is not available: they supplied it only after shipment in official assistance in Germany with general control and a lot of money. I had to solve with the attack so treat these Tamrons well. |
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