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RE: [OM] Defending the 28-105/2.8 Tamron

Subject: RE: [OM] Defending the 28-105/2.8 Tamron
From: "Danrich" <danrich@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2003 17:14:35 -1000
I Fanged this Tamron SP-35-105mm Zoom Lens and I use 100F and 400F
myself
I'll let you know how my first roll goes after taking possession of it.
Dan
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-----Original Message-----
From: owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Walt Wayman
Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2003 6:44 AM
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [OM] Defending the 28-105/2.8 Tamron

I have great respect for John Lind and his knowledge of things 
photographic.  But today, for the second time in the last week or 
so, he has made disparaging remarks about the 28-105/2.8 Tamron.  
I have come to speak in its defense, even to praise it a bit.

John's criticism seemingly is based on (a) unspecified test 
results and (b) comparing the 28-105/2.8 Tamron to the 35-105/2.8 
Tamron, which, sadly, I don't have one of, so I'm at a 
disadvantage there.  But I do have the 35-105/3.5~4.5 Zuiko and 
the 35-80/2.8 Zuiko.  I use all three of these lenses with some 
regularity, mostly with Provia 100F and 400F.  Viewing the 
resulting slides through an 8x loupe, or scanning them at 3200 dpi 
and making the occasional 8x10 or 11x14 in. print, or projecting 
them onto a 50x50 in. matte screen, I don't see any really 
significant differences.

Gary Reese's test of the 28-105/2.8 Tamron shows it to be a pretty 
decent performer, with it getting lots of A's, B+'s, B's, even a 
couple of A+'s, and so on.  I would wager that if C.H. took his 
microscope to the slides I've been shooting with these lenses, he 
very well might find the 35-80 Zuiko to be the better lens, and 
maybe even the 35-105 Zuiko.  But with my style of mainly hand-
held, shoot-first-and-ask- questions-later photography, the 28-105 
Tamron has become my grab-and-go, one-lens outfit of choice.

As an example, this morning I had a number of errands to run.  
Being now retired :-), I had all the time in the world to 
accomplish these tasks.  In about three hours, I covered a half 
dozen stops in probably 40 miles or so of wandering about the 
northwest quadrant of the metropolitan Atlanta area.  The day here 
is dreary and cloudy, so as I was leaving home, I grabbed up the 
OM-4Ti loaded with Provia 400F, attached the big Tamron, and off I 
went.  Had the sun been shining, I would have picked the OM-4Ti 
loaded with Provia 100F.  As I do on these outings where only 
accidental photography is expected to occur, I just hang the 
camera by the neck strap over the headrest on the passenger seat, 
keeping it safe from sudden stops, and go on my sometimes merry 
way.

No photography occurred today, but I was ready if the occasion 
arose.  It's hard to beat the combination of range and speed of 
this lens.  It certainly wins hands-down over these other lenses 
in the 28-34mm range, and it wallops the 35-80 Zuiko from 81 to 
105mm, whether there's a tiny bit of pincushion distortion or not, 
and I haven't noticed any of significance.

In summation, I think it's a pretty darn good lens.  It certainly 
fills a niche in my photographic armament. 

Defense rests.

Walt
 


 
                   

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