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TAMRON 28-75mm F2.8 RXD A036SF Lens for Sony-FE

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Seven Palms Oasis, 7:27 PM, Sunday, 05 June 2022. Nikon Z9, Nikon Z 28-75mm f/2.8 at 28mm at 1/ 200 at Auto ISO 64, -0.7 stops exposure compensation ( LV 11¼), Perfectly Clear. bigger or full-resolution 45MP file (10MB). At 28mm, central sharpness is outstanding from f/2.8 to f/5.6, excellent at f/8, very good at f/11 and f/16 and good at f/22. The edges are outstanding from f/2.8 to f/5.6, very good from f/8 to f/16 and drop off to just fair at f/22. The lens coatings are effective and flare is minimised extremely effectively. It is possible to generate some mild artefacts but it needs very harsh and deliberately directed lighting to do so.

Additionally, TAMRON has adopted a new design with improved ergonomics and revised the coating of the lens exterior to improve scratch resistance. The filter size is 67mm, which is standard among TAMRON’s fast-aperture zoom lens series and enables the sharing of lens caps, filters, and other accessories. Although this lens doesn’t offer the same level of supreme corner sharpness that you get from Sony’s professional-grade standard zooms, it’s a truly excellent mid-range example. The extra stop you gain over the Sony FE 24-70mm f/4 ZA OSS Vario-Tessar Carl Zeiss T* makes it superior for low-light shooting and enables you to isolate subjects from their surroundings easily whilst producing very attractive blur behind.

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These are all shot hand-held as BASIC ★ JPGs; no tripods, NORMAL or FINE JPGs or RAW files were used or needed. There's no need for extra-thin filters. Standard rotating polarizers and grads work fine even at 28mm on full frame. Better than any other brand, even if you're in AF-C and grab the manual-focus ring, it just swaps to manual focus instantly and stays in manual focus. Other brands will try to fight you for focus if you're in continuous AF, while this lens just does what you tell it to do. Bravo! The more complicated optical formula is comprised of 17 elements in 15 groups, including LD (Low Dispersion) and GM (Glass Molded Aspherical) lens elements to minimize aberrations. Lens performance differs depending upon directions. Solid lines show performance in the sagittal (radial) direction while dotted lines indicate performance in the meridional (circumferential) direction. When sharp lenses capable of delivering uniform optical performance over the entire image field are tested, MTF charts show curves plotted in good balance.

There's quite a lot of barrel and pin-cushion distortion evident in both the JPEG and RAW files which you'll need to correct in post-processing until a suitable lens profile is released for your editing software.

Side by side testing with the Sony FE 24-70mm f/4 ZA OSS Vario-Tessar Carl Zeiss T* lens demonstrated it’s just as fast at acquiring autofocus on static subjects and is reasonably snappy at keeping apace with moving subjects in continuous AF mode, with only minor hunting observed at longer focal lengths. The focus ring moves light and smooth enough for easy adjusting using Sony’s Direct Manual Focus mode, but is sensitive to accidental taps if you’re not careful. Katie reads from her birthday book from school, 30 May 2013. ( Sony A99, Sony 28-75mm f/2.8 at 75mm, f/4 at 1/80 at Auto ISO 640, Athentech Perfectly Clear plug-in.) bigger. The other brand new feature is the USB-C Connector Port, which allows you to update and customise the lens directly using the TAMRON Lens Utility software, rather than via a camera body.

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