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02-09-2008, 09:21 PM   #376
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QuoteOriginally posted by hwblanks Quote
For those of you who have been dissuaded from buying the *16-50, remember, the Tamron 17-50 is coming out next month. I'm seriously considering getting it myself. If the IQ is anything like the 28-75, it'll be a real treat.

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Amen to that!

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Yea when i bought my K10D in December the information was that Tamron absolutely was not going to produce the 17-50 in Pentax mount. (Of course that was the lens I really wanted!) The DA 16-50 seemed like the only game in town. So now that many of us are saddled with problematic DA 16-50s, NOW Tamron decides to come out with it.
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QuoteOriginally posted by jgredline Quote
Andy
I'm with ''never'' Can you post the exif data?
16mm, F/2.8, shutter speed 1/180, ISO 100 for the first image and
50mm, F/2.8, shutter 1/90, ISO 100 on the second. Both were shot about 2 feet or so from the newspaper.
My SN is 90196XX.
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QuoteOriginally posted by hwblanks Quote
For those of you who have been dissuaded from buying the *16-50, remember, the Tamron 17-50 is coming out next month. I'm seriously considering getting it myself. If the IQ is anything like the 28-75, it'll be a real treat.

Heather
The tamron has become my choice, it has sample variation, but not as bad as sigma and certainly not what seems like trying to win a lottery in getting a good 16-50...

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I looked up the Tamron 17-50 on pbase just to get an idea of what it can do with the C & N bodies and I am very impressed.

Tamron SP AF 17-50mm f/2.8 XR Di-II LD Asp IF Lens Sample Photos and Specifications

I can't help but wonder if the problems Pentax has been having with the 16-50, in addition to customer demand, played a role in prompting Tamron to come out with the 17-50 in the Pentax mount. Obviously, these companies have to keep up with what the other is doing.

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QuoteOriginally posted by hwblanks Quote
I looked up the Tamron 17-50 on pbase just to get an idea of what it can do with the C & N bodies and I am very impressed.

Tamron SP AF 17-50mm f/2.8 XR Di-II LD Asp IF Lens Sample Photos and Specifications

I can't help but wonder if the problems Pentax has been having with the 16-50, in addition to customer demand, played a role in prompting Tamron to come out with the 17-50 in the Pentax mount. Obviously, these companies have to keep up with what the other is doing.

Heather

Competition is a wonderful thing. I do not think Pentax has been forthright in their problems with the DA* 16-50 and they deserve to get their clocks cleaned by competing lenses.
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QuoteOriginally posted by andyhewitt3 Quote
16mm, F/2.8, shutter speed 1/180, ISO 100 for the first image and
50mm, F/2.8, shutter 1/90, ISO 100 on the second. Both were shot about 2 feet or so from the newspaper.
My SN is 90196XX.
thanks for the replies!
Wow Andy! FWIW, I'd have actually considered those images quite acceptable compared to the lens I just sent in! No comparison!

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Opinions on my DA* 16-50mm (just some test shots, not of newspaper)

I was wondering if I could get the opinions of other users on the quality of my 16-50mm.

I just did some test shots and for the most part I'm happy. I looks like some softness in the corners particularly at 16mm.

16mm F2.8

Entire image:



100% Crops from

Center:



Right Corner Top:



Right Corner Bottom:



Left Corner Top:



Left Corner Bottom:



Also, I'm finding the right corner to be soft even when stopped down at 16mm.

Is that to be expected?
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the wall might not be fully parralel to the camera

the softness could simply be OOF depending on where you focused.
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50mm @F8

You're right, but it's out of focus about equal amounts in each corner. I'll post some more at 16mm stopped down in a bit.



Here are some at 50mm f8

Whole image:



100 %Crops of

Center:



Top Right:



Bottom Right:




Top Left:




Bottom Left:



Thanks again!
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I think you should find a color map or something flat to test it on, but from your sample shots, they look as bad as my first two samples of the lens I had...
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are you using a K10D or K100D or one of the *ist's ?
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It's a K10D. I'll do a more formal test hopefully tomorrow.
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It's a K10D. I'll do a more formal test hopefully tomorrow.
you know, i read in another thread here that alot of the problems people with K10D's have with the 16-50 lenses is simply a matter of lens recognition and some screwing around in the firmware.

do you have the ability to take the camera+lens into a pentax place and have them work some magic?
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Typical problems of the 16-50 are backfocussing at 16 mm and decentering issues.
Use a focussing test chart and 16mm at f2.8, min. focus distance.
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