Originally posted by pepperberry farm thinking of buying a new 28mm lens.... Tamron 28mm f2.5 (Adaptall 2)
any thoughts/experience/opinions?
Just saw this. Have been away from the computer for the last 6 days. Don't worry, still shooting, just not processing. Hoping to process and get back into it today.
I notice you seem to have found a few of my shots already. But here's the link for the full album if you wish:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/wolfie_girl/albums/72157629829612457
As to my opinion... personally, this is one of the first lenses I Singled In and sold off.
If you don't plan to crop down, then the tamron is a good lens. But should you choose to recompose in post processing, you will notice the IQ drops *very* quickly. Having said that, I did shoot this with my k-x, and it was used fairly early in my Singles In career, so perhaps with a few more years experience and lightroom under my belt (I think I processed all of these in either faststone or photoshop), I may not have been as frustrated/disappointed with this lens.
Having said that, it's not a complete lemon, and some of my favourites (that I still love) from this lens include:
And the bokeh isn't half bad either:
It also has a wonderful pentagon bokeh flare which I loved.
If you asked me up front, I'd probably suggest you look into something else, as the the crop down in resolution was just too much for me, and I sold it off the first second I could. Considering the technology these days, perhaps my opinion should also be weighed against whether the higher resolution camera bodies would affect/assist the lens; So I'd be interested to see a higher grade camera might do to it. Sometimes it could be the user and not the equipment...
That's my two cents.
In comparison, here is a link to the Tamron adaptall 28mm/2.8 shot on the k-01:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/wolfie_girl/albums/72157641778518604/with/13239248303/
These are the only two 28mm primes I own.
Hope that helps.