Review of: Tamron Adaptall-2 SP LD BBAR MC (30A) 80-200mm F2.8 by jerm1386 on Tue October 25, 2011 | Rating: 0 | View more reviews | |
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my copy was an 'ugly' from KEH - I bought it as a BGN but it had separation inside the lens so they refunded part of my payment. In addition, my lens had a malfunctioning aperture lever (would not stop down past about f/8), and after a few days shooting with it one of the zoom cams came off inside the camera so it was locked in the 110-135mm range until I fixed it. I opted to keep it with a partial refund rather than send it back for a full refund, but for others not experienced with lens repair, it would have been a no-go.
The separation is not severe and is outside of the light path past f/5.6.
Despite the setbacks I've had with this lens, I enjoy using it. the contsant fast aperture is nice, very beneficial for manual exposure/metering. Contrary to others, i really like the heavy weight. I put 3000 pictures through this lens one day at a Indy car race without a tripod, and I'm not a big guy.
Spend the money and make sure you get a good copy.
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Review of: Tamron Adaptall-2 SP Mirror (55BB) 500mm F8 by jerm1386 on Tue October 25, 2011 | Rating: 8 | View more reviews | |
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Reviews: 32 |
I don't get a lot of chances to use this lens, but when I do it's a joy.
Under the right circumstances, don't let anyone tell you it can't be used for fast action.
IMG_9657 by jerm1386, on Flickr
IMG_4729 by jerm1386, on Flickr
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Review of: Tamron Adaptall-2 SP (51B/151B) 17mm F3.5 by jerm1386 on Tue October 25, 2011 | Rating: 8 | View more reviews | |
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here's how to get filters on it:
-buy a 67mm step-up ring to 72, 77, or 82mm. I used 82mm sicne that's the filter size specified on the lens. 67 is critical, as this fits perfectly inside the front of the lens and will ensure the ring is perfectly centered and flat
-epoxy ring onto end of lens. I used rubber cement
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-add filters! If you keep the cementing clean, your filter ring won't even interfere with lens disassembly
lens with step-up ring
For all this lens's faults and the fact that I can't really get a decent picture out of it, I still love shooting with it. It just feels so good to use and It's pretty much the widest non-fisheye MF lens out there.
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