New Member Registered: June, 2020 Posts: 2 | Review Date: June 20, 2020 | Recommended | Price: None indicated
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June 14, 2020
Tamron Adaptall 80-250mm F3.8-4.5
250mm, F8
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New Member Registered: February, 2015 Posts: 7 | Review Date: June 27, 2015 | Recommended | Price: $15.00
| Rating: 9 |
Pros: | Sharp, relatively fast at the long end | Cons: | | Sharpness: 9
Aberrations: 7
Bokeh: 8
Handling: 8
Value: 10
Camera Used: K-5, A7, GF1
| | Despite owning this for over a year, I have only just got around to testing it. I wish I'd done so sooner. This is a great lens for lunar photography! It's sharp, fast and easy to manage. Infinity is where it should be, and there is none of the lens creep you get with push/pull designs. Overall, a very nice surprise. | |
New Member Registered: February, 2012 Posts: 17 | Review Date: May 25, 2013 | Recommended | Price: $15.00
| Rating: 8 |
Pros: | Very sharp wide open at the long end. Reassuring bulk. | Cons: | Bokeh a bit busy in challenging conditions. | Sharpness: 9
Aberrations: 8
Bokeh: 7
Handling: 9
Value: 10
| | My copy of this lens is pristine, other than for a couple of scratches to the enamel of the built in hood. It looks much smarter than the one photographed above.
Apart from the barrel being 62mm rather than 58mm, and the fact that there is a macro button rather than Continuous Focusing in to macro, it handles very like the two touch 52A 70-210mm f3.5-4; it has the same quarter turn from 5 foot to infinity. The focus is nicely damped.
I'm really impressed with it at the long end. It stays faster to longer than the 104A 75-250 f3.8-4.5, and shows less fringing in high contrast scenes (but still more than I would like). The detail captured is as good as anything else I have at this focal length. It works well with the Pentax 1.7x AF converter.
Colours are a bit subdued. Bokeh is fussy if there are out of focus highlights in the background beyond the plane of focus, otherwise it is fine. It makes a better job of things in the foreground
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