|
Pictures taken with Tamron 19-35
f/3.5-4.5 Lens.
A ''cheapo''
lens and you might wonder why us shooting with a lens like that. On
2001 we were starting to do table top shots with an Olympus E10
attached to a vertical grip and FL-40 flash. Nice set-up and camera
with plenty of Mega Pixels by then (4MP). Since a Nikon D1 and D1x
were out of our reach, we waited until the release of the Nikon D100.
Wow! a DSLR with 6.1MP and the ability to change lenses for just 2k!
OK, we already had a monster Tamron SP 28-105 F/2.8. We were
starting our photography ''kiosk'' when we moved to Puerto Rico and
the Nikon D100 left us a bit broke. Again, the 28-105 didn't
shine that much on a DSLR due to its 1.5x crop factor. During a visit
to MN, our good old friend Scott over at National Camera Exchange y
Burnsville, traded us the 28-105 SP F/2.8 for the Tamron 19-35
and some other photo goodies we were in need of. The Nikon 18-70 AFS
was not on the market by then, so we had no other option. Although
the Tamron 17-35 SP
F/2.8-4 was available, we didn't want to shed more money on 3rd
party lenses by then. This was more like a downgrade, but we needed wide-angle
ASAP, besides, our 28-105 was not seeing too much action.
The Tamron
19-35 is a cheap and a light weight lens. Distortion on straight
lines is visible from 19 to 24mm. Pincushion joins the party as well
with a topping of moderate CA, but hey we've got what we paid for. We
took hundreds of pictures and believe it or not, sold enough pictures
in 6 months to finance a 17-55 AFS and a Nikon D200.
Pictures with this lens are still sold every now and then and are all
over this site and our archives. As most lenses, it does a very good
job when stopped down from F/8 to F/22.
We don't
regret our deal back in MN at all.
|
Nikon F5 &
Tamron 19-35 lens |
Can you
believe this lens made it to the cover of the book Puerto Rico 3?
|
 |
Published
by Lonely Planet in Australia.
Available
in Borders,
Amazon or
your
favorite book store |
PS,
This lens as our Tokina AT-X 28-70 F/2.8, may not produce good
results with 10-12MP cameras. Lens flaws are more evident when used
on higher MP cameras. Good and cheap alternative when used on Nikon's
D50, D70, D70s, D100 and Canon's equivalent MP cameras.
-Very
light weight and affordable, good stopped down, hood included unlike
Tokina's version-
Approx street
price for Tamron 19-35
f/3.5-4.5
lens: $179.95 USD.
|
