New Tamron 70-180mm f/2.8 FE Hands On by Matt Granger!

Matt Granger just posted the first hands-on video with the 70-180mm f/2.8 FE lens. As Matt points out, these Tamron lenses offer great value which is important for anyone who is working as a photographer.

Additional note: Matt is part of a business sale at the moment which is giving away over $10,000 in computers and software, free entry at https://geni.us/photobusiness – offer ends March 10th.

Here are two screengrabs from the video that do not tell much about the image quality (Click on it to enlarge):

Sony 20mm f/1.8 G Review at Photographyblog: “outstanding lens”

 

Sony 20mm f/1.8 FE G at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama. FocusCamera. Amazon DE, Calumet DE. Amazon UK. Parkcameras UK. Amazon FR. Amazon IT. Amazon ES.

Photographyblog tested the new Sony 20mm f/1.8 G lens and concluded:

The Sony FE 20mm f/1.8 G is an outstanding ultra-wide-angle prime lens with a fast maximum aperture at a more attractive price-point than the comparable FE 24mm F1.4 GM lens.
This very compact, lightweight optic delivers excellent sharpness in the centre of the frame throughout its aperture range, even performing well wide-open at f/1.8, with performance at the edges not too far behind.
The near-circular 9-blade aperture in conjunction with the 18cm minimum focusing distance makes it possible to create some appealing bokeh effects, despite the ultra-wide-angle nature of the lens.
Coupled with a high-resolution camera like the Alpha A7R III that we tested it with, it’s capable of producing incredibly detailed, very sharp images when stopped down.
The Sony FE 20mm f/1.8 G delivered fast, near-silent and reliable auto-focusing on the A7R III camera, with the Click switch for the aperture ring making it well-suited to both stills and movies.
It offers an acceptable level of build quality, plus it’s usefully weather-tight too.
In summary, the Sony FE 20mm f/1.8 G is a fantastic ultra-wide-angle prime lens that is another great addition to the Sony Alpha range.

Fuji published this odd X-T4 vs A7rIV autofocus comparison….

During the various press events for the Fujifilm X-T4 launch, Fujifilm has shown this video comparing the autofocus between their flagship camera and the Sony A7rIV. But as noticed by some it looks like the settings on the Sony camera where off.

First:
I do own the A7rIV and did never experience the tracking to be so bad as show in the video.

Second:
Readers of Fujirumors themselves noticed that settings of the camera seems to be off. For example they didn’t lock in the AF on the Sony

Third:
As a principle the more depth of field you have the easier it is for the camera to focus. So it should have been more proper to set the A7RiV lens aperture to match the X-T4 depth of field (in the video both cameras are at f/2.8)

But please check out the video. maybe you will find more odd things…

First short Tamron 70-180mm autofocus test shows it works extremely fast!


all Tamron FE lenses side by side via ValueTech

The new Tamron 70-180mm f/2.8 FE lens uses an improved AF motor that works faster than the one used on the current 28-75mm FE. And today we can finally see it in action!

The German youtuber Valuetech posted the first quick autofocus test (watch from minute 2):

Seems to work very fast and accurately! Not bad if you consider they used the “older” Sony A7rIII af system and a prototype lens.

Sony 20mm f/1.8 Hands On Review by Albert Dros


Sony 20mm f/1.8 G preorders:
In the US preorder at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama. FocusCamera.
In Europe at Amazon DE. Calumet DE. Amazon UK. Parkcameras UK. Amazon FR. Amazon IT. Amazon ES.
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The following is a guest post from Albert Dros (original article here).

Sony 20mm f/1.8 Hands On Review by Albert Dros

The first new Sony FE Lens of 2020! Here’s the 20mm f/1.8. Not an ultra wide prime, but a nice little fast wide angle that could be great for a number of uses. Sony asked me to try this lens out for a few days. One week in between 2 trips and during the moving of my house, my first response was : “sure!” . The bad weather in the Netherlands certainly didn’t help much, but I managed to test the lens in a variety of conditions. In this little article I’ll be addressing my first responses after having tried this lens for a few days.

Design

First things first: It’s tiny! And light! It’s great to see Sony really pushing the size of mirrorless for what it was meant: smaller and lighter. This lens follows the design of the 24mm GM, and is surprisingly no GM lens, but merely a G. We might also see this reflect on the price tag :) (I don’t know the retail price yet). Being a G lens, this lens still looks quite identical to the 24mm GM lens. It has a similar design, has a dedicated ring for the Aperture (nice for video), has a dedicated AF/MF switch and is small and tiny like the 24mm.

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