Tamron 17-28mm review by Jordan Steele: “I have sold my personal Sony 16-35mm f/4 in favor of this new Tamron”

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Jordan Steele from Admiringlight tested the new lens and concludes:

Pros

  • Extremely compact and lightweight lens
  • Quick and accurate autofocus in most situations
  • Very good image sharpness right from f/2.8
  • Excellent color and contrast
  • Outstanding flare performance
  • Good control of both lateral and longitudinal chromatic aberration
  • Excellent value

Cons

  • Limited zoom range
  • Bokeh is a bit rough and high contrast
  • Relies on software correction for distortion and vignetting
  • Autofocus can miss in continuous AF on distant subjects

The Tamron 17-28mm f/2.8 keeps with Tamron’s full-frame mirrorless philosophy so far.  It sacrifices a bit of zoom range for compact size while keeping the optics on a high level and the lens affordable.  The 17-28mm packs a constant f/2.8 aperture into an ultra-wide lens that is smaller and lighter than Sony’s slower 16-35mm f/4, while being significantly smaller than the 16-35mm f/2.8.  Despite the small size, the lens performs very well.  It’s sharper than the 16-35mm f/4, and produces images with great clarity, good sharpness to the corners and fantastic flare performance, making it a great option for landscape photographers who want to travel light.

While the f/2.8 aperture will enable lower light usage and can provide some subject isolation, the bokeh is only average at best.  However, given the cost of this lens, at just $899, Tamron’s tradeoffs here are more than worth it.   While many will compare this lens with the 16-35mm f/2.8 GM, I think that those who are willing to shell out the astronomical $2300 for that lens will not be swayed by third-party glass.  But where Tamron will certainly succeed is in competing with the slower Sony/Zeiss 16-35mm f/4.  In this comparison, the Tamron is not only the better optic, but adds an extra stop of light while saving the buyer $400. It’s a great addition to the full-frame E-mount.  I have sold my personal Sony 16-35mm f/4 in favor of this new Tamron.  I suspect many others will do the same.

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Tamron 17-28mm f/2.8 FE:
In the USA at BHphoto, Amazon, FocusCamera, BuyDig and Adorama.
In Europe it’s available at Amazon DE, Calumet DE, WexUK, Park UK, Amazon IT, Amazon FR, Amazon ES, CameraTools NL.

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Tamron 17-28mm Lens Review

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Don’t worry folks: Sony will be present at the PhotoPlus show in October and you will see the A9II :)

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Petapixel reports:

Sony tells PetaPixel that they actually WILL BE GOING to the Expo. A spokesperson responded to our request for comment by writing that the Photo Plus team “has just been delayed in adding Sony to the site.” and they expect Sony “will be officially listed on there either later today or tomorrow.”

So we will indeed see the A9II in New York City as our rumors reported earlier.

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Leaked images of the new Profoto C1 Plus. Will cost 499 Euro

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Profoto  is making a big fuzz about a new product that will “change the world”. Well don’t get too excited folks :)

They will announce this new Profoto C1 Plus for 499 Euro:

An anonymous source explained to me what  this is:

Actually it’s tiny sized flash designed exclusively to work with iPhones. A flash triggered by the iPhone, fr studio like pictures. apparently there will be a dedicated app to drive the flash from the iPhone, and both will interact via bluetooth.

So definitely NOT something for us Alpha shooters :(

UPDATE:  There is a C1 for 299 Euro and C1 Plus for 499 Euro

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James Gan
Red Jungle Fowl
Singapore 🇸🇬
Iso2500, S4000, F4
The closest I have ever taken and cropped of this amazing Red Jungle Fowl at PRP, flying across the river.
This fowl flew really close to the bridge, and filled the frame of my 428mm with 1.4xTC.
A9 20fps caught all the different Fowl in Flight action

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