Tamron 350mm F/5.6 Model 06B

paolo0720 · Joined: 01 Feb 2009 Posts: 26 Location: Italy North East

Yesterday I found the lens in the subject (the Tamron cadadioptric 350/5.6) in a local photo equipment second-hand market. The mirror was not in a very good condtion, I could see some uniform distributed condesate on the mirror surface. I think that was not a fungin infestation.

I tried the lens on my Pentax K100D but I was not able to get any focus confirmation Twisted Evil

. Usually I have no problem in getting focus confirmation with the catadioptric 500/8. I took a couple of shots focusing with the matte screen (in a very, very low light situation) and I was tempted to buy it for �120 but at the end I left it on the stall. I know it's quite rare and expensive, but without focus confirmation it is almost useless for me.

Then at home I looked on the shots and they seemed not so bad (considering the difficult focusing). Finally I have no regrets.

Have you any experience with this lens?

CarbonR · Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 8:43 pm Post subject:

I have one, paid 45 EUR (55 EUR, but I sold the MD mount 10 EUR) in a professionnal shop, its only sign of wear is some finger print ont the front glass. But absolutely no problem with sharpness or focusing, the only problem was the tripod mount, which I had to remove to mount the lens on my K100D Wink

Attila · Expire: 2025-11-18

Excellent very sharp lens, 120 EUR was a good price for this lens.

Abbazz · Joined: 23 Jun 2007 Posts: 1098 Location: Jakarta

I agree, the Tamron 350/5.6 is quite good. In fact, it's the only mirror lens I like. It's quite sharp and contrasty -- at least for a mirror lens. The focal length is very manageable, even handheld. As for the aperture, the actual F number is around F/8 (the central obstruction on those mirror lenses causes a 1 stop loss), which is not too bad.

Cheers!

Abbazz