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Bolton Abbey Estate with Tamron 26a
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 07, 2017 10:40 am    Post subject: Bolton Abbey Estate with Tamron 26a Reply with quote

Took the Tamron AD2 SP 35-210mm f3.5-4.2 ou for a hike around The Bolton Abbey Estate last weekend

Apart from being a little heavy on the Nikon D3, I can see this fast becoming a regular lens to be using

Great sharpness and colour have been captured by this combination.
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 07, 2017 11:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Like 1 Very nice. I really like the pheasant? Great shot. Cloudy weather suits photos of the ruins of the abbey. Somber.


PostPosted: Sat Apr 08, 2017 6:02 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

These are wonderful natural examples unfortunately very rare comments!!!!


PostPosted: Sat Apr 08, 2017 8:07 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Fine pictures
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jamaeolus wrote:
I really like the pheasant?

It is a mandarin duck (Aix galericulata), not a pheasant. Nice looking bird anyhow Very Happy


PostPosted: Sat Apr 08, 2017 9:11 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Nice shots!


PostPosted: Sun Apr 09, 2017 3:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

jamaeolus wrote:
I really like the pheasant?


That pheasant is a duck.Wood duck to be more precise.


PostPosted: Sun Apr 09, 2017 6:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Like 1 very nice indeed!


PostPosted: Sun Apr 09, 2017 6:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I particularly like 6&7, great shots of a great location. I seem to remember there was a pub nearby which did a great Sunday roast, which was a welcome relief from studies in Leeds....a long time ago. Keep up the good work.


PostPosted: Sun Apr 09, 2017 8:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Tamron seem to have made so many different focal length zooms that it's hard to keep up with them, every time I see a topic that is from a Tamron I check to see if it's one I've got - and most times it isn't. But....most times the images are good to excellent, Tamron seem to have got it right, they made some lovely zoom lenses, I think they were the leaders in the consumer lens market by a long way. And Mark's pictures show that. I'm sure there were sharper and faster zooms to be had, but at the price of Tamron lenses? Nothing could touch them.


PostPosted: Wed Apr 12, 2017 12:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

It is one of the sharpest lens I had compared also to fixed focal and modern zoom.
excellent in any opportunity, very useful in close UP, as excellent shown from the first picture .
It is a fantastic trip companion .
Andrea


PostPosted: Wed Apr 12, 2017 9:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

AndreaEOS wrote:
It is one of the sharpest lens I had compared also to fixed focal and modern zoom.
excellent in any opportunity, very useful in close UP, as excellent shown from the first picture .
It is a fantastic trip companion .
Andrea

It is really sharp, and has beautiful bokeh and colour.

I think I mentioned this in another thread: I'm not sure why the Tamron 60-300 gets so much love, and this jewel doesn't even get a mention. I had both, and dumped the 60-300. (Granted, for my type of photography I found 35mm more useful than 300mm.)


PostPosted: Wed Apr 12, 2017 10:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Well just to add my 2 cents, when I acquired an example of the 26A, I too was favourably impressed with my walk-around pics: bright contrasty images, good colours. However more considered comparison indicated that this SP adaptall just isn't quite in the same ballpark as eg the 23A, 19AH, 01A. Have a look at my test pics at 70mm:

http://www.groupoids.org.uk/photography/TamronVSvivitar/castle/castle-compare1.html#lense0=4&lense1=5&aperture0=0&aperture1=0&xpos=73.72&ypos=36.68

and at 200mm:

http://www.groupoids.org.uk/photography/TamronVSvivitar/turret/turret-compare1.html#lense0=1&lense1=2&aperture0=0&aperture1=0&xpos=29.42&ypos=19.25

I did try a second example too.
I'm not knocking it it's a worthy lens but IMO not one of the very best SP adaptalls.