Tamron Adaptall

[Rolf]

Hi,

bought this morning a Tamron SP lens (BBAR MC 4-4.5/28-135mm) for small money mainly because there were 2 adapters with the lens - one Tamron to Nikon and Tamron to Pentax PK. So I thought that the adapters will be worth the money.

Now my questions. Are the 2 - 3 (only very) very good lenses out of this series which I can look for in the future ? Your recommendations are much appreciate.


Thanks in advance.

[Auswanderer]

90mm f2,5 1:2 macro mod. 52B oder/or 52BB(1:1 macro)
35-70mm f3,5 mod. 17A
135mm f2,5 mod. 03B
70-210mm f3,5-4 mod. 52A

Just to name a few!

Look here for comprehensive list of AD2 serie lenses and worth noting that Tamron to DSLR adapters in many cases will fit both Adaptall and Adaptall 2 as they would only function manually anyway!



MfG
Andreas aus Deutschland

[gmonkman1]

Hello Rolf
Of the seven or so tamron lenses that I have , I would say that the 90 macro and 500 mirror (BB) are the ones
that I would look for. These are very capable and produce very good images.

[wilco]

Hi Rolf,

Following 2 zoom are most people praise in AD2

http://www.adaptall-2.org/lenses/19AH.html
http://www.adaptall-2.org/lenses/01A.html

[LucisPictor]

I have (and really like) those:

2.5/24
2.5/28
3.5/35-70
SP 2.8-3.8/35-80
2.5/135
SP 8/500 (Mirror)


I used to have those as well:
70-210
60-300

They were also good.

And I really regret that there was no 2/35 and no 1.4/50 Tamron Adaptall!

[ChromaticAberration]

[wilco]

[Alternate Internet ID]

The 70 or 80-210mm f/3.8-4 are no slouches if you don't want to pay the premium for the SP.

Cheap as chips too as it was apparently "the UK's best selling zoom" according to the box.

If you can pick one up with an adapter you can resell it and it will more than likely cover your costs.

[Attila]

I did try many of them.

http://www.mflenses.com/gallery/v/japenese/Tamron/?

I remember for these what I did like

Tamron 70-150mm
Tamron SP 35-80
Tamron SP 90mm f2.5 macro
Tamron SP 17mm
Tamron SP 350mm f5.6 mirror
Tamron SP 180mm f2.5
Tamron SP 300mm f5.6
Tamron SP 70-210mm f/3.5 19AH

In general you can't get bad Tamron lens all are minimum okay.

http://www.adaptall-2.org/

[martinsmith99]

I have 28-70mm (late plastic model), SP 90mm macro & 300mm F5.6. The only one that's really good is the 90mm.

The 28-70 was cheap and I wasn't expecting anything with it, but it's fair to good. The 300 is sharp, light but loads of CA (not an issue as I use it on B&W film).

[Tervueren]

[Rolf]

Thanks friends.

Have now on my list

90/2.5 macro (52B)
70-210/3.5 (19AH)
and perhaps a 300/2.8 (60B/360B)
or 400/4 (65B) if I get one of these for a good price.

I'm pretty sure that the 19AH is available at one of my friendly dealers. Will give him a call tomorrow.

So thanks again for your assistances.

[visualopsins]

Another vote for:

SP 90/2.5
SP 17/3.5
SP 500/8

[ManualFocus-G]

Watch for the purple hot spot when shooting the 90/2.5 on digital though.

The 60-300 is excellent at f/7.1 onwards. Many of the lenses suffer purple fringing on digital though, which is a shame.

[LucisPictor]

[mo]

My favorites

SP 55B Mirror lens
SP 52B 90/2.5

and I do like the Non SP 80-210 103A...if you buy the 19AH, I will be interested to see your results..

[Alternate Internet ID]

[Tervueren]

Sensor reflection

[Riku]

[declan]

The 52B made me enough for the 85-135 mm FL, excellent...might wanna try the 17/3.5 someday

[visualopsins]

[glasslover]

Hi!

I have lots of these lenses. The ones I find myself using time and again, for various reasons (mentioned below) are as follows:

SP #26A 35-210mm f3.5-4.2-32 875g
Very underrated lens. Less bulky than #23A, though this one's macro function is harder to use. Very useful focal range for m43 cameras. Produces good images apart from annoying PF in certain circumstances.

SP #23A 60-300mm f3.8-5.4-32 870g
A little long and bulky, but super sharp. Makes very good images and has surprisingly usable macro functionality, goes to to 1:1.55 at 60mm.

SP #01A 35-80mm f2.8-3.8-32 386g (corrected aperture values, thanks to LucisPictor)
Good all-around lens, light and with notably excellent macro functionality. Goes to 1:2.5 at 80mm. Surprisingly sharp, good handling, with very moderate weight. A bit flare-prone.

SP #52BB 90mm f2.5-32 420g
Very good dedicated macro lens. Super-sharp. Goes to 1:2 without extension tube, and 1:1 with model #18F extension tube.

SP #30A 80-200mm f2.8-32 1359g
Superlative lens, amazing build quality and feel. Constant f2.8 across zoom range. Only problem is that it's really heavy, and really expensive. Great for video, on a tripod.

#17A 35-70mm f3.5-32 330g
Very inexpensive, small, light, smooth handling. Constant f3.5 across zoom range. Excellent sharpness and clarity if you stop down to f5.6 or so. Great walk-around lens if there's enough light. Continuous focus into macro of 1:2.8 at 70mm.

#20A/20AB 70-150mm f3.5-32 459g
Very inexpensive, smooth handling, truly tiny for a telephoto of such range. Stated constant f3.5 across zoom range is really f4. Good sharpness and clarity if you stop down to f6.3 or so. Great walk-around lens if there's enough light. Continuous focus into macro of 1:3 at 150mm going to 1:7 at 70mm.

Cheers!

[diddy]

The ones I can recommend are:
90mm 2.5
180mm 2.5
35-210: very underrated, hence you can get it cheap. Performs well so far on my 5D. It has a nice macro function as well, although it is not that easy to use.

[LucisPictor]

[declan]

I'm curious the different between tamron #18F Vs #01