Difficult to beat.. the Canon f/2 IS is a great lens and price-wise are quite similaradhocphotographer said:intersting to see how it shapes up vs canon f/2 IS....
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Difficult to beat.. the Canon f/2 IS is a great lens and price-wise are quite similaradhocphotographer said:intersting to see how it shapes up vs canon f/2 IS....
Hjalmarg1 said:Difficult to beat.. the Canon f/2 IS is a great lens and price-wise are quite similaradhocphotographer said:intersting to see how it shapes up vs canon f/2 IS....
Apologies, I clearly pulled online info for the wrong lens. (I think it must have been the 28mm IS) Thanks for correcting me.candyman said:StudentOfLight said:Here are my observations:
1) Tamron appears to be highlighting their weather-sealing attempts in the marketing of these lenses, a feature which the 35/2 IS does not offer.
2) The MTF curves also look promising, nothing that would appear to threaten the new 35L II, but they do look slightly better than the 35/2 IS (Although IRRC the 35/2 IS did slightly outperform the theoretic curves posted by Canon. So it might be close)
3) It has a 67mm front fiter vs the 35/2 IS which is only 58mm. Perhaps this will result in lower vignette and better peripheral bokeh shape #?
4) It has a massive warranty which is not offered for the 35/2 IS
It will be interesting to see real world tests and the inevitable comparisons.
Based on initial impressions Tamron has definitely thrown a compelling option into the mix, giving customers something to think about. I'm keenly waiting for real world tests of these two. I'm currently leaning more toward 35L II in terms of 35mm FL, but in terms of the "50mm" FL might well opt for the Tamron 45mm instead of waiting for Canon to release something.
The Canon 35 f/2 IS has a 67mm frontfilter
StudentOfLight said:Apologies, I clearly pulled online info for the wrong lens. (I think it must have been the 28mm IS) Thanks for correcting me.
9VIII said:Aaand Tamron drops the ball.
It's not pathetic, but it does go to show that not everyone is in the same league quite yet.
http://www.lenstip.com/454.1-Lens_review-Tamron_SP_45_mm_f_1.8_Di_VC_USD_Introduction.html
http://www.the-digital-picture.com/Reviews/ISO-12233-Sample-Crops.aspx?Lens=1004&Camera=453&Sample=0&FLI=0&API=1&LensComp=941&CameraComp=453&SampleComp=0&FLIComp=0&APIComp=2