01-12-2017, 06:18 PM
Hi guys,
The Tamron GSP 150-600mm F5-6.3 Di VC USD G2 lens arrived at lunchtime. I didn't take long to bolt it onto the D750 and take a few test shots, first off it works, and works OK. Next down to the river also taking the D500. A few shots of a large refurbished mill (brickwall test), at four focal lengths wide open. Then on to try and catch a bird or two, so I came away with 170 shots of this and that.
My old Tamron was a goodie, so I was making observational comparisons whilst shooting.
First off the build is immediately and noticeably better, the barrel is metal and the focal lengths are semi lockable at any FL by pushing the zoom ring towards the front element, it is also fully lockable at 150mm. The inner tube is still plastic but with a metal covered front tulip. The zoom feels even and solid, it can also be zoomed in a push/pull fashion.
Lens foot is Arca quick release with two threads....nice!
Back home I looked at the images, firstly from the D750 to see whether the lens is well centered, "unbelievably" it seems OK, From the D500, things still look good and at 600mm @ F8 images are sharp and fringe free, I wasn't expecting the bokeh to change but it has, things are smoother and less flare explosions in sparkling water.
All in all it's a big improvement on the first version and in just about every way, the VC is better and less jerky, and now there's three positions, but it's not quite as good as Nikon's (maybe a FW update?). When I get the "Tap in" I'll try and see if there is some adjustment, in the meantime it's pretty damned good.
Autofocus seems much the same.....medium fast.
Some improvements are small, but every thing that was "a bit just" has now been improved, to me I wanted sharper images at 600mm, weather sealing and closer focusing (now 2.2mts vs 2.7mts) and it offered them.
This new G2 has just upped the game and frankly it's Tamron's latest game changer at a reasonable price, I went "grey market", it was €1,104 inc postage...........
...a bargain!
The Tamron GSP 150-600mm F5-6.3 Di VC USD G2 lens arrived at lunchtime. I didn't take long to bolt it onto the D750 and take a few test shots, first off it works, and works OK. Next down to the river also taking the D500. A few shots of a large refurbished mill (brickwall test), at four focal lengths wide open. Then on to try and catch a bird or two, so I came away with 170 shots of this and that.
My old Tamron was a goodie, so I was making observational comparisons whilst shooting.
First off the build is immediately and noticeably better, the barrel is metal and the focal lengths are semi lockable at any FL by pushing the zoom ring towards the front element, it is also fully lockable at 150mm. The inner tube is still plastic but with a metal covered front tulip. The zoom feels even and solid, it can also be zoomed in a push/pull fashion.
Lens foot is Arca quick release with two threads....nice!
Back home I looked at the images, firstly from the D750 to see whether the lens is well centered, "unbelievably" it seems OK, From the D500, things still look good and at 600mm @ F8 images are sharp and fringe free, I wasn't expecting the bokeh to change but it has, things are smoother and less flare explosions in sparkling water.
All in all it's a big improvement on the first version and in just about every way, the VC is better and less jerky, and now there's three positions, but it's not quite as good as Nikon's (maybe a FW update?). When I get the "Tap in" I'll try and see if there is some adjustment, in the meantime it's pretty damned good.
Autofocus seems much the same.....medium fast.
Some improvements are small, but every thing that was "a bit just" has now been improved, to me I wanted sharper images at 600mm, weather sealing and closer focusing (now 2.2mts vs 2.7mts) and it offered them.
This new G2 has just upped the game and frankly it's Tamron's latest game changer at a reasonable price, I went "grey market", it was €1,104 inc postage...........
...a bargain!
