Tamron recently announced two new prime lenses – SP 35mm F/1.8 Di VC USD and SP 45mm F/1.8 Di VC USD. The SP line of Tamron lenses are known as professional grade lenses and these two are no exception. For those wondering, a prime lens means it only has one […]
Tamron is a company on the move. Some of their recent releases like the 15-30mm f/2.8 VC have instantly been hailed as class-leading, professional-grade lenses and the expectations for the new stabilized primes (35mm and 45mm) are equally high. Yet Tamron hasn’t forgotten the fact that there is also a […]
The Tamron 15-30mm F2.8 lens is a brilliant piece of glass that is getting quite a bit of fan-fare from photographers. One common issue with these ultra wide angle lenses however are the protruding front elements which make it very difficult to mount traditional threaded filters. As a result photographers […]
Boldly Going Where No Company has gone before… It always gives me pause when I stop to consider the fact that Tamron introduced its 24-70mm F/2.8 VC lens in February of 2012 and that no company has managed to produce a direct competitor yet. It was the first of its […]
Every year there are a select number of lens announcements that I find personally exciting. I reviewed no less than 15 lenses last year, and this is the fifth already this year, so a lot of gear passes through my hands. Not every lens has the same capacity to excite […]
Ahhh, photography, the hobby that keeps taking… You bought the camera, you bought a few lenses, you bought the carrying bag or three, and you even got yourself a copy of some editing software. Then it dawned on you that to shoot macros, long exposures, or even some long distance […]
Photos of Orangutans taken at the Toronto Zoo by Thomas Stirr highlight the superb Vibration Compensation of the Tamron 150-600mm F/5-6.3 Di VC USD lens. All photos were taken hand- held on a Nikon D800. –> View the video
About the Author: Stock photographer Peter K. Burian (www.peterkburian.com) is a Contributing Editor with Photo News, Photo Life and Australian Photography as well as the author of many guide books to DSLR systems. He is also an on-line digital photography course instructor with BetterPhoto.com. A superior multi-purpose zoom with fast, […]
About the Author Dustin is a full time pastor/part time photographer from Pembroke, Ontario who shoots professionally but primarily for capturing beauty and sharing it with others. www.dustinabbott.net Soon after the release of the Tamron SP 70-200mm F/2.8 Di VC USD lens, I remember seeing a brief advertising campaign with the […]
About the Author: Michael Manett is a professional Land Use Planning Consultant and Aerial Photographer whose work was previously published in the Summer 2005 edition of Photo News. He currently lives and operates his business in Thornhill, Ontario. Photographing the Otherworldly Beauty of Iceland with a Versatile Compact Lens In […]
