Tamron SP AF 17-35 mm f/2.8-4 Di LD Aspherical (IF) review - Summary

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Tamron SP AF 17-35 mm f/2.8-4 Di LD Aspherical (IF)

5 October 2010

Arkadiusz Olech

11. Summary

Pros:

sensational image resolution in the frame centre,
low distortion at focal lengths higher than 17 mm,
very low coma,
astigmatism quite well-corrected,
there’s no problem with vignetting on APS-C/DX,
good build quality,
smaller dimensions than those of competitors,
quite affordable price.

Cons:

weak image quality at the edge of the field, especially in the 17-24 mm range,
chromatic aberration from medium to high level,
too big geometrical deformations at the widest angle,
a lot of mis-autofocused results.

The Tamron 17-35 mm seems to be a quite good option. An affordable price, a splendid image quality in the frame centre along with medium or good results in other categories and only one slip-up, connected with the weak image quality at the edge at 17-24 mm – all these results allow us to recommend the purchase of this lens. Convinced APS-C/DX format users who don’t plan on doing any full frame swap could decide, however, to buy another Tamron instrument, the 17-50 f/2.8, which fared very well in the tests and would give you even better photographic performance.

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Sample shots:


Camera: Canon 20D Parameters: 17 mm, f/8.0, exp. 1/250 sek., ISO 200 File: JPG, 3504x2336 pix, 4.8 MB	Camera: Canon 20D Parameters: 35 mm, f/10, exp. 1/200 sek., ISO 200 File: JPG, 3504x2336 pix, 5.1 MB	Camera: Canon 20D Parameters: 17 mm, f/8.0, exp. 1/320 sek., ISO 200 File: JPG, 3504x2336 pix, 5.9 MB

Camera: Canon 20D Parameters: 35 mm, f/10.0, exp. 1/200 sek., ISO 200 File: JPG, 3504x2336 pix, 5.1 MB	Camera: Canon 20D Parameters: 35 mm, f/4.0, exp. 1/60 sek., ISO 200 File: JPG, 3504x2336 pix, 2.4 MB	Camera: Canon 20D Parameters: 28 mm, f/4.0, exp. 1/60 sek., ISO 200 File: JPG, 3504x2336 pix, 2.6 MB