Tamron 35-150 mm f/2-2.8 Di III VXD review - Summary

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Tamron 35-150 mm f/2-2.8 Di III VXD

17 October 2024

Maciej Latałło

11. Summary

Pros:

unique parameters,
very good image quality in the frame centre across the whole focal range,
good image quality on the edge of the APS-C sensor,
negligible longitudinal chromatic aberration,
good control of lateral chromatic aberration,
moderate distortion on the APS-C sensor,
low astigmatism,
decent coma correction,
silent, accurate, and quite fast autofocus,
slight vignetting on the APS-C sensor,
negligible focus breathing.

Cons:

too weak image quality on the edge of full frame at the minimum focal length,
too high pincushion distortion at the longer end of the focal spectrum,
distinct vignetting on full frame,
some problems with spherical aberration,
problems with a stronger stopping down of the aperture.

While testing a lens such as the Tamron 35-105 mm f/2-2.8 Di III VXD nobody sensible expects that they will see any record-breaking results or other miracles. It's enough the lens provides a very good image quality in the frame centre across the whole focal and aperture range.and doesn't have any slip-ups on the edge. The Tamron did exactly as much. In the majority of testing categories it fared well or very well. There were some slip-ups but, fortunately, nothing serious.

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The price of the Tamron 35-105 mm amounts to $1800 and is not low. Still if you deal with a lens that offers you unique parameters you have to take it into account. On the other hand currently such producers as Sony, Canon, Panasonic, or Nikon often offer their standard lenses for similar sums of money so you shouldn't be surprised that Tamron also wants to get their own piece of this particular cake. We should be pleased that the photographic market keeps evolving and surprising us with interesting constructions that, additionally, perform very well. From my point of view it's always a pleasure and joy, testing such lenses, a nice change from more typical models. I wish we saw more such launches in the future!