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 Soft at longer focal lengths Mar 10, 2008
By Geoffrey O.
"Geoffrey O."
I bought this lens for my Pentax K100D. The folks over at FredMiranda gave it consistantly good reviews, and the zoom range seemed perfect for a general walk-around lens. It is certainly a nicely-built lens and a comfortable weight. I found the auto-focus to be quick and generally accurate. The lens took great pictures in the 24-100 mm portion of the focal range, but I could not get good pictures out of it at the longer focal lengths for the life of me. I tried different apertures, manual focus, tripod, everything I could think of, but almost everything came out too soft for my taste. I am a hobbyist, not a pro, so maybe the problem was user error. Or maybe I got a bad copy of the lens. I am open to these possibilities, but I felt I should share my experience, regardless. If I'd only wanted 24-100, I'd have bought something different. I ended up sending this lens back, and I'm considering Pentax's 24-90, now, which is supposed to be quite good. Props to Amazon for the usual quick shipping and painless return policy.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
 TAMRON 24-135mm f3.5-5.6 Jan 22, 2011
By Ernest M. Berube
Difficult, in a short review like this, to give this product enough credit. But, if short can be sweet, then I'll try 2 words for those who do not want to read on: AWESOME VALUE!!! SP=Superior Performance.
The lens produces beautiful colors, covering the 24-135mm range splendidly. I've shot with dozens of lenses, but can't give this one enough credit. The lens is sharp, throughout the range, & known to excel at the wide end. The lens is also Full Frame compatible: it is not just an APC optimized lens. Even on Full FRame it receives many accolades--see, for example, [...] where the lens receives the highest rating of all current Tamron zooms
A great Walk-around lens, and a very satisfying upgrade from any makers' Kit lens. It renders scenes with a special quality, which works for my landscapes in particular. Even though I own the Tamron 17-50mm f 2.8 & Tamron 28-75mm f2.8, this lens enjoys a place in my bag, especially for hikes where faster apertures are not usually desired. I find 24mm most useful on APC sensors,
And the icing on the cake, is the nice construction of the lens, something often missing these days in lenses. It has an aperture ring, a Zoom lock, and a knurled and dampened focus ring for those who still venture into manual focus. A bayonett, Flower-petal type, plastic hood is supplied, along with the nicest lens pouch I have ever received with a lens purchase--free with the price of the lens, not at additional charges, as many manufacturers often do.
1 of 2 found the following review helpful:
Amazing lens for the price Feb 06, 2011
By M. Hossain
I bought this lens from Amazon mid December 2010 at a very good price. I prefer full-frame lenses over APS-C ones because IMO they gather slightly more light at equivalent apertures. So this lens fits my requirements perfectly. The focal range is very useful during the daytime, and the image rendering is like an extension of the Tamron 28-75mm. The 24-135mm's best feature are the colors it produces, very vibrant and film like.
And this is what this lens is, a film lens that has not been optimized for digital, and therein lies its strength and weakness. It weak points are a slightly slower and louder autofocus compared to the 28-75, along with a sand like graininess in images when fully zoomed in at 100%. So if you're into taking landscape shots at infinity focus and making large prints, then this is not the lens for you. Because the grains will render the image as if it has been smeared on the sensor. In essence, while the 28-75mm has been optimized for digital and pixel sharpness is very high, the 24-135 renders images like film molecules; round and grainy.
The area where this truly shines is portraiture and close-up of objects. At 24mm (36mm in 35) and f3.5, it is very sharp and great for candid portraits. I have taken some nice portraits at f6.3 and f7.1 with smoothly blurred backgrounds. The sharpness is consistent all throughout the focal range from 24-135mm, provided you're not at infinity focus. The autofocus speed is fine if the focus point is near the subject, otherwise sometimes it will get confused and hunt about if the focus starts from the opposite end. But to mitigate it, the manual focus is nice and more damped than my 28-75. Final area of strength is its build quality, it might be made of plastic but it is built to very high tolerances and despite being a duo-cam design the lens does not wobble, which my 28-75 does. So in essence this lens makes a good supplement for the 28-75mm, its tough and the image quality is almost as good. Thus making it a great lens for the price I paid.
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