Shawn Wright wrote:
>
> On 15 Jan 98 at 9:31, Xinjun Hou wrote:
>
> >
> > Tamron and other lens makers(like Tokina) once stopped making MF lens for
> > their new opticals, but it seems like they are coming back to MF lens again.
> > Specially the newest Tamron 28-105/F2.8 is also available im MF (one got
> > or tested this yet?)
>
> This is good news! So if Oly doesn't come with one along with the new models
> we are proposing, we have another option in a new lens.
> For myself, this is likely the *only* zoom I would ever buy, and then, only if
> it can come very close to prime lenses in quality.
I had once the 35-105mm 2.8 Tamron lens. Optical it was a good lens, but
the one ring design was to stiff to move smoothly. I would have prefered
the two ring design of the AF version.
Some lens tests indicates, that the 28-105mm 2.8 Tamron performs not as
good as the 35-105mm.
Richard
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