John,
I have had the same experiences as you do with the zuiko 35 - 105, I just
bought and am now awaiting arrival of a vivitar series one 28 - 90 F2.8 -
3.x hoping to enjoy the same benefits as you have with the tamron. My main
attraction to the vivitar is the 28 mm wide end, and as I think the 90 mm
long is good enough.
Anyone have any comments on this vivitar? If this vivitar works, I may get
rid of my 35 - 105
Titoy
----- Original Message -----
From: "John A. Lind" <jlind@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, May 18, 2003 12:47 PM
Subject: [OM] Second Impressions: Tamron 35-105/2.8 SP
> Got to run a few rolls behind the Tamron 35-105/2.8 SP (Adaptall II) over
> the past few days and portions of a wedding with it tonight.
>
> Note left out from before. Unlike the Zuiko's, the Tamron has half-stop
> detents on the aperture ring. Gotta remember this as I sometimes jockey
> the aperture from a preset and count detents!
>
> Second Impressions (in use):
>
> Shot a test roll through it before doing something critical (wedding):
> Sharp
> contrasty
> Excellent flare control
> Decent bokeh
> Accurate meter biasing through the Adaptall II
>
> Just got home from shooting wedding candids with it:
> Camera body for the candids was an OM-2S with 2-13 screen. The one-plus
> stop increase in speed is a **major** improvement over the Zuiko
> 35-105/3.5~4.5 in ease of focusing. Much brighter viewfinder combined
with
> a noticeably shallower depth of field make life much easier when lights
are
> dimmed down. NO blacked out RF spot (wooo-hooo) which has been a pain in
> low light with the Zuiko. Didn't think one stop would make that much
> difference, but it does. Otherwise it works much the same (albeit
slightly
> bigger and heavier). In the past I've had to resort to the 50/1.4 MC and
> swap it out with the 85/2 to get some standoff. Tonight I didn't need to
> and that's a blessing. Simplicity with one lens means fewer lost candid
> opportunities. It's bad enough when changing film; combine that with
> swapping lenses and the percentage of missed opportunities increases.
>
> Did discover its larger barrel won't allow me to mount the camera on the
> rotating flash bracket with the lens mounted on the body. I have to mount
> the body, then mount the lens. No real issue with this as I use other
> camera bodies and lenses for available light work. Should have realized
> this as the Zuiko 35-105 barrel just barely fits.
>
> I have now joined the ranks of non-OEM lens users. <sigh>
> It's the fast 35-105 Olympus *should* have made.
>
> Footnote:
> BTW, I'd have been saving my nickels and dimes for a 35-80/2.8 Zuiko, but
I
> use the extra 25mm range at the long end heavily.
>
> -- John
> Who's typing this in from the on-line hookup at the f-Stop Bar and Grill
>
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