Jay Drew wrote:
> ScottGee1 wrote:
>
>> I can buy one of these for an attractive price, but can't recall much
>> about its optical quality. It's a pretty big honker for sure. Of
>> course it has an OM mount!
>>
>> The other candidate is the Tamron SP 28-80 F3.5-4.2 CF MACRO which has
>> the advantage of being a two-touch and NOT varifocal.
>>
>>
> I'm the reverse of Moose, have the Vivitar, but not the Tamron.
>
> It is sharp, the varifocal doesn't bother me (I work slow and miss all the
> action shots). In this instance, I do like the close focusing at the short
> end
> when doing closeup of flowers and trying to get more background in. There is
> a
> huge problem with filters and vignetting at the wide end. I've got some real
> nice shots with it and some ruined shots because of the vignette with filters
> /
> shades. I've even put my Tokina 17mm tulip shade on it and have problems on
> the
> wide end. I have a Kiron of the same general design and like the Vivitar more
> because it will focus much closer. From your statement that a one touch and
> varifocal seem to be a negative, the Tamron would probably suit you better.
>
Are we supposed to meet on neutral ground for a shoot out? Send the film
to Scott for the decision?
Moose
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