The deep lens recess is there because it makes the extension mechanism easy to build with a single tube; trying to do the same thing with a smaller recess would mean that the lens would be wobbly at its closest focus distance. The hood, apart from being good physical protection (mine is full of nicks and scratches), is there to keep light off of any filters you may be using. Oh, and it's a great portrait lens, with tight horizontal headshots at about 6 feet/2m (you wouldn't want to be closer).
Not really that helpful, I could have learnt all that you said from the tamron website. A review should be the lens being used in the field on a variety of cameras in different lighting and shooting situations, not just reciting the stats page from tamron. ie you could have used it on a canon crop body and a full frame camera, used at day and at night, used for shooting different applications eg sports, portraits, macro, landscape. And then you could compare it to maybe the canon 85mm 1.8 or si
its the Russian "Tair 11A", its a manuel Focus lens and very old but its nearly perfectly sharp an feels like Leica lenses, which are also manuel focus :D
@gagdeep From what I found out the Nikon 60mm is better for portraits than macro. If you want your lens for wildlife e.t.c. the Tamron is a better choice because of its focal range. It's easier to get a 1:1 picture and It's also good for wedding photography which is always useful :)
I think it's a fantastic piece of kit and would highly recommend it.
I hope that helps. If you have any more questions, send me a PM.
What would be very interesting for me is the question, how you're dealing with that quite prominent focussing sound. Doesn't that scare away your prey? I Imagine (with my limited macro experience) that you probably will use manual focus on really close subject. But nonetheless. How does it fare, when using the autofocus on let's say a fly?
@naftade There is a lot of other noise outside (eg. wind, birds) so the lens focusing shouldn't scare the insect away. If anything it'll be the lens itself. To be honest I'd be pretty terrified if there was a huge black tube coming towards me ;)
But the example pictures (see description for link) that I took were all manually focused anyway. That way I got the best results.
I hope that helped. I myself have just started the adventure with macro so I still have a lot to learn :)
I have this lens: its sharp, great bokeh effect, light, fast and great for portraits
byakusharingan25 1 week ago
The deep lens recess is there because it makes the extension mechanism easy to build with a single tube; trying to do the same thing with a smaller recess would mean that the lens would be wobbly at its closest focus distance. The hood, apart from being good physical protection (mine is full of nicks and scratches), is there to keep light off of any filters you may be using. Oh, and it's a great portrait lens, with tight horizontal headshots at about 6 feet/2m (you wouldn't want to be closer).
essellar 3 weeks ago
Many thanks for a good hands on review - much appreciated :)
Nialletto 3 weeks ago
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Will this lens autofocus on nikon d3100?
KossakaGuardian 2 months ago
Not really that helpful, I could have learnt all that you said from the tamron website. A review should be the lens being used in the field on a variety of cameras in different lighting and shooting situations, not just reciting the stats page from tamron. ie you could have used it on a canon crop body and a full frame camera, used at day and at night, used for shooting different applications eg sports, portraits, macro, landscape. And then you could compare it to maybe the canon 85mm 1.8 or si
oldgranny007 4 months ago
You call this a review?!? No mention of photo quality......nothing.
chilliman07 4 months ago
@chilliman07 You're right. I'm sorry it's not a very detailed review... I'm still happy to answer any questions you have.
M4t94 4 months ago
mirror?!?
TheSmk1995 10 months ago
fool a mm is one 10th of a cm, 45mm is not 1.5 feet its 4.5cm
counttravula 1 year ago
My 50mm canon macro lens glass is deep within the lens body aswell. I think its a macro thing.
strife2xlr8 1 year ago
link broken
eaton1012 1 year ago
@eaton1012 Thank you. The link is now fixed :) Sorry for the trouble
M4t94 1 year ago 3
@M4t94
Thanks for the fix :D
eaton1012 1 year ago
9 Blades are nice???
I have a lens which has 22 Blades !!!
unbee73 1 year ago
@unbee73 Wow. What lens is that?
M4t94 1 year ago 6
@M4t94 oh. sorry it *just* has 20 Blades :D
its the Russian "Tair 11A", its a manuel Focus lens and very old but its nearly perfectly sharp an feels like Leica lenses, which are also manuel focus :D
(it's adapted from M42 mount to Canon EOS)
unbee73 1 year ago
@M4t94 I think he means elements
KsantiMedia 1 year ago
@unbee73 I think you're talking about the minimum aperture
jadgl968 11 months ago
@jadgl968 haha ... no your Wrong.... but i was wrong to ....
the lens has 20 Blades :)
unbee73 11 months ago
@jadgl968 haha ... no your Wrong.... but i was wrong to ....
the lens has 20 Blades :) and the minimum Aperture is 22 :D
unbee73 11 months ago
@unbee73 what lens? Voigtlander?
FinlandApollo 9 months ago
@FinlandApollo TAIR 11A
unbee73 9 months ago
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hi there sir i wanna buy macro lens dor my nikon d90 i wanna chosse between tamrom 90 mm and nikon 60 mm can u suggest me please?
gagdeep 1 year ago
@gagdeep From what I found out the Nikon 60mm is better for portraits than macro. If you want your lens for wildlife e.t.c. the Tamron is a better choice because of its focal range. It's easier to get a 1:1 picture and It's also good for wedding photography which is always useful :)
I think it's a fantastic piece of kit and would highly recommend it.
I hope that helps. If you have any more questions, send me a PM.
M4t94 1 year ago
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gagdeep 1 year ago
Thanks for letting me have a look.
What would be very interesting for me is the question, how you're dealing with that quite prominent focussing sound. Doesn't that scare away your prey? I Imagine (with my limited macro experience) that you probably will use manual focus on really close subject. But nonetheless. How does it fare, when using the autofocus on let's say a fly?
Thx
naftade 1 year ago
@naftade There is a lot of other noise outside (eg. wind, birds) so the lens focusing shouldn't scare the insect away. If anything it'll be the lens itself. To be honest I'd be pretty terrified if there was a huge black tube coming towards me ;)
But the example pictures (see description for link) that I took were all manually focused anyway. That way I got the best results.
I hope that helped. I myself have just started the adventure with macro so I still have a lot to learn :)
M4t94 1 year ago
Thank you!
xfirrex 1 year ago
@xfirrex Glad I could help :)
M4t94 1 year ago