Tamron 90mm 2.8 Macro - another convert

kres

Wow... I love this lens, and I've only had it 11 hours.

Fiddling around with it in the cold in the front of the house I got these test shots. Can't wait to get some portraits, and real macro work with it.







Well built, great counter-balance to the D200 body. Focus limiter switch is large and easy to get to. Same goes for the AF/MF control. Instead of sliding a switch, you push the focus ring forward to lock into AF, or pull it back to lock into MF. I've found it to be a more graceful motion then the Nikkor mini-switch on the lens.

DOF effects are great on this lens, and it's very very sharp - so much that it seems to really bring out the colors and details.

Only gripe is that it hunts a bit on focus - but not all the time. Most times is very fast - I haven't been able to figure out what causes the confusion - but I don't anticipate too much of an issue.

I had an old tank-like 85mm Macro for my Minolta film rig that I loved and this lens seems to be made from the same expectations.

kres

Check out this 1:1 view of the dead leaf at the bottom of image 2 - Really, I'm in love.

dangin

have you tried it in portraiture yet? i'm thinking about picking up this lens as well and was wondering how it performed indoors? thx!