Tamron 35-150 mm f/2.8-4 Di VC OSD review - Summary

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Tamron 35-150 mm f/2.8-4 Di VC OSD

2 January 2020

Arkadiusz Olech

11. Summary

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Pros:

good quality casing,
excellent image quality in the frame centre,
very good image quality on the edge of the APS-C/DX sensor,
acceptable image quality on the edge of full frame,
lack of problems with longitudinal chromatic aberration,
slight lateral chromatic aberration,
very good coma correction,
sensible correction of astigmatism,
low vignetting on the APS-C/DX sensor,
quiet and accurate autofocus,
5-year warranty period.

Cons:

some problems with spherical aberration,
high vignetting on full frame,
performance against bright light could have been a tad better,
too slow autofocus.

The Tamron 35–150 mm f/2.8–4 Di VC OSD is not a flawless instrument; still we are aware that, with such parameters, their elimination would entail a noticeable increase in weight and dimensions, most probably also in price. Mind you, the price is hardly low (at the beggining of 2020 you have to pay around $800 for it) so I doubt raising it any further would be a sensible solution. However, the lens even in current shape is a very well-put-together device, supplementing in a perfect way the earlier Tamron 17-35 mm f/2.8-4 Di OSD. That pair constitutes a really excellent, shapely and very useful set of lenses.

You could speculate whether their usefulness might be increased if, for example, instead of 35-150 mm parameters the producers offered something like 50-180 mm or even 50-200 mm. Perhaps it would mean also the increase of filter diameter but, I suppose, it would be a price worth paying.

Still let's leave such speculations aside; we should enjoy the fact that the line-ups of independent, third-party producers have been getting bigger and bigger, featuring very interesting models, well worth our attention. Personally I find the Tamron 35-150 mm f/2.8-4 Di VC OSD lens completely recommendable.