Tamron 90 mm f/2.8 Di III Macro VXD
1. Introduction
Up to that time we dealt with an unchanged optical construction, consisting of 10 elements positioned in 9 groups; what's more, it increased its dimension during focusing. In September 2012 there was a change – Tamron showed an improved model, characterized by a closed optical construction, this time consisting of 14 elements positioned in 11 groups. It all made the lens much heavier, bulkier, and demanded a bigger filter diameter. The fact that they added optical stabilization and an ultrasonic autofocus motor undoubtedly contributed to these changes.
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It's worth mentioning the fact that, apart from the 2.8/90 macro models Tamron can also so to speak boast of their prehistorical achievements, meaning here manual 2.5/90 class models. They released as many as four versions of them, in 1979, 1988, 1990, and 1994.
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Still the Tamrons 2.8/90 have always had one strong asset – a very good image quality. That's why we were very curious how the newest model would fare and, courtesy of Focus Nordic, that sent us one specimen of the Tamron 90 mm f/2.8 Di III Macro VXD for testing purposes, we were able to find out. Our impressions you can find in the following chapters – enjoy your reading!
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