Tamron 17-28mm F/2.8 lens

Phil Rudin · Issue 119, Mar/Apr 2021 · pp. 37–43

Products mentioned: Tamron 17-28mm F/2.8 Di III RXD, Tamron 28-75mm F/2.8 Di III RXD, Tamron 70-180mm F/2.8 Di III VXD, Tamron 35mm F/2.8 Di III OSD M1:2, Tamron 24mm F/2.8 Di III OSD M1:2, Tamron 20mm F/2.8 Di III OSD M1:2, Sony FE 16-35mm F/4, Sony FE 16-35mm F/2.8, Sea & Sea Internal Correction Lens, Nauticam housing, Nauticam 230mm dome port, Inon Z-330 flash, Zeiss Batis 18mm F/2.8

Tamron, a Japanese company first began developing precision optical equipment over seventy years ago. In 1953 they began sales of Wide Vision Binoculars and later moved to manufacturing lenses for SLR cameras. Today they make a verity of lenses for DSLR’s, Mirrorless cameras, Camcorder lenses, Surveillance camera lenses, Camera modules, Automotive camera lenses and more. Anyone who has been around the camera market is aware of the excellent reputation Tamron has had for years in the camera lens industry. In February of 2018 Tamron announced the 28-75mm F/2.8 Di III RXD lens for Sony full frame cameras. This lens has superb optical performance, weather-sealing, is light weight, compact and competitively priced. This lens became an immediate success within the Sony Alpha community winning several design awards in its first year. In June of 2019 Tamron followed up on the success of the 28-7…