Tamron 10-24mm F/3.5-4.5 Di-II VC HLD Wide Angle Zoom Lens for Canon APS-C Digital SLR Cameras (6 Year Limited USA Warranty)

Comment

Upgrade from canon 10-18mm... Could not be happier! Used for real estate photography. Mostly ISO 100 f8-9 Positives: Ultra wide a must for opening a room up. This is perfect. Low distortion and sharp enough corners for glossy mag. Negatives: None for price other than for video the auto focus isn’t the quietest. ***Have been using it for a couple of months now. About 20-25 properties. True workhorse. I also purchased the Tamron 24-70 g2. I MAY once in a while take out the canon 100mm macro for some style shots but other than that these are the only two lenses I need. So far my only want is doing video. I’ve found myself wishing it stopped down to f.2.8 when shooting rooms with less natural light. But that’s an extra $1000 want and really I don’t pick up much grain at f3.5 with a bit more ISO to make up for it. If I do get anything it’s minor and easily fixed in post. In closing still convinced I couldn’t have gotten anything better (pro bang for consumer price) ****Update 2**** Been using awhile now... who knows how many properties shot... Still the lens I keep on my camera as 90%+ of my shooting is with this lens. One added comment is combined with a gimbal, the image stabilization is great for doing video of properties. Sooooo smooth. ***Final Update*** Been just about a year. Went back looking at invoicing for jobs done. Since I use this on EVERY shoot since I bought it, I have done 164 property shoots with it. I’ve went a bit more high end with videos using a bmpcc4k for that now so this lens is exclusively stills. So 164 shoots... large jobs, small jobs, vacant land, cabins, condos, estates. Drizzle, rain, blazing heat, whatever. I have had no issues with this lens. This will be the end of my long term review because there really is nothing more for me to say except that This lens has made me many many times over what it has cost. Hope this helped

Show more

Comment

Youre a Canon owner and youre looking for a stabilized UWA and realizing you have two options, so youre asking yourself if this Tamron is worth the extra money, right? Having owned a Canon 10-18 for about nine months before getting my hands on this Tamron, I was in that boat myself, so hopefully I can help you. The Canon has five advantages: price, weight, size, MFD, and focus/stabilizer noise (relevant only for video). At the time Im writing this review it costs about half what the Tamron does. It also weighs a bit more than half as much - 233g vs 440g evidently - and is somewhat smaller. Minimum focus distance is 20cm to the Tamrons 24cm, which does matter for a UWA but is not drastic. Lastly, the 10-18 is nearly silent for video, where the Tamron makes a little noise which *might* be heard in quiet settings with the built-in mic; this is utterly irrelevant for photography as the Tamron is far from loud. The Tamron wins in nearly every other area, despite the longer zoom range AND larger aperture. Lateral CA is lower. Distortion is lower. Sharpness is excellent and better than the Canon at all focal lengths and all apertures they share - actually, the Tamron is still sharper even wide open except where it gets to f/3.5, but at least it has f/3.5. Autofocus is more accurate. Manual focus is smooth and responsive despite its short throw, while the focus-by-wire STM in the 10-18 requires live view and is still annoying even there. Build quality is considerably better, though the Canon is difficult to damage because its so light. The Tamron has a 2/3-stop advantage through most of the focal range, and at 11.5-12mm and at 14.5-16mm has a full-stop advantage. Surprisingly, even the stabilizer in the Tamron seems to work a little better, though that could just be from the increased inertia. Both lenses show minimal coma and I see no other aberrations besides lateral CA. Both have quick enough autofocus that you wont notice a difference. Using modern 4mm- to 6mm-thick filters, both will get black corners with two filters stacked at 10mm, and both shake it around 11.5mm. So what did I decide? Utimately I stuck with the Tamron. I almost always carry only two lenses at a time, with the other being either a 55-250 on the trail or a 60mm macro for everyday use. Ive never really liked the ~18mm field of view much, so the Tamrons extra zoom range is what initially caught my eye. On top of that, the Canon often left me wanting more aperture, and more sharpness which is a complaint I rarely have, and the manual focus really bugged me when shooting landscapes, so the fact that the Tamron fixes those is what won me over. Yes, I do feel the extra weight in my backpack and the lightness in my wallet, so I was hesitant, but what it boiled down to was that I just wasnt using the 10-18 where now I do use the Tamron. The 10-18 does have its niche. Its sharpness is still beyond what is visible after Facebook and Instagram and their ilk compress their images, the maximum aperture isnt a problem for everyone, the closer focusing is handy, and in the city its just fun to use, so dont let my review stop you from saving the money and the weight if youre more of a social media shooter or if you want a UWA to pair with a standard zoom for urban travel. Its a particularly good partner for the 18-135 because they share 67mm filters.

Show more

Comment

This was a bit more than I wanted to pay for a f/3.5-4.5 lens but its worth it for what I need it for. Firstly, as a vlog lens... NO! The autofocus noise is intolerable AND its a rather heave lens. However, its been fantastic for real estate photography and would also work nicely for landscapes. The zoom range is a pretty cool bonus. Being able to zoom in to 24mm is nice and the f/4.5 isnt an issue if youre doing landscape or real estate photography. However, the zoom wheel is not the smoothest. There is a little visible chromatic aberration on the edges when at its widest, which is to be expected. So you might want to shoot wider than desired and crop in to about 12 or 14mm. OR just zoom in a little with the lens. The image stabilization is quite good! All in all, this is a pretty good lens with my main issues being the weight and autofocus noise. Id recommend it if you plan on mostly having it on a tripod for real estate or landscape photography. Definitely not for vlogging.

Show more

Comment

I am so pleased with this lens. Being I shoot a lot of landscape photography Tamron has created a lens that allows versatility. Very minimal blur at the edges at 10mm. I love the quiet focus and VC feature. This is a light weight lens and well worth the price. Definitely NOT disappointed with this lens.

Show more

Comment

there was no Vigenting or shadows on my canon camera, even with the filter holder and filters mounted on. I was impressed by the wide angle of this lens....I will have to get used to it

Show more

Comment

I bought this lens a while back from my local camera shop. Threw it on my Canon 70D and videod a wedding on it. It worked really well. One down side is the aperture is kind of high, so in low light situations, on a non-full frame sensor, the lens will struggle. The glass is great and the Tamron warranty is amazing! Very impressed with this lens. One cool thing about it, is that it does have vibration compensation, which is pretty unique for a wide angle zoom in this price range! (I included a raw photo of this lens in action. Dont remember the settings, sorry!) Edit: This lens is still going strong, well over a year since my purchase. Ive since upgraded to a full-frame Canon and this works on that body (though the 10-18 EF-S would not). It just has heavy vignetting beyond ~14mm. Ive found the auto focus is pretty loud for (on-camera audio) video. A Rode mic on top of the camera would pick up the autofocus noise.

Show more

Comment

Extremely satisfied with this product.

Show more

Comment

Arrived quickly and as described.

Show more