Tamron 15-30 F/2.8

[Peter Connan]

So too is it excellent for wide landscapes:

[HCS]

Eehhh ... wow!

You didn't tell me you were going to post such great pictures 

Great shots, i especially like the night shots.

[Peter Connan]

Unlike any other lens in it's class, it features VR (or whatever Tamron call it), which makes it great for indoor shots where tripods are frowned upon, as you can get sharp photos down to 1/2 second or even slower!

[Peter Connan]

Thanks for the compliment Hans.

These night shots are among my favourite subjects, but the biggest challenge is to create opportunities to do so. I need to travel at least 150km, and it needs to be a dark night (crescent moon), and even then the milky way is only visible for about half the year.

For interest, all my shots here were taken with D750. The first star photo is 30 seconds at f2.8 and ISO of around 10 000

[HCS]

I think i could travel 150 Km in any direction and not find enough darkness for shots like yours. I'd like to, once or twice. Somehow this links to staying up really late, or getting up really early. Times i generally spend otherwise 

I really like the indoor car shots. I have yet to give the VR a real try. I have never had any lenses with VR, so i'd have to get used to that as well. Good personal challenge.

[Peter Connan]

Thank you Hans. As mentioned in another thread, i bought this lens mainly for star photos, but there are some others that may have been almost (or even just as) good for that, but the Tamron won because of it's versatility, primarily due to the VR, as my sister-in-law who is an estate agent sometimes wants me to take photos to advertise house interiors.

Time you come visit South Africa?

[HCS]

Hans, time you come visit South Africa?

Peter, oh, how i would like that (and many other places btw). But, not this year, because this year i was allowed one lens 

[HCS]

Some other subjects, a little bit close-up this time.

[HCS]

And ... two to check on CA. I did turn off CA removal in capture one. There is some, but not all too bad, given the situation (shooting from shadow towards open sky).

[John Geerts]

Great stuff, Hans. It looks like a very versatile lens.

[HCS]

Great stuff, Hans. It looks like a very versatile lens.

Thanks John, but the great stuff is from Peter 

I believe it is a versatile lens, the range from 15-30 mm is a useful one for me.

[John Geerts]

Yes, it's a very useful range. One of the reasons I always kept my 17-35/2.8

[HCS]

Two bokeh examples. Wide angles are not famous for their bokeh, however the Tammy is not bad at all. I know it's not the greatest, but at 30mm the bokeh is rather pleasant, if not a bit sharply defined. At 15 mm it is not much to write home about, but ... i've seen worse from longer lenses. All in all i'm quite satisfied with this.

[longzoom]

I would like to ask an OP if it is possible to post 2-3 images taken with the old 20-40 Tamron, to compare an old 25-years technology, or it is a bad idea and better to start a new topic?  THX!   LZ

[HCS]

I would like to ask an OP if it is possible to post 2-3 images taken with the old 20-40 Tamron, to compare an old 25-years technology, or it is a bad idea and better to start a new topic?  THX!   LZ

That's OK when it is for comparison purpose. But, let's keep the thread about the Tamron 15-30. If you have any of those, please also post, that would be interesting.