New Tamron 17-28mm FE reviews from Germany: The lens is sharp and a real Sony GM contender!

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Tamron 17-28mm f/2.8 FE preorders:
In the USA at BHphoto, Amazon, FocusCamera, BuyDig and Adorama.
In Europe it’s available at Calumet DE, WexUK, Park UK and CameraTools NL.

For some weird marketing reasons only German Press was allowed to test the new Tamron lens. Luckily one review has been posted in english too:

And here are all other German video reviews (enable autotranslation if needed):

Also note that initial price of 1,299 Euro has been corrected by Calumet DE:

Tamron 17-28mm f/2.8 FE preorders:
In the USA at BHphoto, Amazon, FocusCamera, BuyDig and Adorama.
In Europe it’s available at Calumet DE, WexUK, Park UK and CameraTools NL.

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New Sony 200-600mm FE tests

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200-600mm FE at Amazon, BHphoto, FocusCamera, BuyDig, Adorama, Calumet DE. WexUK. Calumet NL.
600mm FE GM at Amazon, BHphoto, FocusCamera, BuyDig, Adorama, Calumet DE. WexUK. Calumet NL.

Marc Galer:

Here is a link to an album of Ultra HD images captured with the Sony FE 200-600 F/5.6-6.3 G OSS https://flic.kr/s/aHsmEsvPhd
Images were mostly captured in low ambient light at high ISO to test focus acquisition and focus tracking. There are images in this album that use the 1.4X Teleconverter providing a focal length up to 840 mm

USA Preorders:
Sony 200-600mm FE at Amazon, BHphoto, FocusCamera, BuyDig and Adorama.
Sony 600mm FE GM at Amazon, BHphoto, FocusCamera, BuyDig and Adorama.
EU Preorders:
Sony 200-600mm FE at Calumet DE. WexUK. ParkCameras. Calumet NL. Cameratools NL.
Sony 600mm FE GM at Calumet DE. WexUK. ParkCameras. Calumet NL. Cameratools NL.
Asia Preorders:
Sony 200-600mm FE at Sony Japan. Sony Australia.
Sony 600mm FE GM at Sony Japan. Sony Australia.

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First Tamron 17-28mm FE lens review: It’s even a bit sharper than the Sony 16-35mm GM!

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The 999 Euro Tamron 17-28mm FE versus the 2400 Euro Sony 16-35mm GM

The German folks from Krolop&Gerst posted the world’s first full review of the new Tamron 17-28mm FE lens. It’s a 30 minute long video in German (activate auto translation if you don’t speak german).

In Summary this is what the reviewer had to say:

– Center of image: At 17mm the Tamron is as sharp as the Sony at 17mm in the
– Border of the image: At 17mm the Tamron is sharper on the edges than the Sony at 17mm
– At 28mm same kind of results
– At 28mm the 17-28mm FE is as sharp as the 28-75mm FE
– The 17-28mm FE is as sharp as the Sony 28mm f/2.0 prime lens (and the prime lens has more Chromatic Aberrations)
– There is only little chromatic aberration (green and not magenta)
– Color looks very natural
– Autofocus is fast

Overall this is an excellent lens!

Don’t forget that today the preorders will open at 11pm Eastern time at BHphoto, Amazon, FocusCamera, BuyDig and Adorama.

SAR note: To be fair the Sony 16-35mm GM also has a much wider focal range which obviously makes it a bit more difficult to achieve absolute sharpness.

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(SR5) Sony is now coming big: Two new Sony cameras and 35mm f/1.8 FE to be announced soon!

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What a day folks!  First we got 100% confirmation that Sony will soon announce the new 35mm f/1.8 FE lens. And now Sony registered a new camera model with the code “WW246025”.

This means we now have two new cameras and one lens that will be announced within 1-2 months:

  • WW245025  (probably a new RX or Cybershot camera)
  • WW716189 (High End E-mount camera with 5.8 GHXz WiFi which I believe could be the A9II)
  • Sony 35mm f/1.8 FE lens (SEL35F18F).

Exciting time ahead!

And don’t forget in July Sigma will have a major announcement too with the new 35mm f/1.2 FE lens and something more… ;)

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(SR5) Sony will soon launch the new 35mm f/1.8 FE lens!

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Zeiss 35mm f/1.4 versus the Nikkor 35mm f/1.8 S via CameraSize.

Nokishita confirmed our rumor (posted last year) that Sony will soon launch a new 35mm f/1.8 FE lens!  There is no price and release info yet. But I guess the lens will be officially announced very soon!

UPDATE: This image that is going viral on the web is just a photoshopped images based on the current 50mm f/1.8 FE. But I guess the REAL lens will look very close to that :)

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