On Mon, 4 Feb 2008 15:56:54 -0500, David J Brooks wrote > Picked it up just before i went away, so i have not had a chance to > shoot it yet. > > Just came back in from 20 or so test shots around the yard. > > At 5.6 and 8.0 it looks just great, but at F2.8, colour and contrast > are really bad, and soft. I know at 2.8 i will not get very much DOF, > but you'd think the bit i focused on would be. Seems to front focus > quite a bit at 2.8, subject soft, whilst the bit an inch or so infron > looks well focused. > > I'll try a few more, but i think its going back. I have a two week > return on it. > > Dave
Hi Dave, I have the Tamron 28-75 XR Di, I think this is the lens you're referring to. >From what I've heard the early versions were made *and* assembled in Japan and were of very high quality, on later samples they were assembled in Korea, Vietnam......where ever and the quality control took a hit. Many Canon users reported problems and had to send their lenses back to be re-calibrated, sometimes more than once. The lens I have I got from a list member, made and assembled in Japan, serial# 0000***, great lens. For quite some time I never removed this lens from the camera despite having FA 50/1.4, FA 35/2 and FA 28/2.8 in the camera bag, unless I needed the faster aperture of the prime (rare). Just thought I'd share this with you. Regards, John ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information transmitted is intended only for the person to whom it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. If you have received an email in error please notify Carmel College on [EMAIL PROTECTED] then delete all copies of it from your systems. Although Carmel College scans incoming and outgoing emails and email attachments for viruses we cannot guarantee a communication to be free of all viruses nor accept any responsibility for viruses. Although Carmel College monitors incoming and outgoing emails for inappropriate content, the college cannot be held responsible for the views or expressions of the author. The views expressed may not necessarily be those of Carmel College and Carmel College cannot be held responsible for any loss or injury resulting from the contents of a message. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
