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- From: duli@boulder.Colorado.EDU (Li Du)
- Subject: Re: Tamron 90/2.5 macro (and Sigma & Tokina macros)
- Message-ID: <1992Dec31.065154.206@colorado.edu>
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- Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder
- Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 06:51:54 GMT
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- In article <PD.92Dec31041819@horus.sics> pd@sics.se (Per Danielsson) writes:
- >In article <1992Dec30.221153> duli@boulder.Colorado.EDU (Li Du) writes:
- >> What you have quoted above only indicates that Tamron 90/2.5
- >> performed very well in normal shooting range. It didn't say
- >> how well it performs as a macro lens.
- >That is correct. Unfortunately the test did not test the macro lenses
- >(there were 9 of them) in the macro range.
- Then on what base did you made your statement that the Tamron
- is the best macro lens around 100mm?
- >> There may be significant differences between a good short tele-
- >> photo lens that happens to focus down to macro range, and a
- >> good macro lens that can also be used as a short telephoto lens.
- >Yes, that is why it is a little bit amazing that a lens that
- >supposedly is optimized for macro is the best lens among the short
- >telephotos for normal shooting.
- Do you have supporting evidence that Tamron 90/2.5 IS optimized
- for macro? It seems to me that your assesment about Tamron 90/2.5
- as a macro lens is based more on extrapolation than actual test
- data. That's the point I was quibbling about. It's a well known
- fact that superior performance in normal range does not automatically
- guarantee optimal quality in macro range. Modern Photography tested
- Sigma 90/2.8, Tamron 90/2.5 and Tokina 90/2.5 in 1989 (June, pp 50).
- The test data showed that Tamron indeed had the best resolution among
- the three as a normal shooting lens(i.e. at 1:49 magnification),
- although the contrast was NOT the best. At macro range, however, the
- Tamron was out performed by the other two. At 1:4, Tamron was nearly
- as good as the other two. At 1:2, Sigma and Tokina were better as far
- as the numbers(resolution power) is concerned. I would not conclude
- that Tamron 90/2.5 is the best macro lens around 100mm, if I were to
- solely base my assesment on this Modern Photography tests.
- Incidentally, Modern Photography concluded that Tokina was an excellent
- performer, and Sigma and Tamron were above-average performers. This
- pretty much means nothing if one wants to know which is the best, but
- it at least provided some data on which one can base judgement.
- >> I would not want to use the Zeiss 85/1.4 for macro work even if I can
- >> somehow make it focus down to 1:1.
- >Oh, I would. If it were the only lens I had...
- AND if image quality were not the primary concern.
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- Li Du | duli@prony.colorado.edu
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