TAMRON 60 mm Macro Di II Lens, A nice little macro
Nice lens for product shooting.
An excellent lens for close up work, very good for flowers and insects, it is also very good as a portrait lens having a wide aperture of f2 giving a shallow depth of field and ‘fuzzy’ background.
Macro photography is now a new joy to my main hobby. The lens is light and easy to use and the results are good. One thing you must not rotate the focusing ring when the camera is switched on and the lens is trying to automatically focus – the tamron leaflet says this. So far i have not tried the lens for portraits but will do soon so this will be interesting. The reviews i have read from various photo magazines are positive so i will see. The lens arrive within the time span and amazon and its delivery agents did very well so much so i then ordered a macro ring flash.
First class lens, very happy with the result.
This lens produce image quality similar to pro primes designed for full frame cameras. Excellent sharpness wide open with lovely bokeh. As a result i have most used it for portraits (not many people do for some reason) and as a walk around lens. One limitation- it does not focus quickly enough for moving subjects (typical for a macro lens). Sometimes it backfocuses too. I would highly recommend for outdoor posed portraits where you have room to zoom in and out of your feet. If you cant, or are indoors, go for the sony dt35mm 1. It can be challenging to use- but a simple truth- the harder you have to work for something the better it is.
I absolutely love this lens, it give great detail and is easy to use. It works really well with my sony alpha 300. I can’t put my camera down now.
One of my favourite lens and is great for my wildlife macro work. I find it is good at portraiture too. It has it’s own motor so it works with my nikon d5200. It is not a heavy lens but still manages 1to1 macro with fast focussing ability.
Key specs for Tamron 60 mm Macro Di II Lens for Canon:
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by entering your model number. - High resolution macro lens designed with uncompromising focus on performance
- Full-time manual control mechanism enabling MF operations without switching focussing mode
- Fast F/2.0 maximum aperture for low light conditions
Comments from buyers
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Very pleased – good for macro and portraits
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An excellent lens for close up work
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Five Stars
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I bought this as my first macro lens, after checking reviews online. So far,the results i’ve had are brilliant and i’ve been thoroughly enjoying getting out in the garden to use it. If you need a little extra reach then maybe go for the 90mm but for what i do – still life & product work- this is perfect.
A super lens for photographing flowers, etc.
Excellent little macro, with a working distance twice that of the nikkor 60/2. Could also replace a normal/short tele prime (such as the 50/1. 8), doubles quite well for portraits for a macro. Pros:*very sharp, low distortion (well, most other macro are as well). *reasonably low lateral ca (a pretty much ignorable aspect nowadays). *very well controlled longitudinal ca (important because loca are difficult to correct). *relatively wide max aperture (though tamron seems to be cheating a bit in the nikon mount version – at inf focus and portrait distances it seems to be actually around f/2. 4; f/2 at close focus where it is less useful). *nice rendering of out-of-focus areas, decent bokeh.
I love this lens and even though it’s a fixed focal length, it has become the standard lens on my nikon d7100. I use it mainly for portraiture shots for which it does the job brilliantly with macro shots turning out crisp and bright as well. Just be aware that unlike the other lenses i have in my bag, this one doesn’t feature an optical stabilization function so for some low light macro shots a tripod or bean-bag is advisable to cut down on potential shake. All in all an excellent lens and worthy of consideration if your budget won’t stretch to the equivalent nikon lenses.
And i’m happy with the macro shots i’ve taken, however in dark areas it’s noisy and even with using photoshop, it’s hard to smooth out the noise.
I bought this lens for my crop-frame alpha 230 dslr and the focal length of the lens works well on that size; it is a good length for portraits as well as giving a bit more working space for macro pictures. Sony’s own macro lenses are 50mm and 100mm which aren’t so convenient for both double macro and portrait pictures, so i went for this one. Pictures from the lens are really very sharp and i can’t see any sort of distortion. It definitely outperform my camera’s sensor, although i’m still learning the tricks of the macro world. The lens goes down to f/2 for portraits although that’s not so useful for macro shots. The in-lens motor autofocus works really well; quick and quiet, with not too much hunting (although there is no focus limiter like the longer tamron 90mm lens). You can override the focus manually at any time without flicking a switch. I have found that the autofocus does run down my camera battery faster than my other lenses, though, so i carry a spare round with me. All round i’m very pleased, and just need to go out and practice now.
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