subject: Discover An Awesome Macro Lens - Tamron 60mm Macro Lens Review [print this page] If it is time for you to up grade your camera bag to include an amazing close up lens, the Tamron SP AF 60mm F/2 Di II LD[IF] Macro 1:1 lens is now available to buy. That's quite a title, right? I mean what are all those letters - are they important?
Here's the break down:
SP = High performance specifications
AF = stands for auto focus
F/2 = aperture designation for the largest aperture(lens opening)
Di II = this lens is made for digital cameras (not film cameras)
LD = Low Dispersion glass
IF = Internal focusing
As you can see, the letters indicate lots of technical jargon. But are they really important? Absolutely.
The technology that goes into the Tamron 60mm macro lens makes it quite special, and those letters give us an indication of just exactly what that technology is.
If VC and USD were in the list, this lens would be even better. VC stands for Vibration Compensation, and USD stands for Ultrasonic Silent Drive. This would add something similar to Image Stabilization and Fast Focus. In spite of being excellent additions to the technology of the lens, they would add lots to the price tag, making it too expensive for the many intended users.
And just who are the intended users? It's intended for those who have APS-C cameras... I know, more letters. APS-C cameras are digital SLR cameras with a smaller than "full frame" image sensor. These are cameras like the Digital Rebels in the Canon line and the D5000 in the Nikon line.
This is a good thing, because the Tamron engineers have focused on a single type of camera rather than trying to make a lens that will be perfect for every camera.
Let's take a look at two very highly rated attributes of the Tamron 60mm lens.
1. Image quality is superior. All reviewers agreed that the image quality was beyond their expectations. Just a short aside here - prime lenses, that is those lenses with only one focal length, tend to produce the very best image quality, typically much better than zoom lenses.
2. Depth of Field. The plane of focus, being a macro lens, was narrow enough, even at the smaller apertures to produce a nice blurring, or bokeh, effect.
This statement by the manufacturer is major: The Tamron 60mm Macro lens is the only lens in the World that can boast an F/2.0 aperture at that focal length. There are a number of lenses that have an aperture of F/2.8, but none have F/2.0.
While the top billing for the lens is for Macro photography, it can be employed for other styles of photography. A 60mm lens with a fast aperture such as this one is well suited for portraits. Many photographers use a 50mm lens for portraits, but this one performed admirably for taking sharp portraits.
Much has been mentioned in favor of the Tamron 60mm Macro lens. But are there any concerns?
Most of the reviews have agreed that there is one negative factor that they found in their use of the lens. The lens has auto focus with a manual override. That means that you can use the camera to get the focus automatically, but if you feel that you can tweak the focus manually to get it sharper, you can do that. The reviewing photographers seemed to have trouble with this feature, because the lens would try to auto focus while they were using the manual override.
If you are familiar with macro lenses, you will know that this happens with other macro models, as well. Because you are so close to the subject, and the plane of focus is so narrow, it is sometimes difficult for the auto focus feature to get a tack-sharp focus. With the Tamron 60mm Macro lens, the testers agreed that they were able to master this problem, but it was somewhat of a negative in their evaluation.
This lens has been widely acclaimed as a great lens for entry level and mid level digital slr cameras. This lens offers photographers a reasonably priced macro lens that provides great image quality.
by: Wayne Rasku
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