Nikkor AF-S 28-70 or Tamron SP AF28-75

[Fuji Olykon]

:think: & :sweat:

btw anione can give mi links to the meaning of the alphabets of the lens ..
I know only few of them ..

eg. XR Di LD Aspherical ..
XR = ?
Di = ? ..

tks

Pls refer to:-

http://www.tamron.com/lenses/default.asp

 

[smallaperture]

A very nice review i came across at dpreview... Click me!

comparing 17-55nikon and 28-75tamron....Priceis about 4x times more... but quality isit 4times more?

Most of these lens comparo does it at 100% crop and they try to see minute differences. Actually, hardly any practical difference if you go at say 8R size. Then, there are other aspects to consider like size of filter, focus ring moves or not during AF, front of lens extends out or not, distortion, flare, etc.

 

[sofunny]

For sharpness, nikkor better than tamron for 100 SGD
For colour, nikkor better than tamron for 300 SGD
For contrast, nikkor better than tamron for 100 SGD
For build not including AFS speed, nikkor better than tamron for 150
For AFS (speed), nikkor better than tamron for 50 (cost of speed diff but not moto diff)

so nikkor win picture quality and focusing speed, but tamron win cost effective.
tamron one is much better than kit lens except the color.
for build, kit lens is plastic, tamron is very plastic.

tamron is the best buy for middle zoom lens below 1000 SGD.

 

[kegler]

Most of these lens comparo does it at 100% crop and they try to see minute differences. Actually, hardly any practical difference if you go at say 8R size. Then, there are other aspects to consider like size of filter, focus ring moves or not during AF, front of lens extends out or not, distortion, flare, etc.

dun get me wrong..hee..i always agree with ur quote above.... im just posting back a question for the thread starter to think... thats what i ask myself whenever i think of buying new lense :bsmilie:

 

[ITD]

shall we compare Tamron with Tokina instead? it's unfair to compare Tamron with this Nikkor as they are of diff cat.

 

[user111]

AFS 28-70 will become a silly 42-105 on nikon 1.5x crop dslr

 

[espn]

AFS 28-70 will become a silly 42-105 on nikon 1.5x crop dslr

Why is it silly?

 

[kitkat]

For sharpness, nikkor better than tamron for 100 SGD
For colour, nikkor better than tamron for 300 SGD
For contrast, nikkor better than tamron for 100 SGD
For build not including AFS speed, nikkor better than tamron for 150
For AFS (speed), nikkor better than tamron for 50 (cost of speed diff but not moto diff)

so nikkor win picture quality and focusing speed, but tamron win cost effective.
tamron one is much better than kit lens except the color.
for build, kit lens is plastic, tamron is very plastic.

tamron is the best buy for middle zoom lens below 1000 SGD.

agree !!! :bsmilie:
guess it is either a "wants" or a "need" as previous thread mention