Tamron 17-28mm F/2.8 Di III RXD: specifications and reviews
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Specifications
General characteristics
Tamron
17-28mm F/2.8 Di III RXD
One time
for Sony E | |
Tamron 17-28mm F/2.8 Di III RXD for Sony E | |
zoom | |
2019-02-20 | |
Yes | |
A046 | |
€ 999 | |
$ 899+VAT | |
420 gr. | |
99 mm. | |
73 mm. | |
FE (Full frame) | |
Full frame 1.00x | |
17-28 mm. | |
17-28 mm. | |
1.6x | |
No | |
No / n.a. | |
f/2.8 | |
f/2.8 | |
9 | |
No | |
No | |
No | |
Yes | |
Yes | |
Indirect | |
No | |
19 cm. | |
0.19x | |
0.19x (35mm. equiv) | |
No | |
13/11 | |
3 | |
2 | |
1 | |
67 mm. | |
Yes | |
Yes |
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Comparison with Batis 18mm f2.8
I must suggest picking up:
-) the Tamron for focal range, starting also 1mm wider and with more close up possibilities, along with overall great quality.
-) the Batis to obtain even higher quality in the details regarding control of aberrations and less distorsion, accepting the restriction of a single focal length.
- ePHOTOzine
9.8/10
The new Tamron 17-28mm f/2.8 Di III RXD performs superbly, feels fantastic to use and is a very reasonable price as well. It's light, efficient, moisture resistant and seems to tick all the boxes. This one easily makes it into the hallowed ranks of an Editor's Choice. - Camera Labs
It’s sharp in the APS-C image-circle and is pretty small and light. So light in fact that both the 17-28mm plus the 28-75mm zooms weigh only 1kg although they offer a constant f2.8 aperture throughout the zoom-range. - Dustin Abbott
[Tested on 42 MP camera] Tamron has struck a nice balance with it between a nice, weather sealed build and light weight and portability. While the zoom range is somewhat abbreviated, the compensation is very strong optical performance [...]. The autofocus is also excellent, with truly silent focus, a lot of speed, and good accuracy. That combined with the fact that the lens receives in-camera corrections during video recording should make it attractive for video. - Phillip Reeve
[Tested on 42 MP camera] Optically it is very capable at the wide end, a little less so at the long end [...] Stopped down to f/8.0 to f/11 it should be good enough for most applications though [...] Tamron also decided to put some effort into correcting the lens for coma at the wide end [...] Flare resistance is class leading. [...] Bokeh is rather nervous, so this 17-28mm 2.8 could not replace a fast medium wide angle prime environmental portraiture. - Sony Alpha Blog
It offers very good/excellent performances at 2,5 times less the price of the Sony FE 16-35 mm F2.8 GM (2700 euros). Obviously the focal range is smaller, but if you have the Tamron 28-75 it complements it without any overlap.