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Tamron AF 90mm Di f 2.8 Macro Lens Review

Posted February 9th, 2008 by cgarrard

Tamron 90mm Di 2.8 Macro AutoFocus Lens

Review by: C. Garrard

Lens graciously provided by Matt Davids at www.AlphaLensRental.com, thank you Matt!

Tamron 90mm Lens

*Tested on the Sony Alpha A100 and A700

Preamble:

One of the priorities of AlphaMountWorld.com is to bring you real world reviews of products of great quality and value to add to your Alpha system. Also, so that you don't have to shop all over the net or read thousands of reviews to make a final decision. We aim to find the best products for overall value and performance, then review them for you. Of late, we have had our eye on a few macro lenses we feel bring an excellent addition to your kit. While there are many macro lenses available to the Alpha Mount, we have narrowed our favorites to just a handful based on image quality, price, and build. One of these lenses is the Tamron 90mm 2.8 Macro.

The Tamron 90mm 2.8 Macro was first introduced February 12th, 2004 at PMA in Las Vegas. It is certainly no newcomer, so why do a review of this lens now? For two reasons, we think it still offers excellent value for what you get, and it is full frame compatible. On your APS-C bodies (A100-A700) it will have an equivalent focal length of 135mm in field of view, giving you excellent relief (or good magnification focus distance) from your subjects. Also, for those who will purchase the Flagship body later this year, it is a cross compatible lens that won't vignette like APS-C specific lenses on your FF body. So this is a lens that will work well on all of the bodies you have in your kit.

Typically, macro lenses are offered from about 50mm to 200mm in focal length and this puts the Tamron right about smack dab in the middle. The advantage of this lens is that it still is incredibly light and compact but retains a nice medium telephoto advantage.

So, how well did it hold up to our several tests and what is our verdict on this lens? And mostly, how much fun is it to use? Read on..

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