"Every lens we send out to magazines, test labs, bloggers or KZfaqrs is thoroughly checked by us before we send it out" Well, that's really BAD; It should have sounded as follows: "Every lens we manufacture is thoroughly checked by us before we send it out". Original statement for me sounds like "Test lenses are fine tuned to reach best figures in the lab so they are desirable to purchase; on the other way we don't give a s*it about QC on customer's lenses". I worked corporate for 10 years as sales director; a mkt manager giving such an answer wouldn't have lasted a day in my company.

Then tamron what are the chances that another well known youtuber professional photographer just happened to have the SAME EXACT problem and so did one of his friends (wedding photographer Taylor Jackson). Unfortunately we all can't be youtubers and get the same service/response from big companies to problems we have. It's nice to see you guys put extra quality control into lens copies you send to media/influencers and yet STILL 2 cases of bad lenses.

Thanks for your understanding! ♥️

@@TomCalton I've seen other reviews where people have had the same out of focus issue show up on their Tamron lens randomly and Tamron fixed them under warranty. Did Tamron make a change in their manufacturing process so this problem doesn't happen with newly manufactured versions of this lens? I'm afraid I would be eagle eyed enough to catch this issue before my warranty expires if I get this lens. For some reason I'm uncomfortable with Samyang.

Filters can increase the CA, causing AF issues, and flares, and also cause lens back/front focus.

@@hoatd1993 this one was certainly advertised for making flares, LOL!

I agree. If the warranty was added to the overall score, I believe Tamron would be the winner. I am in a peculiar spot. Due to owning more than six Tamron lenses in the past 10 years (eight total), I am now a member of their Platinum VIP group. One of the benefits is lifetime warranty on an any new Tamron lens purchase. My 150-500 is the first lens and this one would be the second with such warranty. I do not know of any camera gear (body, lens) manufacturer that offers remotely something close to that. So paying $400-500 more with the Tamron is well worth the extra protection. I also get to try any lens they offer for free and they pay for shipping to me and from me to them!! I have no complaints about image quality with any of my current five Tamron lenses for my Sony. Focusing in low light is an issue, especially in the corners, but I do mostly landscapes and do not have to contend with that shortcoming.

I agree about the warranty but Tamron maybe biased on him regarding on quick service since he is KZfaqr and his videos went viral specially that part where the edge is blurred out. I want to hear it from a regular person on how quick both samyang and tamron service is.

@@yuizen I think that would depend on the location worldwide. In Canada where the service centres location are only less an hour drive, I had sent customers to both Tamron & Sigma (10 year / 7 year Canadian warranty) service centres to get same day recalibration on lenses due to emergency by contacting our regional representative and it was done if a few hours. No such thing with Samyang lenses as we will have to sent it to US and wait for over a month or two without shipping coverage.

Thanks, I'm glad you appreciate the effort 🤜🏻🤛🏻

You said it. Lens stabilization would be appreciated at the narrower end, specially for video

Tamron is not going to price match Samyang, as it's a significantly better lens. I've tested Samayang myself, this review is just way off.

Do you use foto Video or Photo work? what is your opinion on AF? can't understand the difference in opinions on this subject some call it the same between the Tamron and Samyang/Rokinon with slight advantage to Tamron, others say it's day & night saying Samyang/Rokinon is unusable especially long edge. (I have A7III and thinking on adding one of these to lenses... can buy both at the same price here in Chile, the problem for me Tamron updated their other lenses and would make sense to them maybe to update the 35-150 very soon in line with the 28 - 75 and 70-180 second gen versions. (or maybe they won't because the 35-150 already is a kind of second gen lens compared to the other two because of construction and AF motors)

Edges don't matter when it's a portrait....the edges are never supposed to be tack sharp

Thank you! Really appreciate your kindness 😊 Hopefully one day we'll hit those numbers, but for now I'm just trying to enjoy the journey 😁

Looking forward to your thoughts?

You didnt keep us posted

How was it?

I can only assume it sucked with those stepping motors Samyang uses.

how did it turno out?

Thanks for your help and support as always bud! Couldn't do it without you! 🤜🏻🤛🏻

Now Kith!

Thanks 👍

Omg sorry speech to text my bad

On the other hand this might mean very quick and "effortless" zooming. I complain how stiffness of Tamron does actually hurt my hands, so this could be a real plus for me. Noted!

It's only a matter of time before that changes. Nikon has already opened the door to Sigma and I'm sure others will follow. Canon will soon be forced to do something or risk being left behind.

We need to measure several copies

@@RyuMasterEX We need more reviews from reputable KZfaqrs in addition to Tom.

I was thinking the same thing... My 70 to 180 only ring zooms from 70 to 135 something's messed up but I can pull push and pull it to 180

Same here 🙌

🤣 How are you finding it? Are you happy so far?

@@TomCalton Yes, I'm happy with it. I sold two lenses to get this one :P. The built quality is pretty good, feels solid. It is a bit heavy for a whole-day wedding for example but not much heavier than the Tamron. I would have chosen the Tamron if the price would have been the same. I live on an island and the plastic body is a blessing rather than the metal barrel cos of the salt. I've to take care of this lens.

I got it as well after the first review. But so far quite underwhelmed. I feel like it often lacks sharpness (even on portraits) and sometimes I can’t find anything in focus. Can’t return it unfortunately and most likely will sell

I keep finding bad opinions concerning bad autofocus of Samyang in video and also in photo when shooting between isual focal lengthes like 35, 50 or 85mm. Did you also have these problems? I preordered the Samyang after seeing Tom’s comparison with Tamron and I don’t know what to expect. i have other Samyang lenses (primes) and I didn’t have such problems with them.

So some update. Today I went out to do some test finally. I've to say I didn't find any issues when I was shooting a moving subject with backlit conditions and eye AF-C on. I think I'll keep it but still not convinced fully cos of the bad reviews of the AF. I used it on the a7iii.

$500

Or in other words the tamron is almost 50 percent dearer

No idea tbh. Though, I believe Sony has a significant amount of shares in Tamron, so I don't know if they would as it might negatively impact their investment. But who knows! 🤷🏻‍♂️

Yep 👍🏻

thats clearly a faulty damaged lens

That's why you get the Tamron with 5y warranty. Also, what wasn't mentioned in this review is flaring. Samyang cheaped out on the coatings. You get what you pay for. Samyang is not better than the Tamron, it's worse. It offers similar sharpness, similar CA (but different color), worse AF, worse build quality, 35mm is more like 39mm on the Samyang and no real warranty. Is 30-40% price savings worth it? I'd say absolutelly not, because the alternative to the 35-150 is Sony's 70-200 and a normal zoom. Both cost and arm and a leg. Tamron is not expensive at all in comparison.

Unfortunately not.

Any update?

@@Tony.Visual First copy that I received on preorder was faulty. The seller didn’t want to admit but I had to return it because I was not satisfied of it. After that I bought another lens but a newer generation and this one is impecable also concerning AF and IQ. Great lens!

@@martinovicisorin7656 hoe do you now it is a newer generation? is this something one can know/see before buying online?

@@costagfI checked the serial no and compared it to the one of the lens I bought on preorder.

Congrats! Hope you enjoy it! 🙌🏻

@@TomCalton I picked it up today. I have not tried it yet. Many of the people who talk about the overprice of the Tamron refer to the years of warranty with respect to the Samyang... on the box of this 35-150mm from Samyang, it indicates that it also has a 5-year warranty.

@@koniwebso how is it?

@@Tony.Visual For the price it has and for the quality of a zoom with both focal range and aperture, amazing.

Prove it.

no

does it have latest firmware? how about for photography?

That's absolutely not what we've learnt here. As I explained, the lens I tested was most likely damaged in transit - nothing to do with Tamron's QC. I've tested plenty of Tamron lenses in the past and I've never receved a faulty lens from them. If anything, from this experience we've learnt that Tamron actually give a crap about their reputation and the quality of the products they make, enough to send off the lens to Europe for testing, issue an official statement, and then send out a replacement for me to re-test. I think all credit to them for their efforts here!

Now he say its not quality problem ...but if he dont have samyang at same time to do comparision ....ANd dont make video ......AND Tamron will not watch this video ....then he and tamron will never say that ....and everyone will think that everything is at it suppose .... And i bet that unit is unit and most time if something with lens is not right noone even notice it becouse peoples dont have something to compare ... Some youtuber was say story that he buy 6 tamrons zooms (150-600mm ?) and last one of them was good enough to keep it.

@@kaziulaz to be fair, based on my own personal experience, @tomcalton was right about Tamron's QC. I bought the Samyang version, and had a lot of problems with it. I had two copies and sent them both back. Considering the price, the build is poor, in my opinion. I then bought a used Tamron version and it has been completely reliable. The build seems significantly better to me. Best overall lens I ever owned. I also have a Tamron 20-40 which is also great.

Its still fun to see orginal video and new suplement. Thanks for you reply. Will be nice to heard details about that poor quality compare to tamron. I have few lenses include samyang 35-150, two of them is old carl zeiss from pentacon six. Last my 35 years until last night i never notice that one of them have loose parts like it soon will fall apart or self disaseable soon...i wonder if he was always like that and i not notice it becouse i was happy enough with optical job. Hehe i find it when i was do some gear presentation to my friend .. In Laova 45mm i was to complain on how long and need turning focus ring to make changes and how low tolerances are on it..soo it need many force to operate it becouse of force i need apply i need many force couter it to keep camera not move ..faster move the more i cant hold it correct i thing then that maybe some 35 years later somethng will wear out, grease will evaporate and i finaly will use it right without problems like i see .. When using laowa i have good memeries and wish to focus ring operate almost without friction like on my "low quality cheap lenses" that most of focus parts are losse and in other rotation angle is also smaller. Becouse with them i do the job and im not distracted like with laowa. (Tens times beter bulid quality ... That i not like to use.) i Propably have lower standards needs and obycectivly agry with you about beter quality on Tamron compare to Samyang ... But for me samyang was superior to everything i have any way. If for me price wouldn't be factor i will not even try Samyang ... (even with its flaws is good enough i but new Samyang for 823 dollars with 5 years warranty and tamron price is hmm double?.. I dont have that comparision. .. ... Samyang do the job incredible well fow me ... And i think Tamron will do it even better ..but im at that level that i cant apriciate it propably to to pay almost duble. Im sorry for my travel outside topic. (Maybe my samyang unit was also lucky and maybe they quality is now better that before ... Maybe it have new firmware (hmm propably not becouse they want sell "lens dock stations" hehe)

I did in the main review video

@@TomCalton a bit more thorough test of the AF for longer lenses might be useful as a lot of people use them for sport.

What are you saying here ? Is the Tamron not made for Sony full frame cameras ?

I think if I'd dropped it (which I absolutely did not) Tamron Germany would have noticed some damage when their experts examined it. 🤦🏻‍♂️🤣

​@@TomCalton im just teasing :) i know you dropped it on the grass/dirt by accident, it happens to the best