Tamron 17 50 f4: Best Budget Travel Lens for Sony

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The Tamron 17-50 f4 for Sony cameras is just about the perfect all around travel lens, but it does have a couple major issues that you need to know before you consider it. Let's break it down and see if this is a good lens for you to invest it. Breaking down image quality in both photo and video, I'll show low light examples and much more to see how sharp the Tamron 17-50 is, how well the auto focus performs and how well it holds up in some harsh Alaskan environments.
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00:00 Intro
00:26 Image Quality
00:46 Photo Quality
02:09 Video Quality
02:46 Zoom Range
03:09 Combination 17-50 and 50-400
03:39 Lowlight Samples
04:17 Physical Attributes
05:55 The Biggest Issues
06:33 Vignetting issue
07:04 Biggest reasons to own this lens
07:27 Outro

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@MarkH163 6 ай бұрын

Nice! Great footage, as always! Especially like the helicopter interior shots--very cool! And the 17 to 400 mm shot seeing that mountain peak very well done..

@JakeSloan 6 ай бұрын

Thanks Mark!

@dougcooper4917 6 ай бұрын

Excellent tutorial video. Thank you Jake.

@JakeSloan 6 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@Pfagnan Ай бұрын

Nice review thanks!! 👏📸

@JakeSloan Ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@bizpixvegas7651 6 ай бұрын

Great video Jake. I shot this lens for a few days at a Tamron outing. It is sharp with a fantastic practical range. The only caveat, it is an f4. I shot mostly landscapes at f8 or so and the f4 issue was a non issue. I am torn get this or the 20-40. BTW, I am replacing my 17-28.

@JakeSloan 6 ай бұрын

Nice! Yeah I was kinda in the same boat because I do shoot a lot of low light ultimately I need f2.8 or better but for day stuff this has lived on my camera

@flat-out 6 ай бұрын

Jake I still use my Zeiss 16-35mm F4, I've had on my previous bodies from the A7S, A7R II, A6500 and now just on my A7 III. It's great lens for both photo and video project for clients it's not the best compared to new gen lenses now especially the G Masters. So how does this Tamron compare to my zeiss 16-35 if it would be good to upgrade to it. Thanks.

@JakeSloan 6 ай бұрын

Nice! I would say it's a bit sharper and the focus is better

@carbon6372 5 ай бұрын

I'm not sure if I should get the 17-50 or 16-35 G PZ. I can get a 16-35 G for $850 used, but not sure how much I will miss the 35-50mm range. The reviews of the 17-50 are a bit mixed. Interesting how they can make such an excellent 8x zoom from 50mm to 400mm, but fail with this one. I will be using the lenses on the a7R V, and if the corners are noticeably worse on the 17-50, that will probably bother me. Actually got a GM trio now: 12-24, 24-70 II and 70-200 II, which I bought due to GAS. 😅 I don't need them as an amateur, and I almost exclusively photograph still subjects like landscape and architecture. Sometimes, I might miss 12-16mm, but it's not necessary for me, and I can put the money towards something else. I do wish that somebody eventually makes a 12/14-35 or similiar. Previously, I did own the 16-35 G and 50-400, and was generally satisfied with the image quality.

@JakeSloan 5 ай бұрын

with the other lenses you have I would go with the 16-35 g PZ. I have a video about it here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/d52FpaSc3trcoKM.html

@vladimirkarphotography 5 ай бұрын

Nice footage. I own that 17 50 lens and as a landscape photographer i m pretty happy as i close it to f8 or f11.But, in my pov it is the weakest lens vs the latest. (28 75 g2,70 180 g2… )

@JakeSloan 5 ай бұрын

Yeah the g2 lenses are definitely better

@vladimirkarphotography 5 ай бұрын

@@JakeSloan After some hundreds of shots, i will probably replace that lens with the PZ 16 35. I find the corners and even some edges to be too soft unfortunately.

@MOVIE_SPOT-rr7zf 6 ай бұрын

If you had to choose between the Tamron 2040 F2.8 and the 1750 F4, which would you use?

@JakeSloan 5 ай бұрын

if I didn't need to film in lowlight I would definitely pick the 17-50

@Pfagnan Ай бұрын

Of course! All you gotta do is bump up your ISO and Bob’s your Uncle!! You get a lot more range out of the 17-50.

@JonathanBarrow 4 ай бұрын

How parfocal is this when crash zooming?

@JakeSloan 4 ай бұрын

I have a comparison coming with the Sony 20-70 so I’ll make sure and test/show this in that video

4 ай бұрын

Hi! Is it ok for vlogging, or maybe to long/big? :)

@JakeSloan 4 ай бұрын

yes it's actually very good for that! I have been using it to film quite a few KZfaq videos since I got it

4 ай бұрын

@@JakeSloan Right now I'm useing Sigma 16-28 for my travel vlogs. But i hate switching between sigma and my Tamron 28-75, when i Want tighter shot. And i thought Tamron 17-50 would be perfect to switch for those two lenses. But... As I see in spect 17-50 it's almost the same size like Tamron 28-57, and i Was wondering if it's not to long when walking with it and vloging. :) I know there's Sony 20-70 but 20 is to tight for vloging.