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Update: the lens arrived as scheduled on August 10 th to Tamron Canada (Amplis Foto) and by August 11 th Tamron had calibrated and returned my lens via Purolator (Canadian competitor/partner with UPS). I paid a hair over $20 CDN for the shipment. As the service center is in my home province, delivery time was estimated at one day. I sent the lens out via FedEx on August 9 th, 2016. I do own a copy of the 45VC, so as a part of this review I will detail the turnaround for that.
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First a firmware update must be applied at a service center to enable compatibility with the console. On that note: while the 35/45VC twins are compatible with the Tap In Console, they are only compatible after having their firmware updated…and no, you can’t update the firmware yourself. The firmware update process only took a couple of minutes – a far cry from having to send the lens to Tamron for updating! I was happy to see Tamron rolling out firmware updates already to a very new lens. I used the new Tamron 85mm f/1.8 VC lens, and was surprised to find a firmware update was already available for the lens. Software installation took a couple of minutes, after which I was prompted to attach the lens to the console. Here’s one place where you can grab it for yourself.
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The Tap-In Utility software is available in a quick, small, and free download. This is really just an interface for connecting the lens to the computer, so let’s jump over to the software side. There is a release button on the side for when you want to remove the lens, and beyond that only a small LED light denotes operation. Still, the lens mounted fine without forcing, though I had to fiddle with it to get a smooth alignment. The physical mounting isn’t quite as smooth as mounting a lens to a camera body the tolerances were not as precise. Four excellent lenses in the series, but with the latter two came the announcement of the Tap In Console Tamron’s answer to the Sigma USB dock.
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2016 saw the release of the SP 90mm f/2.8 Macro 1:1 VC USD (a significant upgrade of Tamron’s already good 90mm macro) along with the SP 85mm f/1.8 VC USD medium telephoto. While the maximum aperture was narrower than Sigma’s ART series, the Tamrons made their own mark by the inclusion of both VC (Vibration Compensation – Tamron’s image stabilization system) and the aforementioned weather sealed design two features that the Sigmas have lacked. The SP 35mm and 45mm f/1.8 VC twins were the first in this new line, with a sleek, modern new look, improved build quality (lightweight metal construction along with quality weather sealing), and excellent optical performance at all aperture values made these lenses a critical success. That branding was not necessarily new, but building off it to highlight a completely new look of lens design certainly was.
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Having the USB dock allows the lens maker to address those issues quickly by rolling out new firmware without the need for lenses to be sent into repair centers.Ĭheck me out on: Google+: | Facebook: | Twitter: | Flickr: | 500px: | Sign Up for My Newsletter :įast forward to 2015, when Tamron released a brand new series of prime lenses with the SP (Super Performance) designation. The byproduct is that sometimes new quirks arise on newly released camera bodies with third party lenses. The latter point is perhaps most important, as the first party camera makers tend to ignore the compatibility of third party lenses when tweaking focus systems in new cameras.
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The Sigma Optimization Pro software allowed users to customize certain aspects of lens behavior (like autofocus and optical stabilization) as well as allowing Sigma to distribute firmware updates for lenses directly to the consumer without the need to send the lens in for update. The images show the before and after shots.Why the Tap In console? When rival third party lens maker Sigma introduced their USB dock in 2013 it was heralded as a great move. Orange curve - the predicted sharpness across the AFMA range.Orange circle within marker - this is the representative sharpness for this AFMA.The orange line represents how the sharpness is expected to change through all values, so the highest point on this line corresponds to the best predicted AF Microadjustment value.Įach point on the chart represents the result of a single shot: The Lens Profile chart shows how the image quality changes as the AF Microadjustment changes. For Canon EOS 5D Mark IV (serial number 122055000235) with EF24mm f/1.4L II USM