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Message: <blockquote data-quote="westmill" data-source="post: 54430" data-attributes="member: 9330">You would fall in love with tammy 60 F2 <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />Up until this lens, macros have been a bit slow at either F4 or at best F2.8A very clever move by Tamron here. A perfect fast portrait lens thats a true macro as well.I have a 17-50 F2.8 Tamron which is another stunning performer for DX. The 28-75 loses out a lot on the wide angle end making it less useful as an allround lens.The Nikon lenses are great performers in IQ but if you want fast Nikon glass you gotta pay dearly.The fast Nikon 17-55 F2.8 is a great lens but not as amazing as it should be for the cost.The 18-70 performs as good at the same range and aprature settings. IQ wise... The tamron is better with the same F2.8... Both the 17-50 and 28-75.Naturaly, the Nikon is light years ahead in build quality in the pro range though.I shall be buying the tamron 60 F2 myself when I get around to it.Ive got 50 F1.4 and 85 1.8.... One too short and one too long... a bit like the three bears lol.The 60mm F2... justtttt right hehe. Perhaps even more important is it has very nice bokeh.Where portraits are concerned... forget sharpness... bokeh is more important.So much so, I recently bought an old 70-210 F4-5.6 D lens for portraits.The lens is like new and has an almost pro buld quality and look, far exceeding todays none pro stuff.It just produces the most pleasing bokeh though. Great image quality throughout the range too.All this for £130 off ebay !!!!!!  If you go this route though... just make sure its the D lens.They made one thats identical but none D. If its a D, It will have a D on the lens.Same optical quality but the D version focusses twice as fast as none D and the D itself meens it reconises Distance info for flash.</blockquote>

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