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Tamron 18-400mm f/3.5-6.3 Di II VC HLD Lens Focus Issues
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<blockquote data-quote="Horoscope Fish" data-source="post: 710853" data-attributes="member: 13090"><p>My best advice to you would be to keep your expectations in check. The 105mm f/2.8G IF-ED is a fantastic prime lens, a demonstration of Nikon's long and impressive history of producing microscopic and other laboratory quality lenses. In short: When it comes to Macro/Micro lenses, Nikon plays hard-ball. </p><p></p><p>My point here being using this lens as a basis of comparison against zoom lenses with enormous focal ranges, such as 18-300 or 400mm will probably prove disappointing. Most things photographic are an exercise in trade-offs: what you get with a lens that goes from wide-angle to super-zoom is versatility. What you give up in exchange for that degree of versatility will depend on the specific lens, but having to sacrifice a certain amount of overall image quality, compared to your 105mm, is not something that should surprise you. Other factors photographers deal with when it comes to choosing our lenses are things such as size/weight, constant aperture vs fixed and of course, cost. I feel confident every photographer would love an 11-600mm, optically stabilized, f/1.4 that's tack sharp across the focal range, weighs less than a pound and costs $300; but until that happens we'll have to make some difficult choices.</p><p></p><p>Just off the top of my head, and bearing my previous comments in mind, you might want to consider either the <a href="https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/729948-USA/Nikon_2193_AF_S_NIKKOR_24_120mm_f_4G.html" target="_blank">Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-120mm f/4G ED VR</a> ($1,200) or the new <a href="https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1461482-REG/tamron_afa043n_700_35_150mm_f_2_8_4_di_vc.html" target="_blank">Tamron 35-150mm f/2.8-4 Di VC OSD</a> ($800) for your D750. The 24-120mm seems to be a "Love it or Hate it" sort of experience. I don't own one but I've used one on a few occasions and I was generally impressed. The new-ish Tamron 35-150mm has received <a href="https://dustinabbott.net/tag/tamron-35-150-review/" target="_blank">rave reviews</a> but again, comparing it to your 105mm is probably not a good idea. Neither of these lenses cover enormous focal ranges but either lens, I think, would serve you well as a general-purpose, walk-about lens.</p><p></p><p>Edit: As a parting thought I'll pass along how important I personally feel it is to calibrate the auto-focus of ANY lens, Nikon or third-party, prime or zoom, to the camera body it will be used on. There's not a single lens I own that hasn't been tested and/or tweaked in this regard. It's sometimes been an uphill battle to get a lens to do what it needs to do but the effort, in my experience, has <em>always</em> paid off. Always.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Horoscope Fish, post: 710853, member: 13090"] My best advice to you would be to keep your expectations in check. The 105mm f/2.8G IF-ED is a fantastic prime lens, a demonstration of Nikon's long and impressive history of producing microscopic and other laboratory quality lenses. In short: When it comes to Macro/Micro lenses, Nikon plays hard-ball. My point here being using this lens as a basis of comparison against zoom lenses with enormous focal ranges, such as 18-300 or 400mm will probably prove disappointing. Most things photographic are an exercise in trade-offs: what you get with a lens that goes from wide-angle to super-zoom is versatility. What you give up in exchange for that degree of versatility will depend on the specific lens, but having to sacrifice a certain amount of overall image quality, compared to your 105mm, is not something that should surprise you. Other factors photographers deal with when it comes to choosing our lenses are things such as size/weight, constant aperture vs fixed and of course, cost. I feel confident every photographer would love an 11-600mm, optically stabilized, f/1.4 that's tack sharp across the focal range, weighs less than a pound and costs $300; but until that happens we'll have to make some difficult choices. Just off the top of my head, and bearing my previous comments in mind, you might want to consider either the [url=https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/729948-USA/Nikon_2193_AF_S_NIKKOR_24_120mm_f_4G.html]Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-120mm f/4G ED VR[/url] ($1,200) or the new [url=https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1461482-REG/tamron_afa043n_700_35_150mm_f_2_8_4_di_vc.html]Tamron 35-150mm f/2.8-4 Di VC OSD[/url] ($800) for your D750. The 24-120mm seems to be a "Love it or Hate it" sort of experience. I don't own one but I've used one on a few occasions and I was generally impressed. The new-ish Tamron 35-150mm has received [url=https://dustinabbott.net/tag/tamron-35-150-review/]rave reviews[/url] but again, comparing it to your 105mm is probably not a good idea. Neither of these lenses cover enormous focal ranges but either lens, I think, would serve you well as a general-purpose, walk-about lens. Edit: As a parting thought I'll pass along how important I personally feel it is to calibrate the auto-focus of ANY lens, Nikon or third-party, prime or zoom, to the camera body it will be used on. There's not a single lens I own that hasn't been tested and/or tweaked in this regard. It's sometimes been an uphill battle to get a lens to do what it needs to do but the effort, in my experience, has [I]always[/I] paid off. Always. [/QUOTE]
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