Tamron 10-24 3.5-4.5, day 2..

Got some more shots done today, all posted in original size, shoot on D300 NEF, exported from Lightroom to tiff and saved as JPG in Photoshop CS3, quality setting 10. Size are from 2.5 - 5.5MB, so bare that in mind while downloading.

I'm not a fan of those "lab test" shots, so I didn't make them. You're not going to use the lens in a lab, are?!? Yes, ok, ok, 0.00000000001% of you probably are, for the rest of us, it's the real life shots that count.

Overall I'm still happy with this lens. There appears to be less CA then with Sigma 10-20, which was my main concern. Even that can be mostly fixed in post process. Same with all the distortions, Photoshop makes that an easy fix. Compared to Nikons.. well, let's not go there.
My widest lens that I used on a day-to-day basis was 14mm, so this 10mm is a BIG difference. It's a lot "harder" to frame a shot and does take some time to get used to. Corner sharpness is not that great wide open, but what did you expect at 10mm?

10mm @ f3,5


10mm @ f4,5


10mm @ f5,6


10mm @ f8


10mm @ f11


Set 2

10mm @ f4,5


10mm @ f5,6


10mm @ f8


10mm @ f11


10mm @ f16



Some closeup shots and bokeh preview.. kinda..
All shot from around 30cm (1 feet) distance, central focus point.

10mm @ f3,5


10mm @ f4,5


10mm @ f5,6


10mm @ f8


24mm @ f4,5


24mm @ f5,6


24mm @ f8


24mm @ f11



I have lots more shots, might upload a few more during the day. If not, tomorrow's another day.


Update #1
Some random shots:

14mm, f7.1, 1/640, ISO200


21mm, f8, 1/320, ISO200


10mm, f3,5, 1/40, ISO800



Update #2:

Some 1200px images.

10mm, f4,5, 1/200, ISO200


10mm, f4, 1/50, ISO500


10mm, f4,5, 1/160, ISO200


10mm, f5,6, 1/320, ISO200

Nikkor 14-24 AF-S 2.8 N

WOW! That's the first thing that comes to mind with this lense. WOW!
I received the Nikkor 14-24 2.8 AF-S N lens along with my demo model of D300 and I just can't stop thinking about it. It's amazingly sharp even when fully open at both ends. It gets you into really cramp spaces, handles low light really well and could be used as a weapon if needed as well. It's makes D3 look small (look image above), not to mention D300. It's HUGE. Weight in at 1kg (35oz) and 131mm (5 inches) length. It's about 98mm (4 inches)in diameter so forget any kind of filter on this one. Lens hood is fixed on. Doesn't work on manual cams, has no aperture ring. But does handle DX and FX sensors.
If you're looking for a sharp and fast wide lens, you can just stop searching. It doesn't get much better then this.
I'd get mine here.
Here are some first test shots. All done in NEF, imported into Lightroom, default settings, no additional adjustments, whole images resized down, details in 1:1.
Nikon D300 + Nikkor 14-24 @ 14mm, 1/50, f2.8, ISO400

Nikon D300 + Nikkor 14-24 @ 14mm, 1/40, f16, ISO200

Edge detail:

Nikon D300 + Nikkor 14-24 @ 24mm, 1/640, f2,8, ISO200

Edge detail:

Nikon D300 + Nikkor 14-24 @ 16mm, 1/100, f10, ISO200

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