After a morning at the dentist, I stopped by our best local camera store, Service Photo. I had a look through their used midrange zoom collection including all of the usual suspects. I ended up walking out with the Tamron 17-50mm f/2.8. It’s compact, fast and, in the non-HSM version I bought, very inexpensive compared to any other f/2.8 alternative.
It’s not a VR lens, but then I’m not so sure that I’ve gotten any real boost in sharpness in this focal range given that I hand hold relatively well down to 1/30th second.
Here’s one of the first session with the lens in one of my favorite spots for quck shots, a local 1 acre conservatory.
