Dusting off an Oldie lens: While digging through my old film stuff I one more time ran across a lens I inherited just at the time I converted to digital I probably never used this lens...

Harvey Loc: Pioneer, CA

While digging through my old film stuff I one more time ran across a lens I inherited just at the time I converted to digital I probably never used this lens it has been tucked away for over 15 yrs- it is a Tamron 28-200 f 3.8-5.6 72mm with Konica mount - for the past years that I have been shooting Canon DSLR I have wondered how I could use this lens. Today I started a Google search on the subject and found this is an "Adaptall" lens that I can get a mount for $30 and put this lens to work on manual mode.
Any pros or cons on this lens - the fellow who bought it swore by it.

Harvey

Kuzano

All of the Tamron Adaptalls were spectacular. Built heavy, superbly sharp glass. Many came in f2.8 aperture and captured spectacular shots. You could adapt any of the Adaptall II base lenses to nearly every mount available with just the purchase of an appropriate mount. I have one f2.8-3.5 35-80mm +Macro, that I have Olympus, Pentax, and Minolta adaptors for. Doubt I will ever mislay or sell it. It's simply incredible. Most of the Adaptall's were, and the best glass line was often marked B-Bar-Multi.

These manual focus film lenses often led me to evaluate the Tamron lenses as normally VERY sharp, but as we moved into more automation and the digital era, I found Tamron's to be very disappointing and the move away from the adaptall mounts to be quite a loss.

I am a real fan of the Adaptall Tamrons from film days.... not so much the current models of Tamron. The old Tamron's just chewed up and spit out newer Tamron's for Image Quality and Sharpness.

Harvey Loc: Pioneer, CA

Thanks for your input - as this is a f3.5 with a 72 mm lens I am sure it will work out to a 2.5 at 50mm - my friend who bought this lens was very proud of it and only worked with it a short while before he died and it came in my possession Things happened quickly and I moved to the Cancun area of MX for 5 years and did not take a lot of my camera gear with me and then while there I moved into digital with Panasonic Lumix FX cameras -years past by and in 2005 we moved back to CA and in the following years I moved into Canon DSLRs I have some FD Canon lens that I am experimenting with in manual mode so this manual Tamron will not be too new to me. I am going to read vsome reviews on it now to see if I can glean anything from them.
Again Thanks for the reply.
Harvey.

Kuzano wrote:

All of the Tamron Adaptalls were spectacular. Buil... (show quote)

blackest Loc: Ireland

Harvey wrote:

While digging through my old film stuff I one more... (show quote)

might be this one

http://www.pentaxforums.com/userreviews/tamron-adaptall-2-28-200mm-f-3-8-5-6-aspherical-71a-171a.html

The reviews are a bit hit and miss with it but there are different quality versions. They also had different quality ranges. My sp90 tamron is a really nice lens. my 75-200mm not so much.

Even with the dodgy reviews i think i would still get an adaptall mount for it, since there are so many other lenses it can fit. You will have an advantage when a lens comes up with the wrong mount or no mount at all. There are some chinese manufactured adaptall mounts if you can't find an original. You might also find another lens which interests you with the right mount.

bull drink water Loc: pontiac mi.

back in my film days I used the canon ae-1, my shallow pockets kept me in cheaper lenses. thanks to fotodiox and keh I have a few primo lenses. auto focusing makes things easier, but 80% of time I don't need it. it just calls for relearning to shoot with limitations.

elee950021 Loc: New York, NY

Harvey wrote:

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You can just about get an Adaptall 2 mount for most cameras from Amazon or eBay at a reasonable cost. Check it out here: <http://www.tremyfoel.co.uk/photography/Adaptall/TamronAdaptallInfo.html> or here:
<http://www.tremyfoel.co.uk/photography/Adaptall/TamronAdaptallInfo.html> Earlier this year I bought a Tamron Adaptall 2 80-200MM F2.8 SP lens from another hogger which I was able to adapt to my Nikons and Canons.

Harvey Loc: Pioneer, CA

My whole venture into photography has been on a shallow pocket budget - my first SLR was bought from a friend who was upgrading with a "better" used camera - we frugally shopped for used equipment at camera stores and camera swap meets. I'm sure he bought this lens new as he was sure proud of it when we went on the first shoot with it. I will definitely search out an adapter so I can use this lens.

bull drink water wrote:

back in my film days I used the canon ae-1, my shallow pockets kept me in cheaper lenses. thanks to fotodiox and keh I have a few primo lenses. auto focusing makes things easier, but 80% of time I don't need it. it just calls for relearning to shoot with limitations.

Harvey Loc: Pioneer, CA

woops - both of these sites cannot be found - but thanks for the reply i will continue my searches.
Harvey

elee950021 wrote:

You can just about get an Adaptall 2 mount for most cameras from Amazon or eBay at a reasonable cost. Check it out here: <http://www.tremyfoel.co.uk/photography/Adaptall/TamronAdaptallInfo.html> or here:
<http://www.tremyfoel.co.uk/photography/Adaptall/TamronAdaptallInfo.html> Earlier this year I bought a Tamron Adaptall 2 80-200MM F2.8 SP lens from another hogger which I was able to adapt to my Nikons and Canons.

blackest Loc: Ireland

http://www.tremyfoel.co.uk/photography/Adaptall/TamronAdaptallInfo.html

try this the address picked up some junk on the end

Harvey Loc: Pioneer, CA

I have ordered this adapter from Amazon I don't think it will AF but that is OK with me.

https://www.amazon.com/Fotodiox-Lens-Mount-Adapter-Adaptall-2/dp/B0054EORGA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1485022832&sr=8-1&keywords=adaptall+canon+eos+moun

Darn anquious to test this lens as it has great sentimental value to me.

Harvey

blackest wrote:

http://www.tremyfoel.co.uk/photography/Adaptall/TamronAdaptallInfo.html

try this the address picked up some junk on the end

imagemeister Loc: mid east Florida

Harvey wrote:

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According to the Tamron site, there is no 28-200 adaptall ......http://www.adaptall-2.com/

blackest Loc: Ireland

Harvey wrote:

I have ordered this adapter from Amazon I don't think it will AF but that is OK with me.

https://www.amazon.com/Fotodiox-Lens-Mount-Adapter-Adaptall-2/dp/B0054EORGA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1485022832&sr=8-1&keywords=adaptall+canon+eos+moun

Darn anquious to test this lens as it has great sentimental value to me.

Harvey

Can you cancel that adapter?

https://www.amazon.com/Pixco-Lens-Adjustable-Aperture-Confirmation-Adaptall/dp/B00D03ZVDU/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1485032676&sr=8-4&keywords=adaptall+canon+eos+mount

This one is better I think. The one your link took me too doesn't have a focus confirmation chip, where this one does and its programable (so will report focal length and aperture in the exif) They are both manual focus but this one will confirm focus with the body.

blackest Loc: Ireland

imagemeister wrote:

According to the Tamron site, there is no 28-200 adaptall ......http://www.adaptall-2.com/

That isn't an official site, and these links suggest this lens exists in at least 3 versions.

http://allphotolenses.com/lenses/item/c_1122.html

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2322090.m570.l1313.TR0.TRC0.H0.Xadaptall+2+28-200mm.TRS0&_nkw=adaptall+2+28-200mm&_sacat=0

https://www.amazon.com/Tamron-Al-7-200-Adaptall-Aspherical/dp/B000922IB8

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/158047-REG/Tamron_A17200_28_200mm_f_3_8_5_6_LD_Aspherical.html

The last link appears to be brand new!

N4646W

Harvey wrote:

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If it was one of the early versions, it was made by Nikon. I have the 250-500 and I can't find a thing wrong with it, film or digital.

Ron

Harvey Loc: Pioneer, CA

Not in production for many years.

imagemeister wrote:

According to the Tamron site, there is no 28-200 adaptall ......http://www.adaptall-2.com/