chemdoc Loc: West Coast

I have had a Tamron 24-70 F/2.8 lens for a couple of years and recently had a problem with the lens. Tamron has excellent customer service, and because the lens issue had happened before, they were nice enough to send me a brand new copy of the lens. Having recently bought a D850, I decided that this is an opportune time to upgrade to the Nikon 24-70. The Tamron is brand new in the box and currently sells for $899 on B&H until April 30. I am willing to accept $799 and will provide free shipping for the lens. Feel free to contact me with any questions.

Phil

FiddleMaker Loc: Merrimac, MA

Hi Phil, I have a D750 (wish I had the D810) and I have the Tamron 24-70 but I have the newer G2 series which I read is far better than its earlier sibling. I like the G2 series because it has image stabilization and at my age I really need it. There are 2 flavors of the Nikon 24-70 - one with VR and one with out VR. Are you getting the VR version ? ~FiddleMaker

chemdoc Loc: West Coast

Actually, the G1 also has image stabilization. It's the Nikon version in which only the new one has it. I tested the Tamron G2 at a local camera store recently but didn't see a big difference in image quality. I wish I had as $1200 for the Tamron is much less expensive than $2400 for the Nikon.

Blurryeyed Loc: NC Mountains.

The G2 is the same optical formula as the original Tamron, both have excellent image quality there is no noticeable difference in performance except possibly the newer lens may handle flare and fringing a bit better but that has never been an issue for me and I shot with the original Tamron. The Tamron actually out performs the Nikon according to DXOMark.

http://www.dxomark.com/lenses/brand-canon-nikon-tamron-tokina/launched-between-1987-and-2018/mount_type-Canon_EF-Leica_M-Nikon_F_FX/focal-from-24-to-105/aperture_max-from-1.4-to-45/launch_price-from-0-to-13000-usd/lens_use_case-lens_medium-lens_wide/lens_zoom-zoom/sensor_brand-Nikon#hideAdvancedOptions=false&viewMode=list&yDataType=