This lens is on my list for if I ever do more event/travel photography on Nikon - it just hits a really nice range and seems to perform great. Pretty tempted to swap in a bunch of my other lenses for it 🤔
I've been using the Sony version of this lens since the first day it was available in the US, about 2 years ago. It rarely leaves my A1 body. Great news that it was released for the Nikon Z mount. The lens is heavy and large, but extremely useful if you are not sure what focal length you might need at any given event. My favorite uses are indoor kids sports and stage performances, and small field outdoor kids sports. Grand dad stuff.
I was super excited to get this lens. Am pretty much happy with it. As my only variable aperture lens, there was a little learning curve with low light sports. As far as travel lens… nope! Will stick with my 24-120.
I love the reach and aperture of this. It’s tempting to replace my 24-120 Nikon lens. If I can afford both, I’d use this for portraits and events and the Nikon lens for landscape.
Hi. Great videos. I've got a Z8 and considering the Tamron 35-150. Just wondered if the amount of shots in burst mode is limited. Obviously the Z8 can take upto 20 fps in RAW and a crazy 120 in J peg but heard somewhere that this lens only allows 10fps with the Z8. Is this true??
Tested this lens its good but not Stellar, returned it, the nikon 85 1.2S and the 135 Plena still produces that kind of cinematic magical backround blur.
Did you find with eye focus it was a bit hit and miss? I find mines focus definitely slower than the 24-120 f4 I kinda feel once it gets a firmware update to improve autofocus speed/accuracy it'll be great. I don't have the luxury of a pro model who knows exactly how to stand still and not move whilst you manually pin focus on her eye
I want Tamron or Sigma to make an *All-in-One* 35-135mm F1.8 lens with 1:1 Macro, Outstanding Bokeh, Image Stabilization, and Image Sharpness that rivals Sony 50mm 1.2 (at F1.8) Nikon 85mm F1.2 (at F1.8) Sony 90mm (At F1.8), Sony 100mm STF (at F1.8) Nikon Z 135mm (at F1.8); and price it at around $2500. This would be a dream come true...!!!
@@TheSlantedLens Yeah. It's too bad. Hoping that card slot would be able to receive those 'pro' cards so you don't have to buy and/or carry an additional thing. A thing that you can lose while traveling...
Tamron, AFAIK has sourced optical lens designs from Nikon for a long time. That's a positive in my thinking. Not sure if they still do that today. However at 2,000 Western currencies - call me Nikon snob (I'm not) - they are too expensive for me to want to buy them instead of Nikon "glass" of the "S" class in the Z mount.
JP sorry, this lens was not solely created for Sony cameras. In 2019 there was already a release for NIKON F-Mount cameras (A043N) available. Unfortunately only with f 2.8-4 .It was on my wish-list that year.
Instead Sony with his mini E-Mount, Nikon has spent a lot of more thoughts in developping a new mount which delivers more space for a fullframe sensor for stabilisation.
@@mick1967 - true, but the point here is that the sensor in the 9 and 8 have many more rows and columns outside the "effective area" that probably are used for IBIS in software. That way, IBIS in the sensor plane gets handled in the processing pipeline and does not have added latency which you would have in the case of mechanical actuators moving the sensor. The downside of the shortest flange distance, less the large lens mount, for owners of all other camera brands is that a Z lens cannot be adapted to the other brand. (If we ignore extreme macro)
@@TheSlantedLens Fan request: an updated travel internationally with lithium batteries video, would be great. Is it allowed or only within the US? Flashes, cameras, spare batteries what else?
Awesome shoot... and speaking my language on the Z8. I've been loving mine.
Great to hear that you love your Z8!
This lens is on my list for if I ever do more event/travel photography on Nikon - it just hits a really nice range and seems to perform great. Pretty tempted to swap in a bunch of my other lenses for it 🤔
Agreed! It really has a nice range.
I've been using the Sony version of this lens since the first day it was available in the US, about 2 years ago. It rarely leaves my A1 body. Great news that it was released for the Nikon Z mount. The lens is heavy and large, but extremely useful if you are not sure what focal length you might need at any given event. My favorite uses are indoor kids sports and stage performances, and small field outdoor kids sports. Grand dad stuff.
0:32 left handed z8 version
I was super excited to get this lens. Am pretty much happy with it. As my only variable aperture lens, there was a little learning curve with low light sports. As far as travel lens… nope! Will stick with my 24-120.
Is it sue to the weight?
Thanks for sharing your thougthts!
I love the reach and aperture of this. It’s tempting to replace my 24-120 Nikon lens. If I can afford both, I’d use this for portraits and events and the Nikon lens for landscape.
Maybe one of these days!
A great lens no doubt. If you hand held this without any camera strap attach, it would be like a dumbell's weight after an hour....m
The larger the lens the heavier of course. Your decision whether or not to use a strap or a tripod.
Hi. Great videos. I've got a Z8 and considering the Tamron 35-150. Just wondered if the amount of shots in burst mode is limited. Obviously the Z8 can take upto 20 fps in RAW and a crazy 120 in J peg but heard somewhere that this lens only allows 10fps with the Z8. Is this true??
Tested this lens its good but not Stellar, returned it, the nikon 85 1.2S and the 135 Plena still produces that kind of cinematic magical backround blur.
Have you tried the 24-70 s? If so what did you think
Did you find with eye focus it was a bit hit and miss? I find mines focus definitely slower than the 24-120 f4 I kinda feel once it gets a firmware update to improve autofocus speed/accuracy it'll be great. I don't have the luxury of a pro model who knows exactly how to stand still and not move whilst you manually pin focus on her eye
I want Tamron or Sigma to make an *All-in-One* 35-135mm F1.8 lens with 1:1 Macro, Outstanding Bokeh, Image Stabilization, and Image Sharpness that rivals Sony 50mm 1.2 (at F1.8) Nikon 85mm F1.2 (at F1.8) Sony 90mm (At F1.8), Sony 100mm STF (at F1.8) Nikon Z 135mm (at F1.8); and price it at around $2500. This would be a dream come true...!!!
Keep dreaming lol it's pretty much impossible to get 1.8 with that amount of zoom
Don't think the current MacBook Pro card slot can receive that CF Express card...
Nope. But a card reader will work.
@@TheSlantedLens Yeah. It's too bad. Hoping that card slot would be able to receive those 'pro' cards so you don't have to buy and/or carry an additional thing. A thing that you can lose while traveling...
Tamron, AFAIK has sourced optical lens designs from Nikon for a long time. That's a positive in my thinking. Not sure if they still do that today. However at 2,000 Western currencies - call me Nikon snob (I'm not) - they are too expensive for me to want to buy them instead of Nikon "glass" of the "S" class in the Z mount.
Thanks for sharing you thoughts about the lenses!
JP sorry, this lens was not solely created for Sony cameras. In 2019 there was already a release for NIKON F-Mount cameras (A043N) available. Unfortunately only with f 2.8-4 .It was on my wish-list that year.
Ah, thanks for pointing that out. This is certainly a step up.
I would argue that Nikon lead with IBIS today in the Z 9/8.
Nikon has really caught up!
Instead Sony with his mini E-Mount, Nikon has spent a lot of more thoughts in developping a new mount which delivers more space for a fullframe sensor for stabilisation.
@@mick1967 - true, but the point here is that the sensor in the 9 and 8 have many more rows and columns outside the "effective area" that probably are used for IBIS in software. That way, IBIS in the sensor plane gets handled in the processing pipeline and does not have added latency which you would have in the case of mechanical actuators moving the sensor.
The downside of the shortest flange distance, less the large lens mount, for owners of all other camera brands is that a Z lens cannot be adapted to the other brand. (If we ignore extreme macro)
What a cutie, standing there, eyes wandering as her mind asked:
What am I supposed to do?
LOL, hope you learned some good stuff!
@@TheSlantedLens
Fan request:
an updated travel internationally with lithium batteries video, would be great. Is it allowed or only within the US?
Flashes, cameras, spare batteries what else?
Please provide a link to download the samples?
No eye lash AF found! Somebody knows what they’re doing.
Theres always know it alls in the comments section.