Bought a Tamron 28-75mm? My informal QC survey...

I had to return my 28-75 f2.8 to Tamron UK twice for re-calibration, it's now spot on and as good as any Canon L series lens.

First copy no problems. Got it in K&S in Palo Alto, CA.

First copy - no complaints. Got it from B&H about 6 months ago. Taken about 1500 shots with it, very good wide open, stunning stopped down a few notches

Beautiful lens, its my favourite, and have welded it to my 30D

First copy was a charm. Never had any problems, best bang for the buck.

1 out of 19 is negative. The others, I'd classify as postive. Just goes to show how the 'net can appear to skew things sometimes!

4th copy, still not good.

1st copy - front focus issue
2nd copy - back focus issue
3rd copy - front focus issue - sent in for calibration, came back worse
4th copy - back focus issue - still have it an don't use it.

CyberPet wrote in post #2212135
4th copy, still not good.

1st copy - front focus issue
2nd copy - back focus issue
3rd copy - front focus issue - sent in for calibration, came back worse
4th copy - back focus issue - still have it an don't use it.

Where did you buy it?

I had what I considered an excellent copy of this Lens, assembled in Japan. To my knowledge they are now assembled in China, for what thats worth. The only issue I ever encountered with this Lens was an occasional OOF photo when using the flash on my 350D at the time. I never did figure that issue out. Anyway it got sold to help fund my 24-105L purchase.

ghostman wrote in post #2212288
Where did you buy it?

In Sweden - doesn't really matter, it was lenses from three different batches.

I bought mine at a local shop here in Tokyo and it seems to work great. next on the list is a 70-200 L of some sort.

Bought mine from wharehouse expres UK and am more than pleased with it, great lens.

I bought mine on BuyDig.com about 2 months ago and am happy with my first copy.

Ive had 2 copies of this lens and I love it. I had one, sold it and bought a 24-70L and couldnt justify the price difference cause my Tamron gave it a run for its money so I decided to get another Tamron and sell off the 24-70L.

Had one for a couple of weeks bought brand new in Exeter in the UK and it started to squeak a little after a few days. Now it screeches coming from infinity down. very unhappy bunny.

In it's defence it was/is sharp to my eyes, and i would have been very happy but for the problem.

Contacting the store, they normally only stock sigma so i'm expecting a "told you, you should have got one of our sigma's", but i'll get them to replace/repair.