The Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8 Di III VXD G2 has some slight advantages over the Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8 Di III RXD, which you can see above or you can check out the key differences from this comparison below:
- Minimal changes
- The build is largely the same with the new lens weighing 10g less
- New lens has customizable buttons and a USB port to connect the lens to your computer to customize a lot of things on the lens
- New lens is a little more expensive
- Both are a great value for the money and the build quality is great for both
- The new lens has slightly better handling thanks to the updates
- AF is about the same in good lighting
- AF in low light is a little worse on the new lens
- Both lenses are sharp and in focus, while tracking focus
- Both lenses lock onto subjects well for video at slow and fast paces
- Both lenses are very quite
- The newer lens is by far the better lens for manual focus because you can customize it via software
- The older lens has a nonlinear manual focus and is difficult
- The new lens has less focus breathing
- Circular Bokeh right up to the edge of the frame
- Old lens has a little more onion ring Bokeh
- New lens has a little softer Bokeh that is more pleasing
- Both lenses have similar flaring/ghosting and performance is good
- Both lenses have green fringing on the top and amber fringing below the point of sharp focus
- You really can’t go wrong with either lens capturing real-life images
- Both lenses are similarly sharp wide open at 28mm but the G2 performs better in the corners
- At 75mm the G2 lens is sharper in the center and corners
- The new G2 is the better performer, but there might be some good deals in the G1
Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8 Di III VXD G2:
B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama
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