Vintage Digital/This Old Lens: A Canon EOS 5D Zoom Addendum. Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8.

Recently wrote about this vintage digital camera and zoom.

I do not state this lightly. This setup has me questioning the state of the escalating spec race. Reminds me of what has been going on with cars for years. Ever increasing power leading to ever decreasing 0-60 numbers. I was guilty of being a fan for years. But then I made a pivot I worried would lead to regret. I went from a Dadmobile HEMI powered Charger to a vehicle with roughly half as much power. But I found HP plenty enough, especially since it had stellar handling. In fact, it was much better suited to real life driving scenarios. Flex a mess of HP and you run the risk of losing your license. Flex stellar handling and you can have your fun within the realm of legal speeds. As a result, I am good.

Similarly, cameras have steadily increasing specs.

Nice. But do we need this all?

And once again I am guilty of playing along. My top camera has some impressive MP specs. And even with that high MP it also manages an impressive FPS count. This camera?

12.8 MP

3 FPS

Now do not get me wrong these specs come in quite handy when you actually need the pic. There are other advantages too numerous to list here. It would take over the post. But for everyday use, I am finding that 12.8 MP and 3 FPS work just fine. Now that is the camera end of things.

The zoom lens?

It is great. Less than stout build I will give you. But no operational compromises as far as I am concerned. As listed in earlier posts it is sharp, has good colors, and an impressive close focus performance.

And both camera and lens cost a fraction of modern solutions. Not bad for a camera produced in 2005.

But as I think about it… should I be surprised? I regularly use film cameras far older to great results… Anyhoo. I digress. After my prior post about this lens I kept snapping away a bit more before running back to the prime. And here are those pics below. Many of the repeat pics so I could compare them to past results. And it did just fine.