A Little Bag Of Primes Lens: The Tamron 20-40mm f/2.8 Di III VXD.

I was in my, “Respectfully what the heck?”, phase for an earlier post about this lens. As stated previously I have moved on to settling in with the fact that in short order this lens has shown itself to be a bit of a minor revelation.

As mentioned recently I wrote a post about me trading two lenses I really like for this lens.

The 20-40mm succeeded.

Wide enough to meet my Tamron 17-28mm needs and its performance at 40mm has me not missing the Sony prime.

It has become my, “I just need the pic.”, lens.

Not for when I want dreamy backgrounds or ridiculous subject isolation. And that is ok. It still makes quite the pleasing image.

Then there is the biggest surprise. Had feared I would miss the Sony FE 40mm f/2.5 G lens. But nope. Not at all. I have not given a second thought to that lens since.

Here are some pics mainly taken while my photography was being installed for the 09/20 exhibit opening. Otherwise, you know. The same old, same old.

Closing thoughts.

I believe I have sorted out why I do not miss the 40mm I like so much. It is a trade. I have traded a 0.3 aperture loss for a 20-40mm focal range. Other than the slightly dimmer aperture this lens performs every bit as well as the 40mm prime.

As I said in my last post about this lens:

At this moment this is my favorite Sony FE lens. Not because it is best at one thing. Because of its flexibility.

Well done Tamron.