ShutterXpose Photography and Tamron Kuwait in collaboration conducted a Photography session at the Al Hamra Luxury Mall & Roof Top for Weekenders club members on 15th April, 2016. The event was well supported by Tamron and Naser Mohamed Al-Sayer. It was also a good chance for couple of members to try the new release Tamron SP 15-30MM F/2.8 Di VC USD, a full frame, fast f/2.8 aperture wide angle lens which offer image stabilization (Tamron’s Vibration Compensation “VC”)
ShutterXpose has been providing their members time and again opportunities to exhibit their passion, the group had the best of time capturing a bird eye view at one of the tallest building in Kuwait. The photo session was a memorable for all and a learning curve for some of the new members to capture aerial cityscape view.
We had the Tamron lens for a day and the following are our quick general review.
The new Tamron SP 15-30MM F/2.8 Di VC USD is a full-frame professional qualified lens both in feel and optics, it offers ultrasonic focus motor for quiet AF operation. Tamron claims to have a 4-stop built in image stabilization (VC) which helps to shoot hand-held in low light condition. The lens is remarkably heavy at 1.1 kg with a total of 18 lens elements in 13 groups, it may not be well suited for smaller APS-C body due to the overall bulkiness. The lens barrel though are made of plastic, it’s of high standard to offer better durability and moisture resistance. This lens is ideally suited for Architectural, Landscape and Astrophotography.
Tamron Kuwait had provided us with a Canon mount lens, which was put to test by our good team mates Dr. Vinod Kumar and Muttaz Saleh on their Canon EOS 5D Mark II and EOS 5D Mark III respectively.
Our sincere gratitude to Tamron Kuwait, Al Hamra management and the security personnel for their support and cooperation.
* Tamron SP 15-30MM F/2.8 Di VC USD is available from Naser Mohamed Al-Sayer Communication Co. for KD 320
Few Images from the event
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A Time Lapse video by our group member Jiji Joseph
