Samples

The following images were taken with the Tamron 12-20mm f2.8 lens mounted on a 45MP Nikon Z8 camera. The images are RAW files developed in Lightroom 15.5.1/CRAW 18.5.1 to Adobe Color profile with the lens profile compensating CA, distortions, and vignetting. Noise-reduction is set to 0, sharpening to 50/0.5/36/10 with 45MP images and 50/1.0/36/10 with 180MP images. I also applied exposure compensation plus some extra tone, color, or saturation adjustment to produce more pleasing images which are closer to what one would normally do when processing RAW files.

The individual exposure details are stated for each image. All of my high resolution Tamron 12-20mm f2.8 sample images are available to download in their original formats for analysis at Flickr. These files are for personal evaluation only and cannot be used in another publication or website without permission.

1/3200, 12mm, f2.8, 64 ISO, Tamron 12-20mm f2.8; click image for 4k version, here for large original

1/400, 12mm, f2.8, 64 ISO, Tamron 12-20mm f2.8; click image for 4k version, here for large original

1/200 20mm, f2.8, 64 ISO, Tamron 12-20mm f2.8; click image for 4k version, here for large original

1/640, 20mm, f2.8, 64 ISO, Tamron 12-20mm f2.8; click image for 4k version, here for large original

1/800, 12mm, f2.8, 64 ISO, Tamron 12-20mm f2.8; click image for 4k version, here for large original

1/2000, 20mm, f2.8, 64 ISO, Tamron 12-20mm f2.8; click image for 4k version, here for large original

1/2000, 12mm, f2.8, 64 ISO, Tamron 12-20mm f2.8; click image for 4k version, here for large original

1/250, 20mm, f2.8, 64 ISO, Tamron 12-20mm f2.8; click image for 4k version, here for large original

1/400, 12mm, f2.8, 64 ISO, Tamron 12-20mm f2.8; click image for 4k version, here for large original

1/1600, 20mm, f2.8, 64 ISO, Tamron 12-20mm f2.8; click image for 4k version, here for large original

1/1600, 20mm, f2.8, 64 ISO, Tamron 12-20mm f2.8; click image for 4k version, here for large original

1/800, 20mm, f2.8, 64 ISO, Tamron 12-20mm f2.8; click image for 4k version, here for large original

1/1000, 12mm, f2.8, 64 ISO, Tamron 12-20mm f2.8; click image for 4k version, here for large original

1/5000, 12mm, f2.8, 64 ISO, Tamron 12-20mm f2.8; click image for 4k version, here for large original; also available at 20mm, f2.8

1/1600, 20mm, f2.8, 64 ISO, Tamron 12-20mm f2.8; click image for 4k version, here for large original; also available at 12mm, f2.8

1/2000, 12mm, f3.2, 64 ISO, Tamron 12-20mm f2.8; click image for 4k version, here for large original

1/10, 20mm, f2.8, 100 ISO, Tamron 12-20mm f2.8; click image for 4k version, here for large original

1/8, 12mm, f2.8, 64 ISO, Tamron 12-20mm f2.8; click image for 4k version, here for large original

1/10, 20mm, f2.8, 200 ISO, Tamron 12-20mm f2.8; click image for 4k version, here for large original

1/6, 12mm, f2.8, 90 ISO, Tamron 12-20mm f2.8; click image for 4k version, here for large original

1/30, 12mm, f2.8, 64 ISO, Tamron 12-20mm f2.8; click image for 4k version, here for large original

1/250, 20mm, f2.8, 64 ISO, Tamron 12-20mm f2.8; click image for 4k version, here for large original

1/13, 12mm, f2.8, 64 ISO, Tamron 12-20mm f2.8; click image for 4k version, here for large original

1/15, 20mm, f2.8, 64 ISO, Tamron 12-20mm f2.8; click image for 4k version, here for large original

1/10, 20mm, f2.8, 140 ISO, Tamron 12-20mm f2.8; click image for 4k version, here for large original

1/6, 12mm, f2.8, 64 ISO, Tamron 12-20mm f2.8; click image for 4k version, here for large original

1/15, 20mm, f2.8, 64 ISO, Tamron 12-20mm f2.8; click image for 4k version, here for large original

1/10, 20mm, f2.8, 220 ISO, Tamron 12-20mm f2.8; click image for 4k version, here for large original

1/6, 12mm, f2.8, 100 ISO, Tamron 12-20mm f2.8; click image for 4k version, here for large original

1/10, 20mm, f2.8, 64 ISO, Tamron 12-20mm f2.8; click image for 4k version, here for large original

1/160, 20mm, f2.8, 64 ISO, Tamron 12-20mm f2.8; click image for 4k version, here for large original; also available at 12mm, f2.8

1/3200, 12mm, f2.8, 64 ISO, Tamron 12-20mm f2.8; click image for 4k version, here for large original; also available at 20mm, f3.2

1/800, 20mm, f2.8, 64 ISO, Tamron 12-20mm f2.8; click image for 4k version, large original available at f2.8, f4.0, f5.6

1/1000, 12mm, f2.8, 64 ISO, Tamron 12-20mm f2.8; click image for 4k version, large original available at f2.8, f4.0, f5.6

1/1600, 20mm, f2.8, 64 ISO, Tamron 12-20mm f2.8; click image for 4k version, here for large original; also available at 12mm, f2.8

1/2500, 20mm, f2.8, 64 ISO, Tamron 12-20mm f2.8; click image for 4k version, 180MP original available at f2.8, f4.0, f5.6

1/1250, 16mm, f2.8, 64 ISO, Tamron 12-20mm f2.8; click image for 4k version, 180MP original available at f2.8, f4.0, f5.6

1/1600, 12mm, f2.8, 64 ISO, Tamron 12-20mm f2.8; click image for 4k version, 180MP original available at f2.8, f4.0, f5.6

1/2500, 16mm, f2.8, 64 ISO, Tamron 12-20mm f2.8; click image for 4k version, here for large original; also available at 12mm, f2.8

1/1250, 12mm, f2.8, 64 ISO, Tamron 12-20mm f2.8; click image for 4k version, here for large original; also available at 20mm, f2.8

1/320, 20mm, f2.8, 64 ISO, Tamron 12-20mm f2.8; click image for 4k version, here for large original; also available at 12mm, f2.8

1/640, 12mm, f2.8, 64 ISO, Tamron 12-20mm f2.8; click image for 4k version, here for large original; also available at 20mm, f2.8

1/500, 20mm, f2.8, 64 ISO, Tamron 12-20mm f2.8; click image for 4k version, here for large original; also available at 12mm, f2.8

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