Samples

The following images were taken with the Tamron 16-30mm f2.8 Di III G2 lens mounted on a 45MP Nikon Z8 camera. The images are RAW files developed in Lightroom 14.5/CRAW 17.5 to Adobe Vivid profile with the lens profile compensating CA, distortions, and vignetting. Noise-reduction was set to 0, sharpening to 50/0.5/36/10. I 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 16-30mm f2.8 Di III G2 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.

1/1250, 16mm, f2.8, 64 ISO, Tamron 16-30mm f2.8 Di III G2; click image for 4k version, here for large original

1/2000, 30mm, f2.8, 64 ISO, Tamron 16-30mm f2.8 Di III G2; click image for 4k version, here for large original

1/2500, 27mm, f2.8, 64 ISO, Tamron 16-30mm f2.8 Di III G2; click image for 4k version, here for large original

1/1000, 30mm, f2.8, 64 ISO, Tamron 16-30mm f2.8 Di III G2; click image for 4k version, here for large original

1/3200, 17mm, f2.8, 64 ISO, Tamron 16-30mm f2.8 Di III G2; click image for 4k version, here for large original

1/2500, 30mm, f2.8, 64 ISO, Tamron 16-30mm f2.8 Di III G2; click image for 4k version, here for large original

1/125, 30mm, f2.8, 64 ISO, Tamron 16-30mm f2.8 Di III G2; click image for 4k version, here for large original

1/800, 16mm, f2.8, 64 ISO, Tamron 16-30mm f2.8 Di III G2; click image for 4k version, here for large original, also available at 30mm f2.8

1/1000, 16mm, f2.8, 64 ISO, Tamron 16-30mm f2.8 Di III G2; click image for 4k version, large original available at f2.8, f4.0, f5.6

1/640, 30mm, f2.8, 64 ISO, Tamron 16-30mm f2.8 Di III G2; click image for 4k version, large original available at f2.8, f4.0, f5.6; also available at 24mm f2.8, f4.0, f5.6

1/15, 30mm, f2.8, 125 ISO, Tamron 16-30mm f2.8 Di III G2; click image for 4k version, here for large original

1/8, 16mm, f2.8, 64 ISO, Tamron 16-30mm f2.8 Di III G2; click image for 4k version, here for large original

1/13, 16mm, f2.8, 64 ISO, Tamron 16-30mm f2.8 Di III G2; click image for 4k version, here for large original

1/500, 30mm, f2.8, 64 ISO, Tamron 16-30mm f2.8 Di III G2; click image for 4k version, here for large original

1/15, 30mm, f2.8, 140 ISO, Tamron 16-30mm f2.8 Di III G2; click image for 4k version, here for large original

1/15, 30mm, f2.8, 400 ISO, Tamron 16-30mm f2.8 Di III G2; click image for 4k version, here for large original

1/15, 30mm, f2.8, 220 ISO, Tamron 16-30mm f2.8 Di III G2; click image for 4k version, here for large original

1/20, 30mm, f2.8, 64 ISO, Tamron 16-30mm f2.8 Di III G2; click image for 4k version, large original available at f2.8, f4.0

1/15, 16mm, f2.8, 64 ISO, Tamron 16-30mm f2.8 Di III G2; click image for 4k version, here for large original; also available at 30mm f2.8 and f4.0

1/15, 30mm, f2.8, 360 ISO, Tamron 16-30mm f2.8 Di III G2; click image for 4k version, here for large original

1/10, 18mm, f2.8, 280 ISO, Tamron 16-30mm f2.8 Di III G2; click image for 4k version, here for large original

1/640, 30mm, f2.8, 64 ISO, Tamron 16-30mm f2.8 Di III G2; click image for 4k version, here for large original

1/2500, 30mm, f2.8, 64 ISO, Tamron 16-30mm f2.8 Di III G2; click image for 4k version, here for large original; also available at 16mm f2.8

1/500, 29mm, f2.8, 64 ISO, Tamron 16-30mm f2.8 Di III G2; click image for 4k version, here for large original

1/200, 16mm, f2.8, 64 ISO, Tamron 16-30mm f2.8 Di III G2; click image for 4k version, here for large original; also available at 30mm f2.8

1/400, 30mm, f2.8, 64 ISO, Tamron 16-30mm f2.8 Di III G2; click image for 4k version, here for large original

1/1000, 16mm, f2.8, 64 ISO, Tamron 16-30mm f2.8 Di III G2; click image for 4k version, here for large original

1/1250, 30mm, f2.8, 64 ISO, Tamron 16-30mm f2.8 Di III G2; click image for 4k version, here for large original

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