Tamron 85mm f1.8 VC review
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The following images were taken with the Tamron 85mm f1.8 VC lens mounted on a Nikon D810 body. The images are RAW files developed in Lightroom 6.6 with camera standard settings, no lens profiles, CA-removal=ON, Noise Reduction=OFF, sharpening=35/0.5/36/10. The individual exposure details are available for each image.

All of the 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.

Check out all my high-resolution Tamron 85mm f1.8 VC sample images.

 

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Above: 1/500, f1.8, 64 ISO, Tamron 85mm f1.8 VC; click image to access original at Flickr

 

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Above: 1/400, f1.8, 64 ISO, Tamron 85mm f1.8 VC; click image to access original at Flickr

 

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Above: 1/25, f1.8, 100 ISO, Tamron 85mm f1.8 VC; click image to access original at Flickr

 

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Above: 1/30, f1.8, 64 ISO, Tamron 85mm f1.8 VC; click image to access original at Flickr; also available at f2.0, f2.8, f4.0, f5.6, f8.0, f11, f16

 

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Above: 1/1000, f1.8, 64 ISO, Tamron 85mm f/1.8 VC; click image to access original at Flickr

 

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Above: 1/1600, f1.8, 64 ISO, Tamron 85mm f1.8 VC, full image; click image to access original at Flickr; also available at f2.0, f2.8, f4.0, f5.6, f8.0, f11

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Above: 1/1600, f1.8, 64 ISO, Tamron 85mm f1.8 VC, 100% crop; click image to access original at Flickr

The Zeiss 85/1.4 Otus shot for comparison a few minutes later:

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Above: 1/2000, f1.8, 64 ISO, Zeiss 85mm f1.4 Otus, 100% crop; click image to access original at Flickr; also available at f1.4, f2.0, f2.8, f4.0, f5.6, f8.0, f11

 

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Above: 1/25, f1.8, 64 ISO, Tamron 85mm f/1.8 VC; click image to access original at Flickr

 

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Above: 1/640, f1.8, 64 ISO, Tamron 85mm f1.8 VC; click image to access original at Flickr; also available at f2.8

 

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Above: 1/25, f1.8, 250 ISO, Tamron 85mm f1.8 VC; click image to access original at Flickr

 

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Above: 1/1250, f1.8, 64 ISO, Tamron 85mm f/1.8 VC; click image to access original at Flickr

 

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Above: 1/500, f1.8, 64 ISO, Tamron 85mm f1.8 VC; click image to access original at Flickr

 

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Above: 1/40, f4.0, 64 ISO, Tamron 85mm f/1.8 VC; click image to access original at Flickr

 

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Above: 1/800, f2.8, 64 ISO, Tamron 85mm f1.8 VC; click image to access original at Flickr

 

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Above: 1/320, f2.8, 64 ISO, Tamron 85mm f1.8 VC; click image to access original at Flickr

 

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Above: 1/500, f1.8, 64 ISO, Tamron 85mm f1.8 VC; click image to access original at Flickr; also available at f2.0, f2.8, f4.0, f5.6, f8.0, f11, f16

 

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Above: 1/25, f2.8, 140 ISO, Tamron 85mm f/1.8 VC; click image to access original at Flickr

 

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Above: 1/80, f1.8, 64 ISO, Tamron 85mm f/1.8 VC; click image to access original at Flickr

 

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Above: 1/800, f1.8, 64 ISO, Tamron 85mm f1.8 VC; click image to access original at Flickr; also available at f2.0, f2.8, f4.0, f5.6

 

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Above: 1/1250, f1.8, 64 ISO, Tamron 85mm f/1.8 VC; click image to access original at Flickr; also available at f2.0, f2.8, f4.0, f5.6, f8.0

 

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