On September 2, 2015 Tamron announced a redefined SP (Superior Performance) lens series and the first two products in the line: the SP 35mm f/1.8 Di VC USD and the SP 45mm f/1.8 Di VC USD .

Having watched one of their main rivals, Sigma, garner all the recent plaudits with their popular range of Art lenses, Tamron have responded with the premium quality 35mm and 45mm f/1.8 SP prime lenses.

If you're shopping for a wide-angle prime lens for your full-frame camera , or one that covers a standard-angle field of view when paired with an APS-C image sensor, you should give strong consideration to the Tamron SP 35mm f/1.8 Di VC USD ($599).

Quite sharp; Minimal distortion; Wide aperture; Optically stabilized design; Very close focus capability; Weather-sealed; Available for Canon, Nikon, and Sony SLRs

Edge performance lags behind center at wide apertures; Heavy for its size

This wide angle lens from Tamron sports a fast f/1.8 maximum aperture, Vibration Compensation, silent internal focusing with full time manual override, moisture sealed construction with a moisture repellant fluorine optical coating as well as eBAND and BBAR lens coatings to help suppress ghosting...

Excellent sharpness in the centre; Good build quality; Effective Vibration Compensation system; Moisture resistant construction; Low distortion; Resistant to flare; Relatively lightweight

Seems to be priced a little high at launch when compared to similar lenses (although this may change in time

To make a better lens, one that avid photographers might even be inclined to leave on their DSLR camera permanently, Tamron set aside all of their former notions about lens design and construction and went straight back to the basics with the new Tamron SP 35mm f1.8 Di VC USD (Model F012) and SP...

We've already tested the first of the new Tamron lenses; now it's high time to present the performance of the SP 35 mm f/1.8 Di VC USD model. Due to a very quick action of the Polish Tamron distributor, the Fototechnika company, both lenses found the way to our editorial office already at the...

solid; stylish and moisture resistant casing; minimum focusing distance already from 0.20 of a meter; very good image quality in the frame centre; good image quality on the edge of the APS-C sensor; acceptable image quality on the edge of full frame; moderate longitudinal chromatic aberration; very...

weak performance against bright light; autofocus should have been faster

There's a lot to like in the Tamron 35mm Æ'/1.8 Di VC USD SP. One usually expects the third-party manufacturers to produce lenses that are less expensive than the name-brand manufacturers, but in this case, Tamron has produced a superior lens and priced it for at least as much as its Canon...

Tamron brought smiles to the world when they introduced a pair of record-setting lenses, the Tamron 35mm f/1.8 Di VC USD Lens and the very similar Tamron 45mm f/1.8 Di VC USD Lens , with both sharing the record for being the widest aperture image stabilized lenses available at the time of their...

Tamron's SP AF 35mm f/1.8 Di VC USD prime lens is one of two new lenses announced in early September, 2015. Both feature a fast (f/1.8) maximum aperture, are weather-sealed and include integrated stabilisation.

Tested on a D800 by a very fussy amateur photographer, who has returned more lenses than has witnessed Southwest Trains cancel the 6.53 to Waterloo (which is lot). I have owned 1 Tamron lens in the past. The 70-300mm VC. Which was OK actually, considering the price.