{"id":272103,"date":"2025-07-02T07:52:21","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T21:52:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digital-photography-school.com\/?p=272103"},"modified":"2025-07-02T07:52:24","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T21:52:24","slug":"whats-the-new-tamron-16-30mm-f-2-8-g2-like","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/digital-photography-school.com\/whats-the-new-tamron-16-30mm-f-2-8-g2-like\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s the new Tamron 16-30mm f\/2.8 G2 like?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I&#8217;ve been fortunate enough to have been using the new lens for the last few days, thanks to Blonde Robot, Australia&#8217;s Tamron distributor ?? While I haven&#8217;t had a chance to take it out and spend some time with it yet (hope to over the next few days) I went to the EV Show here in Melbourne and took it along &#8211; It&#8217;s true of any wide lens, you can warp reality if you try just a little bit! So I had some fun being creative with fast electric cars. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><span class=\"responsive-image wp-image-272104\" style=\"width:2560px\"><span class=\"space\" style=\"width:2560px; padding-top:66.72%\"><\/span><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1708\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/digital-photography-school.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/DSC02886-scaled.jpg?resize=2560%2C1708&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"What&#039;s the new Tamron 16-30mm f\/2.8 G2 like?\" class=\"wp-image-272104\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/digital-photography-school.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/DSC02886-scaled.jpg?w=2560&amp;ssl=1 2560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/digital-photography-school.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/DSC02886-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/digital-photography-school.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/DSC02886-scaled.jpg?resize=600%2C400&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/digital-photography-school.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/DSC02886-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/digital-photography-school.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/DSC02886-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1025&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/digital-photography-school.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/DSC02886-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1366&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/digital-photography-school.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/DSC02886-scaled.jpg?resize=90%2C60&amp;ssl=1 90w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/digital-photography-school.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/DSC02886-scaled.jpg?resize=717%2C478&amp;ssl=1 717w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/span><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><span class=\"responsive-image wp-image-272105\" style=\"width:2560px\"><span class=\"space\" style=\"width:2560px; padding-top:66.72%\"><\/span><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1708\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/digital-photography-school.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/DSC02888-scaled.jpg?resize=2560%2C1708&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"What&#039;s the new Tamron 16-30mm f\/2.8 G2 like?\" class=\"wp-image-272105\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/digital-photography-school.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/DSC02888-scaled.jpg?w=2560&amp;ssl=1 2560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/digital-photography-school.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/DSC02888-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/digital-photography-school.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/DSC02888-scaled.jpg?resize=600%2C400&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/digital-photography-school.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/DSC02888-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/digital-photography-school.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/DSC02888-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1025&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/digital-photography-school.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/DSC02888-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1366&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/digital-photography-school.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/DSC02888-scaled.jpg?resize=90%2C60&amp;ssl=1 90w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/digital-photography-school.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/DSC02888-scaled.jpg?resize=717%2C478&amp;ssl=1 717w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/span><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>I thought I&#8217;d share this video from Michael Ronin (I can confirm he did give the lens back haha) as he takes the ultra-wide and walks you through it in his video. Enjoy!  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Tamron 16-30mm F\/2.8 G2 Lens Review (Photo &amp; Video Samples)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/csFSGnM5nAY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Do you think an ultra-wide has a place in your camera bag? Do you already have an ultra-wide? 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