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Mother’s Day 2022: The Best Gifts for Photographers

Chris Gampat
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05/02/2022
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It’s that time again! Mother’s Day 2022 is right around the corner. Have you considered giving your mom the gift she deserves? Well, if the mothers in your life are photographers, then this is the guide that will help you. We’ve carefully selected and tested the best gifts for photographers for Mother’s Day 2022. Take a look at what we like!

For the Candid Moments: Tamron 28-75mm f2.8 Di III VXD G2

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The Tamron 28-75mm f2.8 Di III VXD G2 is a pretty innovative lens. It stands out by being a standard zoom that reaches further while keeping a constant aperture and great image quality. What’s more, it has a built-in USB port for updating the firmware and customizing the lens to your shooting style. Plus, it boasts incredible weather resistance and reliability. What’s not to like here? This will surely be one of the best gifts for photographers for Mother’s Day 2022.

How’s the Image Quality?

In our review, we state:

“With nine aperture blades, we’re really happy with what the Tamron 28-75mm f2.8 G2 can do. The bokeh is nice and creamy on the longer end while being hazy on the wider end. Either way, it’s very functional for making your subjects pop out from the background.”

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Capturing the Kids Playing Sports: Tamron 150-500mm f5-6.7 Di III VC VXD

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The lightweight and compact Tamron 150-500mm f5-6.7 Di III VC VXD ultra-telephoto zoom is an obvious choice for one of the best gifts for photographers for Mother’s Day. This is a versatile lens that gives moms the power to easily capture their kids playing sports. Combined with Sony’s fast continuous autofocus and face detection, this lens is bound to get the shot. Raise the ISO to at least 1600 for the best results.

How’s the Image Quality?

In our review, we state:

“The Tamron 150-500mm f5-6.7 Di III VC VXD captured a wide range of tones, with colors that felt accurate. Flare and haze, of course, can dampen the color and create a bit of a moody effect.”

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The Lens for Family Photos: Tamron 28-200mm f2.8-5.6 Di III RXD

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If you’re looking for a single lens to keep on your Sony camera, then the Tamron 28-200mm f2.8-5.6 Di III RXD travel zoom is the best one to reach for. It boasts an unprecedented f2.8 at the wide end of its super handy, all-in-one focal range that is great for the mom on vacation with her family or the mom who just wants to capture photos of the family together.

How’s the Image Quality?

In our review, we state:

“Here’s where I’m most impressed by the Tamron 28-200mm f2.8-5.6 Di III RXD. It’s got fantastic image quality. No matter the focal length, it’s super sharp. You’re also able to get some beautiful bokeh at the telephoto end of this lens. And even better is the serious lack of distortion problems that I ran into with this lens. Some of the company’s prime lenses were riddled with distortion issues. But this one doesn’t have those problems. Sounds backward, right? Indeed, this is the case.”

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The Great Portrait Lens: Tamron 35-150mm f2-2.8 Di III VXD

Pro Tip

The Tamron 35-150mm f2-2.8 Di III VXD is arguably our favorite on this list! Of course, that puts it high on our list for the best gifts for photographers for Mother’s Day 2022. Sure, it’s a variable-aperture zoom lens, but those apertures are fast! This lens won many awards, not only for its innovative aperture range but the instrumental operability it gives photographers as well. 35mm to 150mm is useful for nearly any photographer out there. Plus, there’s a USB-port on the lens to keep the firmware up to date and customize its features to shoot your personal shooting style for stills and video. Indeed, this was one of our recent favorite lenses to test.

How’s the Image Quality?

In our review, we state:

“Let me tell you, this lens may seriously replace all my Sony prime lenses. I own the Sony 35mm f1.8, 55mm f1.8, and 85mm f1.8. But with the Tamron 35-150mm f2-2.8 Di III VXD and the 17-28mm f2.8 together, I’ve got an entire workable range.”

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For Adventures and Hiking: Tamron 18-300mm f3.5-6.3 Di III-A VC VXD

Pro Tip

The Tamron 18-300mm f3.5-6.3 Di III-A VC VXD is a great tool for moms who like to go camping with the family. It offers a lightweight, compact usefulness that full-frame lenses don’t necessarily have. Not only do you have a 16.6X zoom range to go from wide to ultra-tele on your crop-sensor Sony or Fujifilm mirrorless camera (27-450mm full-frame equivalent), you also have 1:2 macro for amazing close-ups.

How’s the Image Quality?

In our review, we state:

“The 300mm obliterates the background quite nicely. The bokeh I did capture was nicely rounded and didn’t have hard edges.”

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This piece is presented in partnership with TAMRON. We independently and ethically reviewed all the products in this post previously without sponsorship. And we worked with Tamron to recommend a few key gems to you.

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Chris Gampat is the Editor in Chief, Founder, and Publisher of the Phoblographer. He provides oversight to all of the daily tasks, including editorial, administrative, and advertising work. Chris's editorial work includes not only editing and scheduling articles but also writing them himself. He's the author of various product guides, educational pieces, product reviews, and interviews with photographers. He's fascinated by how photographers create, considering the fact that he's legally blind./ HIGHLIGHTS: Chris used to work in Men's lifestyle and tech. He's a veteran technology writer, editor, and reviewer with more than 15 years experience. He's also a Photographer that has had his share of bylines and viral projects like "Secret Order of the Slice." PAST BYLINES: Gear Patrol, PC Mag, Geek.com, Digital Photo Pro, Resource Magazine, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Finance, IGN, PDN, and others. EXPERIENCE: Chris Gampat began working in tech and art journalism both in 2008. He started at PCMag, Magnum Photos, and Geek.com. He founded the Phoblographer in 2009 after working at places like PDN and Photography Bay. He left his day job as the Social Media Content Developer at B&H Photo in the early 2010s. Since then, he's evolved as a publisher using AI ethically, coming up with ethical ways to bring in affiliate income, and preaching the word of diversity in the photo industry. His background and work has spread to non-profits like American Photographic Arts where he's done work to get photographers various benefits. His skills are in SEO, app development, content planning, ethics management, photography, Wordpress, and other things. EDUCATION: Chris graduated Magna Cum Laude from Adelphi University with a degree in Communications in Journalism in 2009. Since then, he's learned and adapted to various things in the fields of social media, SEO, app development, e-commerce development, HTML, etc. FAVORITE SUBJECT TO PHOTOGRAPH: Chris enjoys creating conceptual work that makes people stare at his photos. But he doesn't get to do much of this because of the high demand of photography content. / BEST PHOTOGRAPHY TIP: Don't do it in post-production when you can do it in-camera.
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