If you are accustomed to using a 70-200mm f/2.8 lens, I doubt that you will notice the extra weight very much. If you struggle to carry a 70-200mm f/2.8 lens, then you probably will need to use a monopod or tripod. The front element is large and takes a 95mm standard filter (which will set you back a bit!). It is slightly over half has heavy as the new 200-400mm f/4L + 1.4x (3620 grams). The new Tamron isn’t light, but neither is it overly heavy. To give you some comparisons: the 100-400L weighs right under 1400 grams, the 70-200mm f/2.8LII weighs about 1500 grams, while the 300mm f/2.8L II weighs 2350g. The Tamron weighs right under 69 oz/1951g. A lot of superzoom compacts cover this focal length (and beyond), but they emphasize compact size over optical quality, and as a result are simply not even under consideration by most discerning photographers. A prime lens can be built and optimized for one focal length, but a zoom has to cover any number of eventualities. Any zoom lens is a delicate balance of compromises. But after having lugged it around the woods for a while, I believe that Tamron has struck an excellent balance between size, weight, and optics. That is one big (and dusty) front element!
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Depth of field is also smaller at comparative apertures on a full frame sensor.Įlegant new brushed aluminum Tamron logo ring. Understand that apparent sharpness will seem higher on a full frame body but optical imperfections tend to be diminished on crop sensor bodies. Those of you that are shooting crop sensor bodies can expect a field of view similar to 240-960mm (WOW!) on Canon crop sensors or 225-900mm on a Nikon or Sony crop sensor. My test will be conducted on a Canon full frame sensor camera. I am very privileged to get to share one of the very first thorough reviews on a lens that has convinced me. But what really sets this lens apart from previous budget offerings is that, other than price, there isn’t really anything “budget” about it. It is an excellent telephoto zoom lens that reaches a focal length longer than what most people currently own at a price that they can probably afford. This lens defies all expectations (including my own). Many of us hoped that due to the very positive trend in recent Tamron offerings that maybe, just maybe, Tamron had a game-changer.Īfter shooting more than a thousand frames with this lens, I believe that I can safely say that Tamron does in fact have a game-changer on its hands. The truth of the matter is that none of us knew whether Tamron had a hit or not we just knew that Tamron was swinging for the fences with this one.
“ The price is low because the lens is garbage.” “ The lens won’t focus quickly.” “ It won’t be sharp.” They viewed the excellent price as further evidence that the lens simply wouldn’t be very good. Many owners of that lens have been awaiting a replacement with superior optics and a more effective image stabilizer, not to mention that the push/pull design of that lens is very polarizing.īut the low price was nothing more than another red flag to the “cup-half-empty” crowd. The new Tamron even undercut the price of Canon’s aging 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS lens although it offers a much more exciting zoom range. Photographers are used to sticker shock, and no segment has more sticker shock than the telephoto range, where long glass can tip into the 6 figure range. The announcement of the (amazing) price brought similar reactions. They have primarily been considered budget options, with lower end build and handling along with merely acceptable optical quality. “ It’s a Tamron.” “ I’ve owned a Tamron super-tele before, and it was soft, slow, etc…” And it’s true that the Tamron brand has not been previously associated with high end telephotos in the past. They dismissed the lens before any photos were shown and one word of review text was written. That 4x zoom range covers a host of useful focal lengths.īut then there are the pragmatists. “ That’s an amazing focal length!”ġ50mm is not so long as to make the lens unusable in a variety of situations, and 600mm? Well, let’s just say that 600mm is the number that got people really excited. Some photographers were thrilled and excited. People, being, well, people, react to news in a variety of ways. That’s not to say that everyone was thrilled. I can safely say that this lens, the Tamron SP 150-600mm f/5-6.3 Di VC USD, has caused more of a stir in the community than anything Tamron has released in a long, long time. I also interact with a lot of different photographers around the world via the Internet. I pay very close attention to news in the camera industry.
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