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The Tamron 150-500mm f/5-6.7 Di III VC VXD is a tele lens for FF and APS-C, manufactured from 2021. The focus is done by Linear Motor, it has image stabilization. The average price, when it has been added to the JuzaPhoto database, is 1288 €;
20 users have given it an average vote of 9.3 out of 10.
MOUNT
This lens is available with the following mounts:
Nikon Z: this lens is compatible with mirrorless fullframe and APS-C Nikon Z.
Sony E: this lens is compatible with mirrorless fullframe and APS-C Sony.
Fujifilm X-mount: this lens is compatible with mirrorless APS-C Fuji.
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The following opinions have been automatically translated with Google Translate.
Pros:The top is very manageable in size and weight
Cons:At the moment none
Opinion:I got this lens because I wanted a long zoom that would allow me to use it on the Z8 where I use it, and I must say that from the first shots I was satisfied with it. The autofocus works very well and with the 3D tracking hooked the subject does not let go, very performing and precise. The weight in the long run is felt so the use of a monopod is necessary especially for me who have problems with my hands, but overall it is a lens with an excellent performance both for the IQ and for its sharpness. I'll have to test it more thoroughly but at the moment I'm very happy with it. I add a small update and I must say that after several shooting sessions both for sportsmen who practice windsurfing -Kitesurfing - hydrofoil I got excellent results both on the autofocus side I did not miss a shot, all in focus with a more or less fast burst, with an image quality definition and cleanliness in terms of iso that really amazed me.
Pros:Autofocus, weight and size (for the lens that is, it is a 150-500 and also handheld shots), sharpness, stabilization.
Cons:I would say nothing to say, except that freehand, after a few hours, it makes itself felt. (but it is also a 150-500)
Opinion:Great optics. I've tried it on a couple of occasions for sports photos (on a7r3) and I must say that it goes great. I was impressed by the stabilization; Used in Mode 3 is very valid. Well built, monopod tripod mount already in the ark. Before taking this, I tried it alongside the 200-600. Tests outside the store, but I saw no differences, and the weight and maneuverability led the choice in favor of this (the 200-600 I, personally, did not hold it well in my hand). It was not only a price choice, there was also a used, practically new. I was satisfied.
Pros:Rationality of the project, optical and (at least apparently) constructive quality, compactness, focusing distance, Arca-compatible foot as standard, price.
Cons:The zoom lock mechanism by sliding the dial is clever but questionable as it can be moved unintentionally in handling. Manual focus only power-assisted.
Opinion:I bought it crossed. A bit 'because the supertele cheap variable focal length, traditionally, are not a category of lenses that shines for optical yield and a little' for my direct experience not always positive: I had the Canon 100-400 second series, excellent, and the Panaleica 100-400, disappointing in spite of the blazon. I like old lenses, made of iron and glass, totally mechanical, and this Tamron is an electronic tool: in twenty years it will no longer work even in manual because even manual focusing is motorized; My old goals have been working for forty years and in another forty they will continue to work. Not only that: in forty years an artificial intelligence will make them autofocus and correct their aberrations, enhancing the poetry of optical schemes with a few precious glass lenses. Net of this premise, it is an excellent tool, the resolution is high and the image is beautiful in every situation. At these levels it is stupid to analyze the optical sights and indeed, for the umpteenth time, I have had confirmation of how bad we can get an idea of the quality based on comparisons of that type that are found on the net. The license plate data are sufficient, it is not as bright as a fixed and with large subjects you can not have the same blurred, for the rest it will provide images as beautiful as the photographer will be. The autofocus works well but I am not able to make an advanced evaluation, as a good lover of iron and glass. The stabilizer is silent and very effective: with a steady hand you can easily shoot at 500 mm below one hundredth of a second.
Pros:Compactness, yield at 500, cost in the grey market, construction, AF, general sharpness.
Cons:Weight (but it's a supertele... there is), does not multiply.
Opinion:I needed a supertele that I would carry around... and in the market they only make 2 , the Canon 100 500 and this. The others are huge in comparison or the 100 400 DO NOT GO like this if you exclude the Sony that costs almost 3 times... It impressed me positively, I expected sharp but not so "clean". No AC, in the landscape if the sky is clear it is embarrassing already at TA at 500mm on 42mpx. Pesa yes, but it's already fine on the slow a7r3 as AF and I dare not imagine on A9ii or A1 ... it does not multiply but chissene, for that there is the white and long brother of Sony. The thing that shocked me is to see that in fact it is a fixed 500 that drops to 150mm with the yield at TA better at 500 than at 150 ... Tamron is doing REALLY, REALLY GREAT stuff. ps taken in GREY FROM THE UK at £850 with 3 years warranty.
Pros:Transportability, weight, compactness and quality/price
Cons:For the price I would say nothing
Opinion:Having tried them both it is quite natural for me to compare it with the 200/600. As quality and speed the Sony wins in my opinion, but not so clearly. The advantages of the tamron are: transportability, understood more as a footprint (10/11 cm shorter) than as weight and the most affordable price. Honestly if I found a good opportunity in the used I would evaluate the exchange, but the tamron remains an excellent lens that for what it gives 'is worn willingly and I will change it only if I really find the opportunity of life with the 200/600. Freehand is really agile and pleasant to use and if you keep it at 499 mm, you can keep the F 6.3, when you go to 500 mm shoots at F6.7. I use it on a7R3 and I can photograph without problems the fauna and also birds of prey in flight, such as the kite, the buzzard, the golden eagle. It's my first review and I hope it's useful to someone.
Photos taken with Tamron 150-500mm f/5-6.7 Di III VC VXD
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