The Tamron 16-300mm A-mount lens is finally in Stock at BHphoto (Click here).
The Tamron 16-300mm A-mount lens is finally in Stock at BHphoto (Click here).
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Hip Hip Hooray!
The ultimate kit lens.
The ultimate POS
wide, telephoto and macro with the benefit of steady shot. this is the all in one lens for newbies! oops! I meant the perfect lens for travelling lol.
All-in-one lenses – compromising to the max on every possible need. They’re worse than kit lenses.
Don’t be bagging on super-zooms. There is a lot to be said for a lens that can stay on your camera all the time, ready to shoot on a moment’s notice.
The highest-quality prime lens will not take a good picture if it is in the bag when the action happens. Or even worse, if it is so heavy and bulky that it gets left at home.
Woooow, this lens is the ultimate awesomeness! Zeiss, Contax, Shneider, Leica and others can only be jealous as they are not capable of such perfection.
^^^ To those that have problems with the sense of humor, this was sarcasm.
Focuses in the brutish Nikon/Pentax direction.
Opposite the elegant Alpha, Canon, Oly, Contax, Leica direction of more civilized lenses.
Why would I want one lens different from all the my others? Perhaps I wouldn’t need all the others with this lens?
Why did they even bother? Sony’s 18-250mm SAM is already sold for less, and probably 10 times the lens.
Plus Sony’s Engineering, and QC is much better than Tamron’s
Except the Sony SAL18250 has very little Sony engineering in it. They licensed a Tamron design and tweaked the gearing ratio to make it focus a little faster.
I have had the SAL18250 for about 2 years and it is my workhorse lens. It is super-convenient, fairly light-weight, and reasonably good image quality. However, because of it’s screw drive it is too slow and noisy for all but the crudest video work. This new Tamron goes 12% wider, 20% longer, and has near-silent PZD motor, so I am seriously considering switching.
the price is too high considering the target market (even the tamron 18-200 sells for $199)
i mean, with that money you can buy a sony 35 1.8 prime, 30 2.8 macro and 55-300 telephoto (all 3 lenses give so much for so little money, really great value, that no other company come close)
pd. for only $150 more, you can buy the sigma 18-35 1.8 (a little zoom but a better one) on a plus you wont feel bad for paying VC that you dont get
Built quality is completely different from Tamron 18-200. And comparing a 16-300 to a 18-35, seriously?
I would certainly consider it as a travelling lens if it were available for E-Mount.
Amateur Photographer says “The pixel-peeper, the technician and the architect, however, will be mostly dissatisfied with this lens, and frankly they have no business considering it as an option. When you buy a lens that covers 14 popular focal lengths within one barrel, you should know you are purchasing convenience, not perfection.” So this lens is not for me. My Tamron 18-270 is struggling at the long end and is a good 18-200mm. that is probably the limit without too many compromises.