Tamron’s latest lens for Sony APS-C cameras is a superzoom: with a range of 18-300mm, it offers a huge amount of flexibility and might easily replace four or five lenses in your bag. How well does it perform, and what about Tamron’s other new lens, the 11-20mm f/2.8?
Julia Trotti isn’t one for test charts and squinting to find out whether there’s chromatic aberration; instead, she’s more interested to find out how the lens performs in the field, giving you a good idea of what it would be like to use, not simply how the resulting images hold up. For me, this is a far more practical approach to testing something like the 18-300mm f/3.5-6.3 Di III-A VC VXD, as Tamron has created a lens that will be hugely appreciated by enthusiasts rather than hardened professionals.
At $699, the 18-300mm is an appealing prospect and is a particularly exciting proposition for Fujifilm photographers given that it’s the first lens that Tamron has made for their system. As you’d expect from such a zoom range, this is a relatively chunky lens, though it’s not as heavy as you might think: it’s just 21.9 oz (620 g).
Will you be adding Tamron’s new lenses to your kit? Let us know in the comments below.
