Customers say
Customers find the lens to be solidly built, with unexpected sharpness and amazing picture quality. They appreciate its perfect weight and consider it worth the price tag, with one customer noting it’s a good catch-all lens for hiking and traveling. The focus speed receives mixed feedback, with some finding it quick while others note it can be slow in low-light conditions.
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A quick rundown of this product’s key features:
Expansive 8x Zoom Ratio: This lens offers an 8x zoom ratio that covers focal lengths from 50mm to 400mm. The 50mm focal length is considered the standard focal length for the full-frame digital camera
Unfaltering High Image Quality: It features 24 elements in 18 groups and effectively uses special lens elements including two XLD (eXtra Low Dispersion), three LD (Low Dispersion), one GM (Glass Molded Aspherical), and one Hybrid Aspherical lens element, which controls aberrations including axial chromatic aberrations. This lens also features Broad-Band Anti-Reflection Generation 2 coating
VXD Produces High-Speed and High-Precision AF: This lens uses VXD linear motor focus mechanism that combines high-level AF speed and precision that enables fast and accurate focusing from MOD to infinity. It can easily focus and capture sharp images of moving objects for example a flying bird. Plus it is extremely quiet making it ideal for projects that require silent operation
Equipped with Tamron’s Proprietary VC Image Stabilization: It features Tamron’s Proprietary VC Image Stabilization despite its compact size. It reduces image blurring that occurs due to camera shake
Super-Compact: Despite covering a focal length of 50mm to 400mm it is lightweight and compact in size. It is of the same size as a conventional 100-400mm making it easy to carry, pack and shoot comfortably
Our Top Reviews
Reviewer: Larry
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Best Intro Zoom Lens
Review: This was my first “big” lens purchase, in all aspects including: cost, size, and focal length!Cost: I purchased this lens when it was right around $1200. When looking at this lens I was also considering a Tamron 70-300mm, Sony 70-200mm, and Tamron 150-500mm. Ultimately, the Sony was out of budget and didn’t give me the “wow factor” at its price. At a $800 price difference at the time, Tamron won the battle.Focal length: What made me choose this one was that additional 20mm difference from the Tamron 70-300mm (150-500mm was too far of a length for my needs). I didn’t want to always have to switch from this lens to my 24-70mm, when I mostly shoot around 50mm. Yes, sometimes this seems a little too close, but for landscape, it’s perfect (see photos).Size: A bit clunky at times, but is on the lighter size when considering how large it is. I’ve used the 60-600mm from Sigma, and man is that thing H E A V Y. This is the perfect weight (all things considered) for hiking it around and taking photos without feeling like you’re training for a marathon.Quality: From the structural stand point, this lens if very sturdy. Adjustment rings are smooth (for photography, not so much from a videography stand point) and structurally feels great. From an image perspective, I was surprised at the quality of the images and how quick it was to focus (at certain lengths). When I was near the 400mm length, I found it 60/40, 60 being in focus, but that issue came up during high movement when trying to follow a subject (car photo). Otherwise, the lens is quick to focus and produces great images. For reference, all my photos are taken on an a6400.Conclusion: If you’re considering getting a variable zoom lens, this should definitely be on your consideration list, especially at its price point. No complaints here from purchasing it almost 6 months ago.
Reviewer: Darrell B
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: A Wonderful Zoom Range
Review: Edit on 3/1/23: In response to another review, I’d like to add that the Tamron lens I purchased has excellent image quality in all shooting modes right out of the box. Also, it included the latest firmware as well. No changes were necessary. You can shoot in any mode with confidence.———-The 50-400mm range of this lens is unprecedented, so far as I know. For many purposes I now have to carry only this single lens which makes me very happy. Also, this is an excellent choice if you have a high megapixel camera. Very sharp at all focal lengths at 61 megapixels. Build is very good, focus is quick, and the built-in stabilization is excellent. It has a 3 position customizable switch, takes a 67mm filter, and isn’t too long or too heavy. This is a wonderful lens for the money. I’d buy it again in a heart-beat.
Reviewer: Rob
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Loving my first 3rs party experiment
Review: This is the first 3rd party lens I have tried in the e/fe universe. Very glad I gave it a chance. Good compression at higher zoom, unbelievable near-macro capability, and very nice bokeh from one end to the other if I do my part in constructing the shot.Not many lenses can give me frame-filling closeups of a single, tiny flower and also reach one end to the other of a football pitch. My copy is dead sharp.Was a bit slow in focus tracking out-of-the-box, but a firmware update improved that greatly with little fuss.The only way I could complain about this one is that it’s a bit slow for low-light, but I knew that going in. The smaller size, weight and price tag are well worth that trade off, and the odd 50-400 range is really dang convenient while walking around or traveling
Reviewer: Peter Nguyen
Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Good focal ranges, slow auto focus compared to Sony native lenses.
Review: Good focal ranges but auto focus was not fast enough for video.
Reviewer: James A
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Fantastic Lens for the Price
Review: I love this lens. I had moderate expectations for it but it beat every one of them. The images are very sharp, even when handheld at max zoom. I wouldn’t use it for sports photography as the autofocus can be a bit slow in situations like that, but for my uses it works perfectly. It’s a good catch all lens when hiking and travelling.Bonus points for having firmware that uses a USB-C cable instead of some proprietary dock. The weather sealing is nice too.
Reviewer: DifferentMe
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: What a Surprise !
Review: I am an avid photographer, for the “Dawn of the digital age” LOL , but I find my income from a different field.The lese I bought for myself, my own money etc.Tested it on Sony A7IV, in different condition, including a very long concert photo shoot in a concert hall (Orchestra), where I shot it all with this one lens (So all the “wrong” things for this lens: low light, short and long focal length, wide shots and distance portraits). I put the lense on manual mode, with Auto ISO. I actually could have left it at Shutter priority, as that is all I really needed.Personally I know I like a lens, when it disappears from my mind. When I stop even checking “was it able to stabilize the image at 1/40 @ 400mm ? ” , or “was the focus good enough?” . when the only thing I had to do was to compose and decide what shatter speed was right for the shot I was using.Yes – ISO went up (heck I have a perfect portrait, of a friend across the entire concert hall, at recess, ISO went to 51200, shutter speed 1/60 with the A7IV and a bit noise reduction do you really care ? )Post processing was the best surprise: Images sharp, the combo of camera IS & Lens IS, just nailed it in low light, and this lens just meant to work with the A7IV auto focus.Maybe I got a good copy, but usually I am not that lucky. This is just a really good lens for the Sony.Thanks
Reviewer: Harold
Rating: 1.0 out of 5 stars
Title: They need improve to sport
Review: Not good for a sport and fast moving.
Reviewer: keith h. schroder
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: unexpectedly sharp
Review: very sharp at the long end where I need it. quick autofocus. works very well with my sony a7rv, which needs a lens capable of high resolution. likely a good travel lens, though a little large for carrying around. I plan to add the tripod ring, which it does not come with.
Reviewer: Mac
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Absolutely in love with this lens, it’s so much lighter than my Mark ii, 100-400 Canon lens. I’m super happy how sharp my images look and again, just how much lighter it is to use. Only caveat would be the digital manual focus, this takes practice and it doesn’t have the same manual friction feeling you would with manual focus lenses. But otherwise, super sharp, fast focus, quiet and light!
Reviewer: Amazon Customer
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: On April 8th, I successfully used this lens to take eclipse shots. I wish it wasn’t so cloudy that day in Prescott. Many people admired the lens, they couldn’t believe how compact it is for what it offers.
Reviewer: Hailei J.
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: with the range, image quality and price, it is best lens I have purchased
Reviewer: Dimitri
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Fantastic lens I also picked up the Tamron 12mmx28mm but literally have yet to take this lens off my camera yet(Sony A7 4)… Great range super crisp, but if heft to it but it doesn’t bother me. Highly recommend.
Reviewer: QuietTrails
Rating: 1.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Defective lens. Grey market dealer. according to Tamron USA. Failed to update firmware, focussing was abysmal.
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