Is the Tamron 18-250mm a good lens?

This Tamron 18-250mm takes the genre farther than ever before, with its exceptional 13.8x zoom range, from a good wide angle to a pretty long tele. (Note that this is a digital-only lens, with a reduced image circle. This means it can only be used on cameras with sensors having crop factors of 1.5x or higher.

What makes Tamron lenses so special?

At nearly 14x, Tamron’s lens is the world’s most powerful zoom and delivers all the photographic freedom of this enormous zoom range in a single, compact lens. Low dispersion (LD) glass elements in a lens help reduce chromatic aberration; the tendency of light of different colors to come to different points of focus at the image plane.

What is the largest zoom lens in Tamron?

MAIN FEATURES. 13.9X, the Largest Zoom Power in the High Power Zoom Class, Covering an Easy-to-use 28mm Wideangle to 388mm Ultra Telephoto (when converted to 35mm) Tamron’s concept for the development of high power zoom lenses is “one-does-it-all, covering wideangle to telephoto” to satisfy customer needs for simplicity.

Why is the af18-200mm so special?

To prevent the lens from becoming bulky, the design concept of the AF18-200mm F/3.5-6.3 XI Di-II LD Aspherical (IF) Macro (Model A14), a popular lens among the world’s digital SLR users since it is the ideal high power zoom lens, was the basis for this new lens that features an expanded focal length to 250mm at its tele-end.

What are the downsides of a Tamron 250mm?

The only downside is the lack of IS, OS or VR (whatever Tamron wants to call it). At the wide end, with good sharpness at even f4, the lack of IS is no problem even in shady or heavily overcast areas. At 250mm, with a need to stop down to f8 or f9, means good natural light or a flash is needed for use without a tripod or other support.

How sharp is the Tamron 18-200 macro?

I didn’t like the Tamron 18-200, but tamron got it right this time around. Macro at around 100 mm is sharp and flat field. All of the fine detail in a US $20 bill is there and nice and sharp.