Announced together, but at truly opposite ends of the focal-length spectrum, Tamron has unveiled its new Tamron 150-500mm f/5-6.7 Di III VXD super-telephoto zoom lens designed for Sony E-mount full-frame cameras and the Tamron 11-20mm f/2.8 Di III-A RXD—an ultra-wide zoom lens made for Sony E APS-C cropped sensor cameras.
The new Tamron 150-500mm f/5-6.7 is similar to the company’s popular 150-600mm zoom lens for DSLRs. This 150-500mm zoom is designed to give incredible telephoto reach while remaining relatively lightweight and portable. A 75° turn of the zoom ring takes you all the way from 150mm to 500mm for a fast zooming experience. A zoom lock keeps the lens from extending when being carried. An optionally attached lens foot adds 0.3 lb to the 3.8 lb weight of the lens. As you’d expect, the lens is weatherproof, packs 25 glass elements into 16 groups, features the latest coatings from Tamron, and features a 7-bladed rounded aperture diaphragm.
The new Tamron 11-20mm f/2.8 features an equivalent focal length range of 16.5-30mm. The lens has a constant f/2.8 maximum aperture—very rare for an ultra-wide lens like this. The wide maximum aperture makes it ideal for handheld photography in low-light situations and the lens is designed for close focusing (5.9" at 11mm focal length) to explore the world up close with a unique ultra-wide-angle perspective. Even with the large f/2.8 aperture, the lens is compact and portable at only 3.4" in length when collapsed, weighing 11.8 oz. The lens has 12 elements in 10 groups and includes aberration-correcting extra-low dispersion and low-dispersion elements.
Are you looking for the long reach of the super-telephoto or the wide perspective of the super-wide lens? Let us know in the Comments section, below!
4 Comments
Can the 150-500 be used on an APS-C, or will it have vignetting or some other problem?
This lens is Full-Frame and yes, it can be used for your crop-sensor camera and without vignetting, as long as it's Sony E-mount. The APS-C sensor in your camera would use a smaller (crop) area of the field of view. So again, rest assured, the answer is no; there will be no vignetting.
The previous reply is correct. The crop factor for this Tamron 150-500mm on a Sony APS-C body is 1.5X, so the lens would be more like 225-750mm.
Don't know what's the Tamron main goal here, but for a APSC lens, price tag is extremely high.
We all where expecting this, within the range of $699.99 but nothing higher than that, for a mere APSC only lens.
Good luck.