1199 AUD
about 6000 rmb
This is new released Tamron lens
17x super optical zoom lens
Tamron 18-300
Your first impression of this price is that it is reasonable or not?
Let's comment below
Is it worth?
When you finished this video
You will find it out by your own
It's at the right time
So i can talk about it
While I'm locked down in the city
This lens with almost 17x optical zoom
Is tamron feveloped for sony
Aspc camera only
It supportts sony's a series
like sony a6600, a6500
ZV-E10 with interchangeable lens
and so on
If you are using sony full-frame camera
It can be use in theory
But the field coverage of the lens looks
Like this
I don't have Aspc camera currently
so i will use sony full frame camera a7riv
with super35mm croping on
the maxium pixel is
about 26MP
Good new is
This lens will release Fuji mount in the future
XF mount
compatible with fuji mirrorless iterchangeable lens
fuji users are blessed
First impression is it's really small
Although the telephoto has reached an amazing focal length 300mm
but it only longer 1cm than tamron 28-75
than tamron 28-75
when it is retracting
The weight is more than about 100 grams
about 620 grams
It looks not like a long zoom forcal length lens with
this size and weight
this lens in my hands
feels soooo familar
it looks and feels excatly like tamron lens style
excatly same
Unchanging appearance
With this dustproof and waterproof seal
There is also a 67mm uniform for the entire series
This threaded shallow filter
and
The lens also has the special fluorine coating
Make the lens resistant to dirt and oil proof
water proof
I even didn't shoot B-roll
Just image it
The feel and design are the same as those of the previous Tamron
same as those lens
how to explain it?
it didn't surprise me at all
until
It's fun
17x zoom range from 18-300
Putting it on the APS-C frame is equivalent to
rom 28mm to 450mm
people said that using a zoom lens can open up your field of view
This lens opens more than your field of vision
It absolutely blowed my mind
This focal length covers from wide angle to super telephoto
It's pretty fun
especially
This zoom ring ranges from 18mm to 300mm
Just turn it in a quarter
This focal length with such a compact size
It's easy for me
to stand there and
shooting with turning zoom lens
pretty cool
I assume everyone been shooting bird in forest
isn't it?
bird fly in front of me
not very fast though
But you just can’t find it after you hold up the camera
birds flied away
and you didn't get even one picture
Have you notice?
I took those test photos of birds
is about when it flying
I use this lens
I found a knack when shooting
which is turn the lens in wide zoom
From the viewfinder
after you find the bird
zoom it immediately
Even though the bird still flying
it focus pretty fast and right on
so you will get lazy
when you are using this lens'
zoom it whatever you are shooting
check the pictures later
18mm - 300mm wide angle lens
The shortest focusing length is 15cm
The magnification is about 1:2
300mm telephoto
The shortest focus length is less than a meter
This cannot be called a macro lens
But it’s enough for you to take pictures of flowers, grass, and small animals
This lens can shoot in far and close
This lens is able to handle almost all of the photography subject
During the recent lockdown
The travel distance and reasons are limited
Take a walk with it is pretty fun
If you use this lens to shoot videos
For its weight and volume
can be definitely used on the gimbal
Think about it
With the similar weight and volume
28-200 can be balanced on the gimbal
So 18-330 is totally not a problem
But
I will not put it on the gimbal
As this lens can shoot both short and long range
I will use it by hand held
Make sense?
There's so much fun
I think if we put it on the tripod or gimbal
This is not the purpose of the design
It should be hand held by the photographer freely
Useful!
To here
Some people may ask
It sounds like an almighty lens
Is it a kind of the all purpose lens
but can not provide the high image quality?
Okay. Let's talk about its image quality
focus and anti-shake performance
Let's talk about image quality first
All the photos shown in this video
were taken by this lens with max aperture
In other words, this is the lower limit of the sharpness of this lens
Under any focal length
At least two third area in the center
The sharpness can still stay relatively high under this 26MP camera
The sharpness of the corner drops a little bit
Good or no good?
I'd rather not say
You can have a look to see if it fits your requirements
I'll put the original file to the cloud drive
for you to download
The link is in the description below
You can have a look the original image quality by yourself
To check weather the photo is taken clear or not
First is to check the accuracy of the focus
Second is to check the focus accuracy with the moving object
Third is to check the functionality of the anti-shake
I'm satisfied with its focus
There is a set about
Focusing scenes of birds taking off and landing
Object identification
and face tracking with A7R4
works smoothly
Maybe due to the small size of this lens
and less pressure on the focusing drive components
So the successful rate in shooting bird is very high
The anti-shake function is very important at long focal length
I took a look into this 18-300 lens
It comes with VC
Which is known as Optical image stabilization
With the inbuilt anti-shake function from the camera
Especially at long focal length
It performs way better than I thought
I feel this lens is even more stable than
Tamron 150-500
Maybe
due to the lightweight of this lens
It is easy to handle
I am able to shoot a long video at 300mm focal length
by hand held for a while
Generally, this 18-300 lens
is very practical
With the other lens from Tamron
11-20 wide angle for APS-C
All the focal lengths and functions are covered
Done!
Disadvantages
About the disadvantages of this lens
can you bear it
The maximum out-of-focus aperture is f/3.5
When switching to telephoto
Its maximum aperture is f/6.3
300mm telephoto equivalent
450mm focal length
About the aperture size
I think f/6.3 is very good
Out of focus is the typical "Tamron style"
But this one
The background in the distance is actually still round
You are using a large zoom lens
No need to focus out-of-focus
I think that's it.
Shooting in extreme backlight
High-contrast objects
Mild purple rim and dispersion will appear
But I think this zoom range of the lens
I think it is within the normal range.
I don't think there's anything to worry about.
It is not very obvious picture
It can be implemented with a later correction
I put out this original film
Make your own choice
Also
Another thing that worries me a little
This is a real concern
This zoom lens has such a large amount of stretch
By using daily
This is like a bellow
Does it get into the ash
The time to verify
Only time
I've been using it for about a week
The inside of the mirror set is still shiny as new
Hopefully
no zuo no die
To conclude
So many advantages and disadvantages
Do you think ¥6000 this lens is worth?
feedback time
To buy or not to buy
Believe me
This 18-300 mm lens
The telephoto part is the most attractive
If you already have a 70-300mm lens
Or 28-200mm lens
This super telephoto lens
I think
This lens does not need to buy
Unless...
You are too lazy to carry a standard zoom and telephoto at the same time
Two zoom lenses
Compared to the 24-70mm, 24-105mm
standard zoom lens
Tamron's 17x super zoom lens
For practicing finding a view and
helping with composition
Doesn't really work
When you use it
Zooming may give you
Bringing this false pleasure
Anyway, just for fun
Okay.
Today.
This 18-300mm lens from Tamron
As an APS-C camera user
One more option
If anyone has any ideas
Please leave me a message in the comments
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