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For Tamron 16-300mm f/3.5-6.3 Di II VC PZD Macro, 174 customer reviews collected from 2 e-commerce sites, and the average score is 4.5.

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16.3.2016

If you want a superzoom this is the way to go. It's not as sharp as a prime lens obviously, but images still look excellent for the majority of situations and it's far more practical to lug around. I'm very glad I didn't go for one of the old 18-250 or 270mms, not because the extra 30mm at the far end makes any difference (I try never to go above 200mm anyway) but because of that extra 2mm on the lower end. It can matter a lot more than you might think when you're trying to get all of a big building or landscape in. 18mm just doesn't cut it sometimes.It has two other features which put it miles above other superzooms. First off is the weatherproofing. Great idea that.When buying a £350 lens I don't want it getting damp and moldy after a minor rain. Especially not when my camera is weatherproofed as well. Second off is build quality. This is one of the nicest lenses I've ever seen. It feels solid to the touch and controls like a dream. There doesn't seem to be any lens creep (it has a lock switch anyway) and movement is smooth and not jerky. Focus is shown through a plastic window, which gives it more room and allows manual adjustments even when autofocusing. And it just feels nice, in a hard to quantify way. I feel like this lens could take a beating and keep on shooting.Typical superzoom downsides apply. Distortion is a bit high, but this is so easily corrected in Lightroom these days that it barely matters. Chromatic abberation is more of a concern, but it really doesn't show up until you get over 200mm and frankly there are few things I need to shoot that require a longer zoom than that. About the only thing that does bother me is a minor loss of focus towards the edges. It's not consistently present but it mostly appears at 16mm, which is my most common setting. It hasn't proven a major problem yet, but I'm keeping my eye on it.Everything requires compromises. This lens manages to have a high enough number of good features to outweigh the bad. When compared to other superzooms it blows the competition right out of the park. Unless you're a professional photographer this should be good enough for you, and if you are a professional you should know better anyways.
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30.5.2014

HelloI have researched so much for a good quality all round lens for my Canon 450 D and then the choice was between 18-270 mm (which has good reviews on some sites ) and this .I know that some may not like an all round lens and would prefer the PRIME but after owning a 18-55mm which came with the camera and then last year I got myself a 10-20 mm Sigma wide angle, I realized I needed one which I could take away and enjoy and not hassle myself with changing lens . I really wanted an all round travel lens which does a good job . There weren't many reviews for me to read about this one as it has just come into the market . Well , I got it the day before I was going to Croatia and what an experience it was .The two lens I took were the wide angle and this . I hardly changed the lens ...actually only once or twice when I went on the cable car to get the view of Old Town Dubrovnik . I can easily say , this is a great buy as you can zoom in really well and the clarity is excellent , you will have to have a steady hand when zooming in and if you are using a tripod it will be even better . I took some pictures of birds and actually you can see the markings and patterns on their wings . Though the focal length is 3.5 to 6.3 ...light may be a problem . However , a clever photographer ( I am not very experienced ) will use different settings and get the light right . My photos are fantastic and I am still learning about my new lens . I would definitely go for this lens if you are torn between this and the earlier Tamron 18-270 mm . Tamron has also come up with excellent VZ image stabilizer which is a huge improvement to their earlier ones . The only disadvantage as I have mentioned earlier - you need a steady hand when using Macro as it can get a bit blurry around the edges/corners but it is still a very good picture. Next ... it is PRICEY ...but it is worth it and I am already looking forward to more holidays with this one . Well done Tamron ..another very good product .
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12.7.2016

I bought this lens for my new camera because I was forever frustrated having to carry around two lenses with my old one. I missed so many shots changing lenses and I was constantly having to clean dust out of the camera from changing them in a hurry. This seemed like the ideal solution but I was concerned that a lot of the professional review sites were citing dozens of image quality issues.I haven't seen any. Seems to function perfectly at all ranges and gives good quality images with only minor chromatic aberration at high zoom against bright skies and slight distortion at wide angle. Such things are to be expected frankly and are nowhere near as bad as some reviews made out.In fact the onlyissues are that the lens is so big it half blocks the focus light on my D5300 and makes the built in flash almost unusable at around 16-20mm because it casts shadows over the image. This is readily solved with even a small speedlight though and I've never used built in flash much in the past anyway.The physical quality of the lens is excellent and it feels very sturdy. Makes my camera a little front heavy but it is preferable over the cheap plastic lenses cameras are shipped with.The focus wheel is really what sets this apart from previous lenses I've had where autofocus has often been poor at 200m ranges and required manual touchups. So having the ability to adjust the focus even whilst in autofocus mode and seeing the focal distance on the display is going to be very useful.One thing I would recommend for others like myself who are buying this to avoid changing lenses and accumulating dust: turn the zoom and focus wheels a little before putting it on your camera. I tested it on my old one and noticed some aluminium shavings from the lens because it was new. If I had stuck it straight on my new camera those specks would have ended up on the mirror.
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4.7.2014

I bought this lens as an all-in-one travel lens, which effectively replaces 3 lenses, which I previously had but am now selling (Tokina 11-16mm, the Canon EF-S 17-55mm and the Canon EF-S 55-250mm). I am not a professional photographer and carrying a bag-ful of lenses around with me just does not make sense, so I was constantly strugglying which one or two lenses to take along with me.This lens solves the issue and is relatively inexpensive, compact, and waterproof to boot. it feels very nice on my Canon Rebel T2i and the whole thing weighs in at just over 1kg.Of course my big worry was image quality, as there are inevitable compromises with such a massive focal range.I took this out over the weekend on a hiking trip and did lots of shots which surprised me in a very pleasant way. The lens focused quickly and accurately, the images were crisp, and the stabilization worked well. Colors and white balance were very good. Some minor contrast and exposure differences from my prior lenses, but all easily adjusted in Camera Raw / Lightroom.The focal length flexibility gives you huge flexibility in composing your shots. I did a huge variety of shots, from portraits to landscapes to macro and all of them met and exceeded my expectations. Again, I am not a professional or pixel-peeping amateur but even on a huge high-res monitor the photos look very sharp.My only caveat is that I haven't tried to push the lens to its limits very much yet. All my shots have been daytime outdoor shots, with plenty of light, so I was able to stop down to F.8 or F.11 sweet spot much of the time even at ISO 100. However at that aperture the shots were great across the focal range.
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22.3.2015

I bought this lens to replace and update a much loved and well used Nikon 18-200mm zoom on a Nikon D7100 camera and after one trip out and 150 photos I am not disappointed. I wanted an all in one travel zoom to sit alongside a Sigma 10-20mm wide angle lens and I'm now wondering whether I really need the Sigma. The 16mm end of the Tamron gives great wide pictures which to my eyes look as sharp and detailed as I could wish but it's the 300mm availability that I really bought this lens for and I am very impressed. A family trip to the zoo resulted in the best animal shots that I have ever taken. The Elephant in the field gave me a frame filling close up of his eye showing every detail right down to the dried grain of his skin,and the lion sitting 50 yards away gave me a frame filling head and magnificent mane shot, which when converted to black and white, gave me a picture that after 30 years of photography is possibly my favourite (see attached). That's what this lens is all about - getting the shot. It opens up possibilities that otherwise wouldn't exist and you know that whatever comes along you will be ready. While others are busy changing lenses and getting sensor dust in the process, you will be snapping away. For the detail obsessives, and I'm probably one, these pictures on a 42 inch HD screen look magnificent. I love this lens, the build quality is great, auto focus quick and accurate, no lens creep, it doesn't feel heavy and the quality of my pictures so far doesn't disappoint, oh and no more sensor dust!
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22.5.2014

By the time you are reading this review, I am pretty sure you already know prons and cons of super zoom lenses in general as this one is, so I am not going into too much details comparing it to other zoom lenses. I do must say I was a bit nervous about buying it as it is quite new product, not many reviews (if any) out there, however I am happy I purchased it as it allows me to carry one single lens rather than 2-3 which I would need to swap when needed. To my great surprise I found it not too heavy to carry around, the lens body build is solid, buttons and switches seems to me quite decent, also AF is fast enough. While zoom in or out, the lens does not rotate so no prob with polarizing filters.The lens is shipped with lens hood. So far I have not spotted any ''zoom creep'', however there is a ''lock'' button which locks zoom at 16mm. The only disadvantages I can think or are: 1) if you want to get UV/polarizing filter you have to purchase size 67, which can be a bit pricey, 2) it might not produce the sharpest photos (comparing to lenses as canon 18-85 or canon 70-300 is usm), 3) I think it is a bit too expensive for what it is/what it does. 4) not really meant for taking videos as you will hear focus ''buzzing'' while video is recorded; In overall, I think it is a great product and it does its job very well. I gave it 4 stars, just because of its high price.
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8.6.2015

Let's get this out of the way first: any superzoom is going to be a lens of compromises. At nearly 19x zoom range, this lens is no exception - it's not going to compete for image quality with the high-end Canon 'L' zooms, many of which are no more than 3x or 4x zoom range.Now that we've dealt with that, this is undoubtedly still an excellent lens. I owned the previous Tamron superzoom - the 18-270mm - and this new version offers a significant step up in terms of image quality. It's a perfect lens to carry around on a small DSLR when travelling and space is at a premium, or for those short trips where photography isn't the primary goal, but you don't want to be without a decent camera.Looking at image quality in a little more detail,I'd say this is as good, if not slightly better than the Canon 18-200, but with a much more useful range. It is not quite as good as the newest Canon 18-135, but that's obviously a much shorter range lens. The Tamron is at its strongest from about 35mm to around 200mm; as one might expect, there is some softness at both extremes of the range. This can be improved by stepping down to f/8, though.In summary, yes, a lens of compromises, but it's the best balance of compromises I've seen in a superzoom to date.
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18.11.2015

If you ae looking for a professional review of this lens, I can save you some time - this isn't the review you are looking for. I am a complete amateur in photography, so this review is basic.I got this to replace a Nikon 55-300mm lens purely because I didn't want to keep swapping back and forth with my stock 18-55mm lens and to reduce baggage when on trips and holidays. It ticked all the right boxes on paper and also in use. I now have 1 lens to do pretty much all the pictures I need. No doubt there will be some limitations in the hands of a gifted photographer, but for a point and click perspective, it does a great job from close up portraits to zoom in on wildlife. It isn't a great deal bigger than the 55-300,but a darned sight better than carrying around a few lenses and more convenient that swapping them around in the field.I still use my prime lenses, but I am probably going to sell my others because I haven't used them since getting this one. I am really happy with the quality, performance and results from this lens.
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13.8.2019

Firstly, I fully appreciate that the compromises required to produce a lense of this range at a reasonable price means that it will be seen as flawed by the professional or serious enthusiast with a high end camera. However, from my point of view as an enthusiastic "snapper".Although it is significantly heavier than the native Canon lenses I was using previously, I am now only carrying one lense rather than an 18 - 55 and 55 - 250, and have a longer range of focal length.I can now get pictures of animals and birds which would have disappeared by the time I had changed lense, whilst the extra 2mm at the wide end is nice for panorama shots when hill walking.Picture quality is perfectly adequate for my needs,being at least as good as and possibly better than the Canon lenses.Autofocus seems quick and accurate.I have taken a number of hand held shots at 300mm in not particularly bright conditions which have no discernable camera shake, so the image stabalisation is clearly effective.
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1.3.2017

I have had this lens for a little over a year and i have been generally fairly satisfied with it, although it isn't perfect. At 300mm, images are very soft at maximum aperture - adjusting to f/8 or so brings back the sharpness to very good levels but of course a lot of light is lost. Focus breathing is also a problem - zoomed right in to 300mm at anything other than infinity focus distances, this lens only actually reaches a focal length of about 240mm, which for instance is very noticeable when photographing the birds in my garden - in that situation my Canon 55-250mm kit lens actually reaches further at 250mm than this Tamron does at 300mm.I can't really complain though - it is a very affordable "one-for-all" lens,ideally suited for situations when lens changes are inconvenient or you just don't want to lug around multiple lenses. It is sturdy, too - mine has been dropped from varying heights on to some deleteriously hard surfaces and is none the worse for wear.
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27.3.2019

We have been looking for an all-round travel lens for our Nikon D7200. We had read some good reports on the Tamron 16-300 but having owned Tamron before we were skeptical about the true quality.The lens arrived few days ago and we have been running a lot of test shots at different apertures and focal lengths to check image quality. We have been really, really impressed. It compares exceptionally well to the Sigma Art 50-100 F1.2 portrait lens which, if you don't own one is probably the best lenses ever made for an APSC camera. This Tamron isn't quite as good but it comes damn close.Image quality is excellent at A2 print size right from 18- 300 and if anything, the lens is sharper at the higher focal lengths.Light gathering is good and dynamic range excellent.If you are looking for an all-round lens for travel, landscapes and general portraits then this would be a very affordable option.
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19.5.2015

I bought this lens purely on the basis of the specification and the favourable reviews on this site. I am not disappointed. I went for a walk in Highfields Park last night in order to try the lens out and succeeded in capturing some excellent images at all focal lengths and several different aperture settings. What was intended as a mere test turned into a really successful shoot. The lens is a very welcome addition to my collection and will see a lot of use in the coming years. I particularly like the rapid and quiet AF, the fact that the focus can be adjusted manually even in AF mode, the nice positioning of a focusing ring and the zoom barrel and, of course, the performance.The only tiny criticism is that the lens hood is a bit awkward to fit, but I expect to get used to that. Altogether I consider it four hundred and forty pounds well spent.
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21.8.2014

One of the best lenses I have bought ! I just don't know how Tamron have done it, a one stop go anywhere lens with a tremendous range, whilst maintaining a very good optical quality. This is a quality product well made and feels like it when handled.I use it on my Nikon D7100 and it produces very good images. A lot of photographers will poo-hoo this lens believing that you cannot get great range and optical sharpness at the same time - they are maybe right, but I don't agree after getting this lens. I would prefer being ready for any opportunity that came up and get the shot in, as opposed to being stuck with a prime lens that cannot reach the subject.I reckon its a fine balance between convienience and optical sharpness and this lens has it for me. Its also pretty fast at f3.5 !!!Well done Tamron, and well done Amazon for your keen prices.
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20.7.2015

Overall very pleased with this lens - very useful as an all-purpose travel lens on my EOS1200D. Just a couple of tiny tiny points lose it one star from me ... Firstly the "zoom lock" - I assumed this was a lock that could be used to fix the currently-set focal length setting. However this is not the case - it can only be engaged when the zoom is fully "retracted". Secondly, the image stabilisation generally works very well, however I recently tried some long exposure shots with the camera tripod mounted and everything totally stationary. The images were terribly blurred. Eventually I realised that the blur was being added by the image stabilisation not detecting enough movement and getting confused.Turning it off resulted in much sharper images ,.. lesson learned.
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14.8.2014

OK, at this price and with this range of focal lengths you are not going to get a lens that meets the most exacting professional standards. It has its minor drawbacks, particularly at the extremes.Having said that, as an amateur I'd really have to work very hard indeed to spot any defects that really matter to me. The convenience of a one lens solution far outweighs any issues that I can detect and the overall quality is really excellent in this sort of range. Quieter than the Nikon lenses I have when auto focussing and the extra wide angle is useful. It is not unduly weighty and it operates with a smoothness that is reassuringly solid.Very glad I opted for this over the Nikon 18-300 f3.5-5.6despite losing the extra stop and saved some money into the bargain.
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