Tamron SP 150-600mm

There aren't any serious problems here, though, especially when the backgrounds are quite deeply out of focus. Overall. This is quite an impressive le...

The soft bag it comes with protects the lens somewhat, but is more flexible than the stock Nikon bags, and that makes it more difficult to stuff the lens back in since it keeps collapsing and folding over itself. Lastly, the wide angle lock switch seems somewhat unnecessary, as the zoom ring already functions as a lens lock if you push it forward, while the switch only works at 150mm. The marking also feels flipped to me, as when red is showing it's actually locked, whereas in most other safety applications it would mean it's live. Overall I'm quite happy with the lens, and I look forward to taking more photos with it!.

The Tamron SP 150-600mm F/5-6.3 Di VC USD G2 lens has some edge sharpness issues, but is an overall solid performer, especially when paired with an APS-C SLR. Sign up for Lab Report to get the latest reviews and top product advice delivered right to your inbox

Keep in mind there’s never “enough” when it comes to wildife, but 600mm is pretty good. The tamron is much lighter, but the sigma is a tad sharper. Both are around $1000-1400 depending what version you get and whether its used etc, if it were me i’d get the tamron 150-600 g2. Anything with 500mm or more in a premium lens you’re looking at $10k easily, once you push beyond 300mm the prices skyrocket especially if you want sharpness and good aperture.

I also tried the Tamron 150-600mm and it is also a good lens but I feel that the Nikon 200-500 is just a touch better. The extra 100mm does not mean much on a crop sensor.

My Tamron SP 150-600 is lighter, but the colors and image quality just don’t match the Minolta, plus sharpness decreases after 500mm. I can crop more with better results from 500mm than I can at 600mm with this lens. My wife, on the other hand, uses a Sony α6000 with LA-EA4 and Minolta AF reflex 500mm f/8.