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Your cart is empty.The Tamron 18-300mm F3.5-6.3 is the world’s first lens for APS-C mirrorless cameras with a 16.6x zoom ratio, the greatest feature of this lens, covering wide-angle to an ultra-telephoto range (27mm to 450mm full-frame equivalent). With this broad coverage, the lens empowers shooting in a wide variety of situations including everyday life and travel snapshots with wide-angle, dynamic ultra-telephoto, and macro photography. Its AF drive system uses Tamron’s VXD (Voice-coil eXtreme-torque Drive) linear motor autofocus mechanism for superior quietness and agile performance in still and video modes. The lens includes special optical elements arranged precisely to maintain high resolution performance from edge-to-edge and provide high image quality making it the best of all-in-one zoom lenses. Moreover, with an MOD (Minimum Object Distance) of 5.9” at 18mm, and a remarkable maximum magnification ratio of 1:2, this lens performs astonishingly well when shooting up close. This lens is equipped with Tamron’s proprietary VC (Vibration Compensation) mechanism, effectively reducing image blur caused by camera shake in low-light conditions or in the ultra-telephoto range at slower shutter speeds. Also, same as most other Tamron lenses for mirrorless cameras, the lens features a 67mm filter size. With a wide variety of other features for comfortable shooting, this is a highly versatile lens that allows you to easily enjoy high image quality from wide-angle to ultra-telephoto and paves the way for eciting new photographic experiences.
Lyle Vihon
Reviewed in the United States on February 27, 2025
Already have 18-400mm version this lens for my Nikons. Needed this for newly acquired Sony, works fine.
Dalton bodie
Reviewed in Japan on January 19, 2025
Exactly what I was looking for great wife angel and zoom!
Andrew
Reviewed in the United States on July 11, 2024
Using it with the Sony a6400. I bought this for travel and to get longer reach than the Sony 55-210. At first I thought this was huge, but I've got used to the size. I got it for the longer focal length, but I like that it can go as wide as 18 mm without having to do a lens change. I took it on vacation and didn't pack a second lens. It's not too heavy on an APS-C body. One day I walked 20 miles and took 600 pictures. When I wasn't holding it, it was around my body with the Peak Design Slide Lite. The weight didn't bother my arms our shoulder. The zoom ring feels solid but not too tight. I can easily rotate the focus ring with my left thumb. I'm very happy with the photos. The Sony A6400 + Tamron 18-300 feels like the perfect pair.Also, kudos to the seller and Amazon delivery. It was delivered by Amazon instead of the post office or shipping company, and the driver required an adult signature.
Kyle
Reviewed in the United States on October 28, 2024
Great all around lens if you don’t want to be switching between a portrait lens and a zoom lens, this is a good all rounder. Aperture doesn’t get too low, but if you stand back from your subject and zoom in, the background compression gives you a nice blur effect and makes the background objects like mountains seem closer and larger. Great for vacation and photographing my kids who refuse to pose for a photo.
Sam
Reviewed in Brazil on June 21, 2023
Ótima lente para viagens e qualquer coisa com claridade.
Ivy Reisner
Reviewed in the United States on February 13, 2023
If I could have only one lens for the rest of my life, it’s this one.Things I don’t like:It’s large, so it doesn’t fit in my smallest camera bag.Things I do like:It produces amazing photos. WIthout that, the rest is meaningless. This lens delivers. I never feel like I could have gotten a better photo with a better lens.It has a decent aperture range for a zoom lens. I’m not married to the idea you can only get a good bokeh background with a super tiny F-Stop. Even as a beginner, this lens has enough of a range, I have enough tricks we can pull it off together.It has an amazing range. I can photograph birds in the tree across the street, a joust at a Renaissance Festival, and a friend sitting across a very narrow living room all with one lens. I don’t care for swapping in the middle of things, and being able to get good shots near and far is a top priority for me.It’s not that heavy. I can shoot handheld no problem.It’s easy to manual focus. Yes it has auto focus. No, there are no problems with that. But sometimes the camera wants to focus on one thing and I want to focus on another. This lens is easy to get the things I want in focus to be in focus.It’s a perfect lens for the Sony A6000.
TheBirdNest
Reviewed in Canada on November 14, 2023
This lens permanently sits mounted on one of my three cameras. It's the ultimate walk around lens. Some have complained that focus is soft at 300mm, but I don't see this as a deal breaker. First off, getting the shot is more important than getting the lens out. This lens replaces both my 18-105mm and 70-300mm together. (Yes, the 70-300 is Full Frame and quite a sharp lens, but sharp means very little when you've missed the shot.) Second, I don't find the lens very soft at 300mm. The train tracks image was taken at 300mm. I am happy with how it turned out.A few more details about the lens. The extension barrel is a bit stiff while zooming out, but a lot smoother zooming back in. Not ideal for video I suppose, but I use mine for photography only. Auto focus is quick and accurate, and manual focus is smooth. The lens is well built and lightweight, but what crop sensor lens is heavy? Seriously. The weather sealing is a superb touch. I'm a bit of a clean sensor snob, so knowing that the lens is tightly sealed to the camera makes me feel comfortable. As mentioned above, I like the images taken at 300mm, and the close focus at 18mm is insane! Almost touching the subject, making for a macro style photo, as seen in the simple leaf image.Overall, this lens is well worth the money and I have no issues with it at all.
Alexey
Reviewed in the United States on April 17, 2023
Had to return like 3 of these - terrible quality control - dust inside, jerking when zooming in/out. Finally got a well made one, but picture is too soft/blurry. Yes, it’s cheap, but i would buy more expensive and better one.
Ravi Aparanji
Reviewed in India on August 10, 2022
Got it in five days from Amazon. Took it out to Melkote and Kere Tonnur the very next day to test the lens. I have mated it to my basic Sony A6000. The picture quality is excellent especially below the peak exposure level of 300mm. Feels solid, decent build quality. VC works top notch, I was on two hill tops with huge wind obstruction; with no tripod. The VC worked almost perfect. No vignetting. Very acceptable quality of pictures. Happy to have it on my Sony. Now I don't need to use the others - 18-105G lens, 18-55 kit lens, 55-210 telephoto kit lens... Tamron 18-300 exceeds expectations.
Michael
Reviewed in the United States on February 10, 2022
I bought this to extend the reach of my already excellent Sony 18-135. Based on first impressions I'm quite pleased with the results. The extended 18-300 range is quite useful and will make for a great walk around lens for travel. Image quality looks great. One interesting feature of this lens is the minimum focusing distance at the wide-end. You can get within an inch or two of an object and still get focus, making it useful as a semi-macro lens.My only two quibbles are unavoidable for a lens of this type. First, focusing is a touch slow but that's due to the lens itself - a zoom of this range requires a large number of lens elements and moving them to focus is sometimes slow. Second, the lens is just plain big and heavy. Not nearly as big as a full frame lens but it's easily one of the bigger lenses for Sony's APS-C ecosystem.A previous reviewer stated they believed the lens was gray market, however the one I received (ships and sold from Amazon) is not. A holographic sticker was included on the box verifying it was an authorized sale under US warranty.GOOD:- Useful zoom range- Incredibly close focusing distance opens up possibilities- Good image quality and color rendition- Solid buildBAD:- Autofocus is a tad slow compared to smaller range lenses- It's big and heavy!If you're looking for a great all-purpose walk around lens for a Sony A6xxx series this is a great choice!
Hubert F. Schmauch
Reviewed in the United States on January 12, 2022
I purchased the Sony a6600 camera from B&H, but they didn’t have the Tampon 18-300mm lens in stock, so I got it fro Amazon. Receiving the Sony a6600 well boxed from FedEx in 3 days I started to set up the operation program the way I wanted it, but it still took almost a week to get everything the way I wanted. With in 5 days of the order, I received the of the the Tampon 18-300 lens from Amazon and there was no special set-up for the lens, I took it out of the box and started taking pictures. The lens “test picture” I shot in JPEP was very sharp, but the color did shift a little. The Sony JPEG digital 2x picture was OK, but it is hard to hand hold the camera/lens at 900mm! The Pictures at the Park were shot in RAW, so the best magnification was 27 to 450mm and that was good for most pictures. The RAW pictures were the easiest to process, since once you had a baed setting you could duplicate the rest of the photos and just “Fine Tune” the rest of them. Over all I would say this is a great camera/lens combination for a trip, hiking, birds, nature, or anything around your home area, especially in a populated municipal area.
F Yahnimal
Reviewed in the United States on April 17, 2022
I used this on my SONY A7-4 works GREAT outdoors but I already have a full-frame Sigma lens that overlapped much of this lenses range. I prefer faster lenses. 1.8-2.8 If you are an APS-c user this could be your one-and-done lens for almost every situation.
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