Tamron 150-500mm F5-6.7 Di III VC VXD is an Auto Focus (AF)
Telephoto Zoom lens with 35mm FF max sensor coverage and it is designed to be used with Sony FE mount cameras.
Lens Mount
Tamron 150-500mm F5-6.7 Di III VC VXD is compatible with cameras that have Sony FE lens mount.Some of the latest released cameras with Sony FE lens mount are
Sony A1,
Sony A7c and
Sony A7S III.
Sensor Coverage
Max sensor coverage of Tamron 150-500mm F5-6.7 Di III VC VXD is 35mm FF.
Focal Range
Tamron 150-500mm F5-6.7 Di III VC VXD has a focal range of 150-500mm and 3.3X zoom ratio. When it is mounted on an APS-C sensor camera with 1.5x crop, it provides an 35mm (FF) equivalent of 225 - 750mm.
Body Colour
Tamron 150-500mm F5-6.7 Di III VC VXD is available in Black color.
Zoom Method
Tamron 150-500mm F5-6.7 Di III VC VXD features Rotary (extending) zoom method where the length of the lens changes as you zoom in or out. This makes it possible to design the lens with a smaller minimum length ( generally when it is zoomed out) compared to internal zoom lenses. The disadvantages of this design are being harder to seal against dust and moisture, weight balance shifting while zooming and zoom creep in certain lenses.
Zoom Lock
Tamron 150-500mm F5-6.7 Di III VC VXD has a Zoom lock feature which eliminates Zoom creep where focal length of the lens changes with gravity when it's held downwards or upwards.
Aperture
Tamron 150-500mm F5-6.7 Di III VC VXD is a variable aperture lens with a max aperture of f5 and a minimum aperture of f22 at 150mm, and a max aperture of f6.7 and minimum aperture of f32 at 500mm .
Optical Formula
Tamron 150-500mm F5-6.7 Di III VC VXD's optical formula consists of 25 elements in 16 groups. Following special elements are used in this design:
- 1 XLD
- 5 LD
- 2 hybrid aspherical elements
- BBAR-G2 coating