Tamron 16-300mm f3.5-6.3 II VC PZD is a Variable aperture Auto Focus (AF)
Super Telephoto Zoom lens with Optical Image stabilization and APS-C / DX max sensor coverage, and it is designed to be used with Sony Alpha mount cameras.
What type of photography is the Tamron 16-300mm f3.5-6.3 II VC PZD lens good for?
The type of photography that you are planning to use the Tamron 16-300mm f3.5-6.3 II VC PZD is an important decision factor. Here we have evaluated its suitability to various photography scenarios:
| Photography Type |
Suitability |
| Bird/Wildlife | Good |
| Sports | Good |
| Portrait | Good |
| Travel | Excellent |
| Street | Good |
| Wedding | Good |
| Walk Around | Very Good |
| Vlogging | Good |
| Landscape | Good |
| Macro | Average |
Reasons to Buy Tamron 16-300mm F3.5-6.3 Di II VC PZD Macro Lens
Here, we've included a summary of the advantages and disadvantages of the Tamron 16-300mm F3.5-6.3 Di II VC PZD Macro lens in a list form to help you determine whether it offers the features you need.
| Optical Image Stabilization |
| Weather Sealed |
| Autofocus |
| Distance Scale |
| Hood supplied |
| Full-time Manual Focusing |
| Zoom Lock |
| Versatile Lens with a Zoom Ratio of 18x |
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| Lens Extents while zooming |
| Slow Aperture at Tele end |
| Variable Aperture |
Lens Mount
Tamron 16-300mm f3.5-6.3 II VC PZD is compatible with cameras that have Sony Alpha lens mount. Some of the latest released cameras that are compatible with the Sony Alpha lenses are Sony A68, Sony A77 II and Sony A58.
Tamron 16-300mm f3.5-6.3 II VC PZD is also available in Canon EF and Nikon F (DX) mounts.
Size, Weight and Filter Thread
Size and weight is a very important decision factor when searching for your next lens. Tamron 16-300mm f3.5-6.3 II VC PZD has a maximum diameter of 75mm and total length of 100mm when not extended . It weighs 540g / 19.0 oz.
Tamron 16-300mm f3.5-6.3 II VC PZD has a filter thread of 67mm.
Focal Range
Tamron 16-300mm f3.5-6.3 II VC PZD has a focal range of 16-300mm and 18.8X zoom ratio which has a 35mm equivalent focal range of 24-450mm when used on a APS-C / DX format camera.
Weather Sealings
Tamron 16-300mm f3.5-6.3 II VC PZD is a weather sealed lens which provides an extra protection to prevent water and dust get inside the lens and camera body under light rain, snow and wind. In order to have an effective protection, you have to pair the Tamron 16-300mm f3.5-6.3 II VC PZD with a weather sealed camera body such as Sony A77 II, Sony A77 and Sony A700.
Optical Image Stabilization
Tamron 16-300mm f3.5-6.3 II VC PZD features an optical image stabilization system which helps to reduce the blur that occurs due to shaking during hand-held shooting.
Zoom Method
Tamron 16-300mm f3.5-6.3 II VC PZD 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 16-300mm f3.5-6.3 II VC PZD 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.
Maximum Magnification Ratio
Tamron 16-300mm f3.5-6.3 II VC PZD has a Max Magnification Ratio of 0.34x and has a minimum focusing distance of 0.39m. For a non-macro lens, the 0.34x is considered a high magnification and will come handy for close-up shots.
Aperture
Tamron 16-300mm f3.5-6.3 II VC PZD is a variable aperture lens with a max aperture of f3.5 and a minimum aperture of f22 at 16mm, and a max aperture of f6.3 and minimum aperture of f40 at 300mm .
| Focal Length |
Max Aperture |
Min Aperture |
|
16mm
|
F3.5 |
F22 |
|
300mm
|
F6.3 |
F40 |
Optical Formula
Tamron 16-300mm f3.5-6.3 II VC PZD's optical formula consists of 16 elements in 12 groups .
Lens Hood
Tamron 16-300mm f3.5-6.3 II VC PZD comes with a removable lens hood which is handy to reduce lens flare and glare in your photos.
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