Tamron 18-200mm F3.5-6.3 Di II VC is a Variable aperture Auto Focus (AF)
Superzoom 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.
Lens Mount
Tamron 18-200mm F3.5-6.3 Di II VC 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 18-200mm F3.5-6.3 Di II VC 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 18-200mm F3.5-6.3 Di II VC has a maximum diameter of 75mm and total length of 97mm when not extended .
Tamron 18-200mm F3.5-6.3 Di II VC has a filter thread of 62mm.
Focal Range
Tamron 18-200mm F3.5-6.3 Di II VC has a focal range of 18-200mm and 11.1X zoom ratio which has a 35mm equivalent focal range of 27-300mm when used on a APS-C / DX format camera.
Weather Sealings
Tamron 18-200mm F3.5-6.3 Di II VC 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 18-200mm F3.5-6.3 Di II VC with a weather sealed camera body such as Sony A77 II, Sony A77 and Sony A700.
Optical Image Stabilization
Tamron 18-200mm F3.5-6.3 Di II VC features an optical image stabilization system which helps to reduce the blur that occurs due to shaking during hand-held shooting.
Zoom Method
Tamron 18-200mm F3.5-6.3 Di II VC 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 18-200mm F3.5-6.3 Di II VC 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 18-200mm F3.5-6.3 Di II VC is a variable aperture lens with a max aperture of f3.5 and a minimum aperture of f22 at 18mm, and a max aperture of f5.6 and minimum aperture of f40 at 200mm .
| Focal Length |
Max Aperture |
Min Aperture |
|
18mm
|
F3.5 |
F22 |
|
200mm
|
F5.6 |
F40 |
Optical Formula
Tamron 18-200mm F3.5-6.3 Di II VC's optical formula consists of 16 elements in 14 groups .
Lens Hood
Tamron 18-200mm F3.5-6.3 Di II VC comes with a removable lens hood which is handy to reduce lens flare and glare in your photos.
Body Colour
Tamron 18-200mm F3.5-6.3 Di II VC is available in Black color.
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