The Tamron excels at wide apertures and short-to-medium focal lengths but is numerically weaker at the 200mm setting. Overall this is a very competent and good-looking lens that should appeal to everyone other than photographers for whom a practical manual-focusing option is essential.

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Score in detail

  • Design 80
  • Image Quality 85
  • Performance 85
  • Value 90
  • Features 85