Tamron 70-180mm F/2.8 Di III VXD Lens

Product Type

 Lens

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Specifications

Brand

Tamron

Model

70-180mm F/2.8 Di III VXD

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Purchase type

One time

Variant name	for Sony E
Full name	Tamron 70-180mm F/2.8 Di III VXD for Sony E
Type	zoom
Producer Site	link
Announced	2020-04-06
In production	Yes
Product code	A056
Price - launch (EU)	€ 1500
Price - launch (US)	$ 1199+VAT
Weight	810 gr.
Length	149 mm.
Diameter	81 mm.
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Mount	Sony E
Sub-type mount	FE (Full frame)
...for sensor / crop	Full frame 1.00x
Focals
Nominal focal range	70-180 mm.
Equiv. focals (35mm)	70-180 mm.
Zoom Ratio	2.6x
Powered zoom	No
Zoom extends	Yes
Aperture
Max aperture	f/2.8
...at longest focal	f/2.8
Aperture blades	9
Aperture ring	No
Clickless aperture	No
Customizable ring	No
Focus
Autofocus	Yes
Internal focus	Yes
Focus drive	Indirect
Focus distance info	No
Focus notes	manual focus possible down to 27 cm @ 70mm focal with 0.5 magnification ratio
Min focus distance	85 cm.
Max magnif. (opt.)	0.22x
Max magnif. (eff.)	0.22x (35mm. equiv)
Build
Stabilization	No
N° of lenses/groups	19/14
Aspherical	3
Low dispersion	5
Extra Low Dispersion	1
Front filter	67 mm.
Weather sealing	Yes
Electric contacts	Yes

OpticalLimits 8.5/10
With activated image auto-correction, it is capable of producing beautiful results. It's very sharp across the image frame in the lower to mid-range and at least the center sharpness is very impressive at 180mm. Image distortions are nicely corrected and there's just a tad of vignetting at f/2.8 in this case. Lateral CAs are also well controlled [...] Out-of-focus highlights can be a bit busy[...] The build quality is on a very decent level.
Dustin Abbott
Tamron has managed to reinvent the popular 70-200 f2.8 with a smaller, lighter, and yet high performing lens in the Tamron 70-180mm F2.8 VXD for Sony full frame mirrorless. It is very sharp from F2.8 on. [...] It has incredibly fast, accurate autofocus [...] The lens isn’t as feature rich as competitors, but it delivers on the most important elements of focus and optical performance.
Sony Alpha Blog
[Test on 61 Mp camera] It delivers similar performances to the Sony FE 70-200 F2.8 GM in most cases and even surpass it sometimes (corner sharpness and sharpness at 180mm, portability) at half of its price. A superb Performance!