The Super zoom has always been a popular choice for travel and general photography, although until now there has been a limit on the telephoto end of the scale around 300mm. Now Tamron has pushed the technology beyond that, breaking the 300mm barrier and offering a staggering 18-400mm range.

I bought this lens to use as an easy to carry substitute for my Canon 300mm f2.8 IS L and my Canon 500mm f4 IS L lenses in combination with my Canon 7D bodies. The image quality is adequate for my purposes, but I find that at 100% magnification, there is considerable smudging in the edges of my...

So this has been a real fun lens to use, it replaces my 18-55 and 70-300 crap lenses, and gives me the push out to 400 which is minimal but useful, the vibration compensation is great when im standing and trying to get shots on the fly but TURN THAT CRAP OFF if you are doing long exposure shots...

Available in Canon and Nikon mount options, Tamron's latest all-in-one ‘superzoom' lens comes closer than most to that goal, stretching from fairly generous wide-angle coverage to an unprecedented 400mm ‘super-telephoto' focal length – on Canon and Nikon APS-C format bodies, that's equivalent to...

Class-leading telephoto reach; Mighty zoom range

Lacks the Tamron 16-300mm's wide-angle potential; Focus ring rotates during autofocus

The Tamron 18-400mm F/3.5-6.3 Di II VC HLD is an ultra-wide-angle to telephoto zoom lens designed for APS-C crop sensor DSLRs. Boasting a 35mm focal range of 28.8-640mm and features such as a new HLD (High/Low torque-modulated Drive) focus motor for fast and quiet AF operation, full-time Manual...

Superzoom lenses have been, and always will be, a popular choice for many photographers. They're often the first lens people look at after growing out of a standard kit lens and are typically defined by a moderate wideangle start and a reasonably long telephoto finish, differentiating from standard...

The race of the focal length range has started and Tamron have become the leader of breaking records. Already in 2007 several 18-250 mm models were launched on the market by different producers and in 2009 the customers got the Tamron AF 18–270 mm f/3.5–6.3 Di II VC LD Asph. (IF) MACRO.

Very universal focal range; Good image quality in the frame centre; Proper correction of longitudinal chromatic aberration; Lack of problems with spherical aberration; Sensible coma correction at the shortest focal length; Low vignetting at longer focal lengths; Efficient image stabilization

Weak image quality at the maximum relative aperture on the edge of the frame and across the whole focal range; High level of lateral chromatic aberration at 50 and 400 mm; Significant distortion at 18 mm and in the 35-100 mm focal range; A bit too high astigmatism; Slow autofocus which needs further...

Good all round lens surprisingly light only slight comment is thats extending a bit stiff and that in low light at 400mm the f stop being f6 means a slow shutter speed but still great shots .I definitely recommend this as a great walk about lens .

took the plunge and not regretting, great lens. Everything about it is perfect; lens caps, buttons, build. Pics are super sharp and with only a 5Ti I'm thrilled; walk around the house I haven't taken it off for 4 days now.

Announced in late June 2017, Tamron's 18-400mm f/3.5-6.3 Di II VC HLD lens (Model B028) provides a welcome extension to the 18.8x zoom range of the 16-300mm f/3.5-6.3 Di II VC PZD Macro lens we reviewed in July 2014. Like that lens, it's designed for APS-C DSLR cameras.