The Tamron 28-300mm f/3.5-6.3 Di VC PZD is a love it or loathe it kind of lens. On the one hand, pixel peepers will have something of a field day when scrutinising images at 100% magnification, as there some quite obvious issues with the image quality.

After realizing that i was constantly shooting my 24-105L at f8 or f11, and at the same time leaving my 100-300 f5.6L in the car rather than taking it up to the 24th floor apartment where it would have been good to have for some quick snaps I decided to look into the dreaded field of superzooms.

Small; Light; Better than expected

would it have been better if it was just alittle bigger

Very please with the results I am getting with this lens on my Eos 6d. Covers over 95% of my needs when travelling.

While I'm not sure if/when my schedule will allow a full text review to be created for the Tamron 28-300mm f/3.5-6.3 Di VC PZD Lens. In the meantime, please find the complete set of standardized test results along with product images specs and measurements available to help in your lens decision...

Tamron have offered a 28-300mm super-zoom lens of one kind or another for 35mm full frame cameras for quite some time now. This lens is the latest refinement, which sports optical vibration compensation, a silent piezo-electric focusing motor and a splash-proof construction.

Tamron is a pioneer in all-in-one, do-everything lenses. Their new 28-300mm f/3.5-6.3 Di PZD lens is designed for Canon, Nikon and Sony shooters and I tested the Canon EF version using an EOS 5D Mark I and an EOS 50D, which changes the lens' angle-of-view to that of a 45-480mm lens.

After realizing that i was constantly shooting my 24-105L at f8 or f11, and at the same time leaving my 100-300 f5.6L in the car rather than taking it up to the 24th floor apartment where it would have been good to have for some quick snaps I decided to look into the dreaded field of superzooms.

Small; Light; Better than expected

would it have been better if it was just alittle bigger

Are you looking for a lens that is ready for anything? Well, Tamron recently released their 28-300mm F/3.5-6.3 DI VC PZD lens and they are calling it the "innovative all-in-one zoom.

lens for full frame DSLRs, we admittedly scoffed a bit. How dare they try to simplify the beauty that is offered to full frame camera users! Traditionally, focal lengths like this have been very kit-lens like in design and quality.

The Sony mount model does not include VC, since the bodies of Sony DSLR cameras include built-in image stabilization functionality. The name of the Sony mount model is "16-300mm F/3.5-6.3 Di II PZD Macro" without the VC designation