How good is Tamron's first lens for Sony NEX cameras? This attractive, well made, nicely finished long-range zoom in Tamron's first lens offered in the Sony E-mount for APS -C-format Sony NEX compact interchangeable-lens compact cameras.

Tamron 18-200mm F/3.5-6.3 Di III VC This high power 11.1x zoom lens, which provides an angle of view equivalent to a 27-300mm lens on a 35mm camera, costs around ￡550 and sports Vibration Compensation and internal focusing.

The NEX 7 I have not seen before, but apart from one and a half little niggles, I am in love with this little beastie; it takes fantastic shots. And the niggle and a bit? The viewfinder as it brings up my left eye dominant issue is the big one.

Over the last weekend and on past ANZAC Day I have had the pleasure of playing with a couple of Sony's finest - the NEX7 and even better, the NEX FS100. Now the FS100 has already been put through its paces at Auscam, and in fact reviewer Chris Oaten summed it up with "I'm gonna be right up front...

Handling and Features Performance Verdict Specification Tamron 18-200mm F/3.5-6.3 Di III VC This high power 11.1x zoom lens, which provides an angle of view equivalent to a 27-300mm lens on a 35mm camera, costs around ￡550 and sports Vibration Compensation and internal focusing.

Excellent sharpness at shorter focal lengths; Performance holds up reasonably well at telephoto focal lengths; Metal finish and lens mount; 11.1x zoom range; Internal focus

High CA levels at 200mm; Flare when shooting into the light

Tamron has made a well-constructed and efficient lens for Sony NEX cameras. Most photographers looking at a wide-angle to telephoto zoom should consider it as well as the Sony-branded version, particularly if price is a sticking point.

Much lighter than the Sony 18-200mm lens; Very good image stabilisation; Silent focus

Sometimes has trouble focusing at the telephoto end; Some chromatic aberrations

I am using this lens on an NEX7 with great results, I will be selling my Konica 80-200 now as it is manuel focus and about twice as heavy as the Tamron. I will say though the manual focus on the Tamron at 200mm is a bit soft compaird to razar sharp on the Konica.

What can you say about this lens other than it is well made and does the job. I have used it only a few times so far but it has met my expectations

This is a lovely little lens. Good weight and nice images. I bought one elsewhere and returned it. (It worked for one image, then generated an error). As you can see from the questions about working with the M3 (now fixed) it has the same problem with the new (March 2018) Canon M50.

It is a very good option for trips or street photography. For filming, you have two problems: 1. The lens does not keep the focus in the entire focal range and 2. You can not put the aperture mechanically, only in electronic form.