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...

Good lens! I'm a novice photographer. Fits well, works with my Nex-3N perfectly and takes good photos! The stabilization is also very good!

Tamron has packed a very wide zoom range of 18-200mm into a rather sleek body, although this lens does weigh in at a fairly hefty 460g. The 10cm body almost doubles in length when fully zoomed in too, measuring 17.5cm.