Tamron 150-600mm f/5-6.3 VC on Thursday

[Canon Rumors]

<p><strong>An image

</strong>Below is an image of the Tamron 150-600mm f/5-6.3 VC lens that will be announced this Thursday.</p>
<p>This will be a replacement to the 200-500 f/5-6.3 lens. It will have a completely new optical formula, wider at the wide end and the addition of VC will be very welcomed.</p>
<p>We’re looking forward to seeing the optical performance.</p>
<div id="attachment_14633" style="width: 585px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="http://www.canonrumors.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/tamron150500.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-14633" src="http://www.canonrumors.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/tamron150500-575x316.jpg" alt="Tamron 150-500mm f/5-6.3 VC" width="575" height="316" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Tamron 150-600mm f/5-6.3 VC</p></div>
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[tianxiaozhang]

Re: Tamron 150-500mm f/5-6.3 VC on Thursday

A little similar to the Sigma Art design... a little..

 

[silvestography]

Re: Tamron 150-500mm f/5-6.3 VC on Thursday

A little similar to the Sigma Art design... a little..

My thought exactly! I wouldn't mind similar looks if it performs as well as the new sigma glass.

 

[preppyak]

Re: Tamron 150-500mm f/5-6.3 VC on Thursday

Tamron's problem is that what made the 200-500 an option (cheap, light) might be lost with the addition of 50mm and VC. The 200-500 retailed at $1995 (though it obviously now sells for <$1000), and if this doesnt come in around that price point, what differentiates it from the various Sigma's, the 100-400L (and its possible update), etc?

I can get 150-500 and 120-400 for about $1000 from Sigma...I can get 50-500 for $1500. The Tamron is gonna have to be really sharp or really light

 

[dadgummit]

Re: Tamron 150-500mm f/5-6.3 VC on Thursday

Tamron's problem is that what made the 200-500 an option (cheap, light) might be lost with the addition of 50mm and VC. The 200-500 retailed at $1995 (though it obviously now sells for <$1000), and if this doesnt come in around that price point, what differentiates it from the various Sigma's, the 100-400L (and its possible update), etc?

I can get 150-500 and 120-400 for about $1000 from Sigma...I can get 50-500 for $1500. The Tamron is gonna have to be really sharp or really light

These are my thoughts exactly. I am not at all interested unless it has good optics and is inexpensive.

 

[Imagination_landB]

Re: Tamron 150-500mm f/5-6.3 VC on Thursday

A little similar to the Sigma Art design... a little..

Maybe they just understood that putting gold coloured rings everywhere and names as long as the alphabet for their lenses is not a synonym of high quality?

 

[Hillsilly]

Re: Tamron 150-500mm f/5-6.3 VC on Thursday

Probably goes without say, but it needs to be sharp at the long end. Given that the two main alternatives - the Canon 100-400 and 400/f5.6 are both getting a little old, I'm curious to see how Tamron's new lens compares. Maybe it will give Canon a little nudge to come up with some replacements.

 

[hoodlum]

Re: Tamron 150-500mm f/5-6.3 VC on Thursday

How do we know this is not the 150-600mm.

http://translate.google.ca/translate?hl=en&sl=ja&u=http://egami.blog.so-net.ne.jp/2012-10-26&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dtamron%2B150-600mm%2Bhttp://egami.blog.so-net.ne.jp/%26biw%3D1680%26bih%3D820

 

[rs]

Re: Tamron 150-500mm f/5-6.3 VC on Thursday

How do we know this is not the 150-600mm.

http://translate.google.ca/translate?hl=en&sl=ja&u=http://egami.blog.so-net.ne.jp/2012-10-26&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dtamron%2B150-600mm%2Bhttp://egami.blog.so-net.ne.jp/%26biw%3D1680%26bih%3D820

It's a little difficult to read, but the image appears to read "SP 150-600mm" if you zoom in on the ring with Tamron written on it.

 

[Mt Spokane Photography]

Re: Tamron 150-500mm f/5-6.3 VC on Thursday

Having had the Tamron 200-500, I won't be running out to buy this one. It would not have to be very good to beat the Sigma 150-500 or 50-500 though.

 

[noncho]

Re: Tamron 150-500mm f/5-6.3 VC on Thursday

I can't say anything until we have real images from it.
For me 150-450 5.6 would be better. I have Sigma 100-300 F4 and it's a brilliant lens(even with 1.4 extender).
They have to made something which is at least good as Sigma and have stabilization.

 

[traveller]

Re: Tamron 150-500mm f/5-6.3 VC on Thursday

As always with a new lens (especially from a third party manufacturer), people state that that they will be happy to consider it as long as it is:

[list type=decimal]
[*]"Very sharp" -often stated as "sharper than (some optically flawed lens)", "as sharp as (inset name of Canon 'L' class lens)"
[*]Fast aperture
[*]Lightweight
[*]Cheap -often stated in similar terms to the "sharp" criterion
[/list]

What a shame that no manufacturer has yet managed to rise to the challenge of meeting these conflicting objectives.

Whilst I'm at it, I'm looking for a car that's small, economical to run, can do 0-60mph in under seven seconds, can carry six adults with luggage and costs no more than a family hatchback. Come on Ford, surely it can't be that difficult?

 

[Apop]

Re: Tamron 150-500mm f/5-6.3 VC on Thursday

As always with a new lens (especially from a third party manufacturer), people state that that they will be happy to consider it as long as it is:

[list type=decimal]
[*]"Very sharp" -often stated as "sharper than (some optically flawed lens)", "as sharp as (inset name of Canon 'L' class lens)"
[*]Fast aperture
[*]Lightweight
[*]Cheap -often stated in similar terms to the "sharp" criterion
[/list]

What a shame that no manufacturer has yet managed to rise to the challenge of meeting these conflicting objectives.

Whilst I'm at it, I'm looking for a car that's small, economical to run, can do 0-60mph in under seven seconds, can carry six adults with luggage and costs no more than a family hatchback. Come on Ford, surely it can't be that difficult?

Mini cooper S cabrio? stack adults in the rear seats ,

150-600 would be great
But I am also curious to see how this lens performs against a sigma 50-500 OS,
At introduction the price on this one might be a bit higher, but it could be a good buy in a year or two

 

[Tiosabas]

Re: Tamron 150-500mm f/5-6.3 VC on Thursday

As always with a new lens (especially from a third party manufacturer), people state that that they will be happy to consider it as long as it is:

[list type=decimal]
[*]"Very sharp" -often stated as "sharper than (some optically flawed lens)", "as sharp as (inset name of Canon 'L' class lens)"
[*]Fast aperture
[*]Lightweight
[*]Cheap -often stated in similar terms to the "sharp" criterion
[/list]

What a shame that no manufacturer has yet managed to rise to the challenge of meeting these conflicting objectives.

Whilst I'm at it, I'm looking for a car that's small, economical to run, can do 0-60mph in under seven seconds, can carry six adults with luggage and costs no more than a family hatchback. Come on Ford, surely it can't be that difficult?

I think Sigma is rising to that challenge of those conflicting objectives. 35 1.4, 120-300 etc.
The telephoto community is holding its breath for alot of lenses at the moment i.e. Canon 100-400II, 400 5.6 IS, Sigam tele primes 300 2.8 or 400 f4. And thats why alot of people will not give this lens a second thought even if it is a decent performer.

 

[TWI by Dustin Abbott]

Re: Tamron 150-500mm f/5-6.3 VC on Thursday

A lot of "ifs" here, obviously, but Tamron's recent optics have been impressive and their VC system is excellent. I have to confess that I am never thrilled with a maximum aperture of f/6.3, but 500mm (even better 600mm) does help. If this lens manages to combine fairly good optics with fairly quick AF at a fairly good price it could be fairly interesting ;D

 

[hoodlum]

Re: Tamron 150-500mm f/5-6.3 VC on Thursday

At 600mm it will be very front heavy and the likely 3kg weight won't help either. This looks like a tripod only lens which is really in a different class than the 50-500 or 100-400. I don't think many will replace their existing handheld lenses with this.

Also, why are rumor sites still referring to 500mm at the tele end? Both the patent and image suggest it is 600mm.

 

[mackguyver]

Re: Tamron 150-500mm f/5-6.3 VC on Thursday

A little similar to the Sigma Art design... a little..

Oh it's not a Sigma? Oh that's right, it's missing the "A"

 

[Don Haines]

Re: Tamron 150-500mm f/5-6.3 VC on Thursday

How do we know this is not the 150-600mm.

http://translate.google.ca/translate?hl=en&sl=ja&u=http://egami.blog.so-net.ne.jp/2012-10-26&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dtamron%2B150-600mm%2Bhttp://egami.blog.so-net.ne.jp/%26biw%3D1680%26bih%3D820

It's a little difficult to read, but the image appears to read "SP 150-600mm" if you zoom in on the ring with Tamron written on it.

I read it as 150-600 too..., plus the weight is right for 600mm at F6.3...

 

[monopodman]

Re: Tamron 150-500mm f/5-6.3 VC on Thursday

I read it as 150-600 too..., plus the weight is right for 600mm at F6.3...

It's highly unlikely because 600/6.3 would be at least equal to 380/4 in size and weight requirements. We're therefore looking at 4x zoom (!) in 200-400/4 class (!!!) - just not gonna happen, sorry.

What are the odds of this lens to be at least as good as the new Nikon af-s 80-400? I wouldn't be so excited unless Tamron goes high-end.

 

[Canon1]

Re: Tamron 150-500mm f/5-6.3 VC on Thursday

My guess is that this lens will be another "bigma" disappointment. Excellent focal range with sub par optics. I'm sure it will have a following just like the other super zoom range lenses but at the end of the day the images will be very soft at full zoom and max aperture. Sorry... truth hurts. (Hopefully I'm wrong, but I doubt it.)