Tamron has long been the company that pushes the envelope in “all-in-one” zoom design and have held the top honors of having the largest zoom range in a DSLR lens for most of the past ten years. Years ago I used the Tamron 18-270mm VC lens with a 15x zoom range for a period of time, and found that it was optically similar to the Canon 18-135mm lens I used at the same time while obviously offering a much larger zoom range. A few years ago Tamron stretched that range to a 16-300mm (an impressive 18.75x zoom range) while adding a better focus motor (PZD, or piezo drive) and better build quality (including some minor moisture resistance). Tamron recently announced an even more ambitious all-in-one/travel zoom, the Tamron 18-400mm f/3.5-6.3 Di II VC HLD. The 18-400 HLD boasts a world’s best more than 22x zoom range while offering yet another different type of focus motor – their new HLD (High/Low Torque Modulated Drive Motor). My review of the lens will be coming tomorrow, but, in the meantime, you can check out a variety of images of the lens and from the lens here:

Images of the Tamron 18-400mm VC HLD

Images taken with the Tamron 18-400mm VC HLD

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