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Hello, my name is Dustin Abbott for 1,000Ward Images by Dustin Abbott and I'm here today to do a quick video review of Tamron's newly released 16-300mm f3.5-6.3 Di2 VC-PZD macro lens
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Now, Tamron has had other lenses in this SuperZoom category, in fact, first pushed the envelope
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in the category for DSLRs back when it released the 18-270mm lens which followed up with the
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PZD edition of that or Piezo Drive edition a few years later
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This new design however pushes the envelope for the series in terms of both focal length
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and in its build quality. It's a completely new design lens and as you can see it bears a lot of similarity in its
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design ethic to Tamron's newly released 28-300mm lens for full frame cameras
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Tamron also released a 18-200mm lens for the EOS M mount recently and so they have a trio
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of new super zooms in this category. However this particular lens has pushed the envelope in both directions
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goes wider than what any of these super zooms have gone before to 16mm which is a little over 25mm 35mm and 35 millimeter or full frame equivalency And it runs all the way up to 300 millimeters or an equivalent of full frame of
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about 460 millimeters. And so that gives it a zoom ratio of about 18.8 times, which is the broadest
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of its sort in the world today. And so how does this lens stack up? First of all, in build quality
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For this series, it's a step up in build quality. It actually features a rubber gasket around the lens mount and moisture resistance is claim
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It has a 67mm front filter. It also has Tamron's PZD or Piezo motor drive which allows for quick, accurate and quiet focus
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And it does all of those things along with accuracy. It has full time manual override and so you can adjust focus at any point
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and it also has Tamron's VC or vibration compensation system which allows for about four
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stops of help in hand holding and so all in all it's got all of the specs that you could look for
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in a lens of this type and of course covers a very impressive focal length. Now when it comes to the
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optical quality it is a for me it's a bit of a mixed bag. On the wide end Tamron has done a fabulous
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job to not only have an all lens that goes truly wide but also it managed to control both aberrations and distortion to where it a very usable 16mm focal length and also
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it has actually improved in sharpness over its predecessor, the 18-270P ZD lens
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When you zoom out to the long end, however, the picture is not as rosy. I feel like the
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additional 30 millimeters here it was really more for marketing purposes and the lens loses a lot
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of contrast towards the end of the focal length and also isn't as sharp as what I would like to
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see. That being said it doesn't compare unfavorably with its direct competition it's just I feel like
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Tamron really achieved something great on the wide end and I think that the 30 millimeters on the
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long end really didn't achieve any kind of extra benefit in my perception. But overall throughout
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the focal length it delivers competent image quality and of course it covers every possible
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situation. Mounted here on a Canon EOS 60D body it balances very nicely. It comes with a
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pedal shaped lens hood and so when you've added a filter to the front you do have a weather seal
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body it has a window for focus distance and it has a nicely damped zoom action and of course it covers an incredible focal length and so if you looking for an all
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solution and perhaps not a pixel peeper on the long end you will find that this
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is a lens that produces good image quality in a variety of situations it's
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effective VC system means that you can hand hold images at low shutter speeds
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and on the wider end through, I would say, about 250 millimeters
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this lens delivers good sharpness and good color throughout its focal length
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The latter portion is where it starts to fall apart, and there are far more chromatic aberrations on the long end
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as well as a loss of contrast. But that is to be expected in a zoom lens that covers such a great focal length
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So in summation, I think Tamron has done a very good job
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of what I might call an evolution of this lines for crop sensor cameras
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delivering a greater focal range than ever before, but also adding features and improved build quality
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to up their game when it comes to the SuperZoom category. For a full written review, you can look at the links below
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dustinabbott.net. Also a lot of sample images you can find there. Follow the links
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Also the review for the 28-300mm lens for full-frame cameras is there as well. Have a great day. Thanks for watching. Bye-bye
