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Tamron 70-180mm f2.8 Di III VC VXD G2 Review

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The Tamron 70-180mm f2.8 Di III VC VXD G2 is a highly impressive lens, offering excellent image quality. It provides sharpness, nice bokeh, and quality build. The addition of image stabilization and being slightly lighter than its predecessor makes it stand out. The lens is also reasonably priced, making it a great value for the quality it offers.

The Tamron 70-180mm f2.8 Di III VC VXD G2 is a highly impressive lens, offering excellent image quality. It provides sharpness, nice bokeh, and quality build. The addition of image stabilization and being slightly lighter than its predecessor makes it stand out. The lens is also reasonably priced, making it a great value for the quality it offers.

Pros
  • Excellent image quality
  • Sharpness and nice bokeh
  • High build quality
  • Reasonably priced
Cons
  • Some distortion and vignetting at wider angles
  • Slight color fringing at wider apertures
  • Requires corrections for best performance

The lens boasts a solid build quality with a smooth and high-quality feel. At 855g, it is lighter than the original 70-200mm f2.8 lenses, making it more portable and convenient for photographers.

The Tamron 70-180mm f2.8 Di III VC VXD G2 is a highly impressive lens, offering excellent image quality. The lens boasts a solid build quality with a smooth and high-quality feel. At 855g, it is lighter than the original 70-200mm f2.8 lenses, making it more portable and convenient for photographers. The lens is weather-sealed and features a plastic focus ring that turns smoothly. The autofocus is accurate, silent, and quick, with the added benefit of a focus hold button. The addition of image stabilization is a significant upgrade, providing excellent stability and high-quality images. The large rubber zoom ring, compact size, and compatibility with 67mm filters add to the lens' overall convenience and ease of use. The image quality is exceptional, offering sharpness, excellent contrast, and nice bokeh. The lens handles distortion and vignetting well, even at the widest aperture, and provides impressive close-up/macro shooting capabilities. Overall, the Tamron 70-180mm f2.8 Di III VC VXD G2 offers outstanding image quality and is a great value for the price.

The image quality is exceptional, offering sharpness, excellent contrast, and nice bokeh. The lens handles distortion and vignetting well, even at the widest aperture, and provides impressive close-up/macro shooting capabilities.

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