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Tamron SP 70-300 mm f/4-5.6 Di VC USD

4 February 2011
Arkadiusz Olech

6. Distortion

In the chart below you can see what distortion results the tested lens had on the Nikon D200 and on the Nikon D3x.


70 mm
135 mm
200 mm
300 mm
APS-C/DX
−0.10%
0.80%
0.82%
0.81%
FF
−0.09%
2.12%
2.05%
1.89%


As you see, on both sensors at the shortest focal length the distortion is negligible and, within the margin of measurement errors, close to the zero level. At longer focal lengths the deformations keep more or less the same level of 0.8% for the DX sensor and about 2% on full frame. These aren’t bothersome values so it would be hard to complain here. Our chronicle duty makes us only say that the values of the rival Sigma were by a fraction of a percent lower.


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Nikon D200, 70 mm
Tamron SP 70-300 mm f/4-5.6 Di VC USD - Distortion
Nikon D200, 135 mm
Tamron SP 70-300 mm f/4-5.6 Di VC USD - Distortion
Nikon D200, 200 mm
Tamron SP 70-300 mm f/4-5.6 Di VC USD - Distortion
Nikon D200, 300 mm
Tamron SP 70-300 mm f/4-5.6 Di VC USD - Distortion

Nikon D3x, 70 mm
Tamron SP 70-300 mm f/4-5.6 Di VC USD - Distortion
Nikon D3x, 135 mm
Tamron SP 70-300 mm f/4-5.6 Di VC USD - Distortion
Nikon D3x, 200 mm
Tamron SP 70-300 mm f/4-5.6 Di VC USD - Distortion
Nikon D3x, 300 mm
Tamron SP 70-300 mm f/4-5.6 Di VC USD - Distortion