Tamron 70-180 mm f/2.8 Di III VC VXD G2 review - Summary

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Tamron 70-180 mm f/2.8 Di III VC VXD G2

8 February 2024

Maciej Latałło

11. Summary

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Pros:

very good image quality in the frame centre across the whole focal range,
good image quality on the edge of the APS-C sensor,
sensible image quality on the edge of full frame,
negligible longitudinal chromatic aberration,
moderate lateral chromatic aberration,
low spherical aberration in the 70-125 mm range,
slight astigmatism,
excellent coma correction,
silent, quite quick, and accurate autofocus,
slight vignetting on the APS-C sensor,
practically zero focus breathing,
good price/performance ratio.

Cons:

a bit too high pincushion distortion,
significant vignetting on full frame,
spherical aberration makes itself felt on the maximum focal length.

The tested Tamron 70-180 mm f/2.8 Di III VC VXD G2 has a whole long list of important assets and just three minor slip-ups. It's true that it lost the duel with the Sony FE 70-200 mm f/2.8 GM OSS II but you have to remember the fact that the Tamron can be bought for about $1300 and you have to pay twice as much for the Sony lens. Taking into account its favourable price/performance ratio the Tamron is a really interesting option for all customers who don't fancy spending a dozen or so thousand PLN on an instrument of this class.