Tamron 150-600 f/5-f/6.3 Review: The ultimate wildlife lens for $1,000?

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STARTER CAMERAS:
Basic Starter Camera ($280 used at Amazon): Canon T3
Better Starter Camera ($500 at Amazon): Nikon D5300
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LANDSCAPE CAMERAS:
Good ($550 at Amazon): Sony a6000
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PORTRAIT CAMERAS:
Beginner ($950 at Amazon): Canon T6i & Canon 50mm f/1.8
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Best ($5,300) at Amazon: Nikon D810 & Nikon 70-200 f/2.8E

WILDLIFE CAMERAS:
Starter ($1,100 at Amazon): Canon 7D & Canon 400mm f/5.6
Great ($3,200 at Amazon): Nikon D500 & Nikon 200-500 f/5.6

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Beginner ($500 at Amazon): Panasonic G7 & Panasonic 14-42mm
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27 Comments
  1. Tony & Chelsea Northrup says

    📸 Tamron 150-600 f/5-f/6.3 for Sony on Amazon http://help.tc/t600
    ⭐ Canon 400mm f/5.6 on Amazon http://help.tc/c400

  2. Sc0pee says

    This test was bogus. Either the Tammy wasn't focused correctly or there was some inherent problem with the lens. The Tammy is not this soft/blurry IRL. OR you had a bad test example, which is unfortunate.

  3. MolviDSLR Khan says

    What camouflage kit you guys wearing ? Any recommendation?

  4. fretless 5 says

    The Sigma MC-11 has come a long way and works a lot better than it used to. As a Sony A7iii user who owns an MC-11, is it still worth considering the Canon 400 f5.6?

  5. Peggy Stevinson Bair says

    You guys are really helpful. Truly appreciate your efforts and information.

  6. Zaber Ansary says

    And you put a 500 f4 in the thumbnail?

  7. HentaiZerg says

    Tamron Jeremy. Long enough.

  8. alml5ki says

    استغفر الله

  9. Keith l says

    Just an FYI The Tamron 150-600 (non G) is on flash 24 hr sale through today 01-30-19 On amazon and B&H camera for $779.00

  10. Barry B says

    Id love to know how you feel the Tamron 15-600 mk 2 (or G2) compares to the canon 400mm (as its supposedly substantially better than the mk 1)?

  11. PICSBYJLM says

    I watched several other reviews of the Tamron and they managed to get really nice sharp pics of wildlife.

  12. Thanos Manolis says

    Nice vid , whats the actual magnification on that lens?

  13. Gryff Longprong says

    Soft light soft pictures GTFOOH again

  14. Gryff Longprong says

    Undisclosed location? GTFOOH

  15. Ryan Houde says

    Is it possible that the Tamron was consistently more blurry because it’s heaviness made it harder to stabilize without a tripod?

  16. Kåre Tobiassen says

    This review was not good. There are lots of review out there who really shows the capacity of this lens.

  17. AdamDguitars says

    Is this the G2 version?

  18. Boofy Halfpint says

    Hi Guys, I am new to wildlife photography (and dyslexic which makes all the f/stop, ISO etc numbers scramble in my poor little brain) and looking to upgrade my nikon D5200 & Sigma 18-200 lens to catch birds in flight. I like the canon + 400 prime as it is light weight, but I am confused about prime lenses. I thought that they only focused at one focal lenght not more, but Chelsea's 400 prime was "sharp at 400/500/600mm"? Could you enlighten me please? May I alsobe rather heretic to throw the cat amongst the pigeons and ask about the new nikon P1000 bridge camera that you may have seen at Photokina for taking photos from long distances. Could you do a review on it for wildlife as I think you guys would get over the fact that you can take awesome photos of the moon rather quickly and give some good feed back for wildlife etc. Thank you from a fan out in the Aussie bush.

  19. Bokushingu's Kendo TV says

    Air show is coming up in San diego Diego weekend. I'm using a Nikon D7200 and trying to figure out which lens to rent for it: this Tamaron 150-600 or the nikkor 200-500 ed f5.6?

  20. Justin Zaff says

    Hi Tony , could the point be argued that the Canon 400 prime is sharper in some respect bc its been engineered to be sharp at only one focal length ? Would it be a fairer comparison to micro adjust the Tamron @ 400 and check if it makes a difference?

  21. In The Shed Bird Photography says

    I have the Canon 400 mm prime and its amazing!

  22. Arijit Ghosh says

    Can you please do a comparison of the nikon 200-500mm f/5.6E ED VR and the tamron SP 150-600mm Di VC USD G2 f/5.6-6.3 on nikon crop bodies?

  23. Khotta Bogard says

    – It's aa.. Big boy next to this 400mm tho
    *amazonian inert genes kick in* YEAH

  24. Cornvelious Daniel says

    its not a bad lens for the price

  25. Fred says

    Is it safe to let this hang on the d750 using a neck strap connected to the body only?

  26. Colin Creevey says

    Could you make a updated review of the Tamron 150-600mm G2? Really tempted to get it!!!

  27. kam joe says

    Is it possible to hand held the lens for shooting for a period of time?

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