Who is the Tamron - 150-500mm f/5-6.7 Di III VC VXD for?
Strong choice. At 83.2 Mars Score it's in the A-tier (78-87) — the cluster just below the absolute leaders.
Pick this when you want flagship-tier specs without paying for the headline halo of the S-tier. The day-to-day experience is indistinguishable from the very top.
Mars Score is computed from 8 measured specs against the transparent formula for the camera lenses category. No editorial picks, no paid placement.
Pros and cons at a glance
- ▲Weather sealed — supported.
- ▲Max focal: 500 mm.
No spec lands in the bottom quartile of the category normalization window — this product holds up across the weighted axes.
Pros are specs scoring ≥75% of the category normalization range. Cons are ≤35%. Derived from the Mars Score formula — no hand-curated lists.
At a glance
- Min focal
- 150mm
- Max focal
- 500mm
- Weight
- 1725g
- Lens mount
- Sony E
All specifications
Optics
- Min focal
- 150 mm
- Max focal
- 500 mm
- Max aperture
- f/5
- Min aperture
- f/32
Build
- Weight
- 1725 g
- Weather sealed?
- true
Mount
- Lens mount
- Sony E
Latest from the lab
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