zuzanne Loc: Crawfordville, FL

Has anyone used this lens that can tell me how well it actually works? Going to Hawaii for 3 weeks in August and am trying to lighten the carryon load by taking smaller lighter lenses instead of my heavy large Canon 100-400L and Samsung 150-500 lenses. I will be using it on a Canon T5i crop sensor camera.

zuzanne

Keldon Loc: Yukon, B.C.

My wife had one on her Sony. We were not impressed with it at all. Photos were much too soft. I'd advise staying away from it.

Linary Loc: UK

I was using this lens just yesterday - simple holiday type snaps. Will post them if you wish. (Nikon D200 + Tamron 16-300mm) - The Nikon is only 10MP and is over ten years old, but the photos aren't too bad. Overall I am happy with the lens, but it is a little soft at 300mm.

Wingpilot Loc: Wasilla. Ak

I have the older 28-300 "macro" Tamron and I don't use it as it produces very soft images. Even with a tripod the images aren't sharp. I've been led to understand that the 16-300 is a pretty good, sharp, lens, but that the Sigma 18-300 is tack sharp and a better lens.

Tommy II Loc: Northern Illinois

I use one on my D7000 all the time, and have been very pleased with it. Then again, I'm not trying to sell blown up photos to National Geographic. If you're interested in taking good personal photos at a reasonable price, you should be pleased.

kodiac1062 Loc: Sarasota, Fl

I use the Tamron 16-300 on a Canon 80D as my walk around lens. I think it takes sharp pictures and am satisfied with it. I will be taking it to NY on vacation in a couple of weeks. I am going to stop in at B & H to say hello to the fine folks there. I think it would be interesting if Tamron had a representative monitor UHH and give their 2 cents about soft images via their products.

billnikon Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont

Most of my birding friends in Florida use the Canon 7D mark II with the Canon 100-400L and LII lens. Why would you take anything less than this lens. It is NOT THAT HEAVY. Come on man, it is the ideal lens for Hawaii. I would also take a wider zoom with this one.

ecar Loc: Oregon, USA

I have one on my 7DII and love it. And I really love the focal spread of 16-300 !! And for what you get, it's reasonably priced. But if you have one of the canon zooms, like the 18-135 , or the 18-135, I'd throw that in just for a fun comparison.

DELTA777

Love the lens it's 90 percent on the camera it nice and sharp

Toment Loc: FL, IL

I use it on my a6500 with good, not great, results. But it is difficult to get great results with a zoom lens, any zoom lens. Canon L's get near great results, but primes are the great getters.
The Tammy is fine and I get good feathers and eyes with it. But it is limited by the amount of glass in it.
Enjoy Hawaii!

jaycoffman Loc: San Diego

This is a really popular question on this forum--second one today. Along with many others I've used the Tamron 16-300 on my Nikon d7100 as my walk around lens for over three years now and have no interest in replacing it for that purpose. I also have a friend who uses that lens on her Canon and gets really good results too. I particularly like the extra reach of the 300 mm as I tend more toward subject photography (animal, people and landscape features) so that's important to me. Specially with street photography as I like to be as unobtrusive as possible with street pictures and the 300mm works well with that. On the other hand I like taking flowers and insects and small animals up close and the 16mm works well with that. I have the same words of caution as have many of the other commentators and that is that the lens is not as sharp at either extreme as I would always like so I usually pull up or back just a bit when I shoot. The other issue is that it's not great in low light and I have to push my ISO more than I'd like. I can compensate for that some in post processing but still it's an issue. Think about how and what you like to shoot before making any decision.

fiodh Loc: New York

I have Tamron 16mm-300mm for over a year, and it is an "ok" walk-around lens. BUT if you are going to Hawaii, I am sure you would not want to miss great landscape shots. My suggestion is for you to take your Canon lens with you. Your Hawaii trip is one opportunity, and you would not want to miss the clear and sharp shots of the marvelous sceneries of Hawaii. It is one thing if you can say to yourself, "oh, well...I will just go back, take another trip, and take another shot again." If you can do this, it's fine; but if you have no near-in-the-future plan to take a trip back to Hawaii, please take your Canon 100-400 lens and bear the weight. If you want to take close up photos, take a camera that will fit into your pocket that you could hardly feel its additional weight. I suggest Sony RX100 (M2 or 3--no need for M4 or M5 if you are not a video enthusiast).

amfoto1 Loc: San Jose, Calif. USA

If it were me, I'd take the 100-400mm and complement it with an 18-135mm and 10-18mm... or just a 15-85mm "walk-around" lens. Leave the 100-400mm in your room or car unless it's needed. Or, leave the 100-400mm at home if you don't plan to do any wildlife photography. 10-18mm and 18-135mm completely covers a wider range of focal lengths than most film shooters ever owned in their lifetime!

zuzanne Loc: Crawfordville, FL

Thank you all for your help. Have decided to take the Canon 100-400L lens and the Sigma 18-250 lens. Also taking ultra wide Tokina 11-16 f2.8 for night shots at the volcano. I think these should cover anything I shoot.
Zuzanne

JimH123 Loc: Morgan Hill, CA

I might add that these lenses tend to be soft when shooting wide open. When stopped down a couple stops, they are considerably sharper. But the lenses are quite slow to start with and that means that they are really only usable in good light. My experience with the Sony 18-250 confirms this behavior. I have shots taken in good light that are quite sharp.

Also, most shots I have taken in Hawaii seldom need long focal lengths. This could change depending upon what subjects you wish to shoot such as native Hawaiian birds.