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    Tamron 70-180mm F/2.8 Di III VXD

    Jul 21, 2020 5 minutes

    Tamron has been making zoom lenses for Sony mirrorless cameras for a couple of years now. Following the arrival of the excellent 28-75mm f/2.8 Di III RXD in 2018, it added the impressive 17-28mm f/2.8 Di III RXD to its line-up last year. With wideangle and standard zooms ticked off, it was only a matter of time before the firm turned its attention towards a telephoto.

    The 70-180mm f/2.8 Di III VXD shares a few likenesses to those two E-mount zooms that came before it. We see it being popular with owners of Sony’s full-frame cameras, however there’s nothing to stop it being used on APS-C bodies, on which it will give a 105-270mm equivalent range.

    Despite it not having quite the same reach at the long end as Sony’s FE 70-200mm f/2.8

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