The Tamron 70-180mm F2.8 Di III VC VXD G2 is the second ‘Generation 2’ lens in Tamron’s alternative trinity for Sony E-mount cameras. It follows in the footsteps of the Tamron 28-75mm F2.8 Di III RXD G2 standard zoom and the Tamron 17-28mm F2.8 Di III RXD wide-angle zoom, the latter still in its original version. All three of the original lenses impressed us and we weren’t the only ones. Nikon was so taken with them that they eventually morphed into Nikkor lenses for its Z-system cameras. So let’s see what the 70-180mm G2 has to add to the equation.
Key features
There was nothing much wrong with the feature set of the original Tamron 70-180mm. Our only criticism was that, as with the Nikkor
