Make sure this fitsby entering your model number. DURABLE CONSTRUCTION: This 100-400mm f/4.5-6.3 lens features Tamron’s eBAND (Extended Bandwidth and Angular-Dependency) coating suppresses reflections, yielding vivid images of amazing clarity. This lens features moisture-resistant construction and a fluorine-coated front element that provides additional protection when shooting outdoors PRECISE, RESPONSIVE AF PERFORMANCE: Precise AF (Autofocus) tracking and VC (Vibration Compensation) are essential to ultra-telephoto lens performance. Tamron’s Dual MPU high-speed control system helps make this possible. In addition to an MPU (Micro-Processing Unit) with a built-in DSP (Digital Signal Processor) for superior high-speed processing of digital signals, while ensuring excellent AF responsiveness KEEP IT STEADY: The original VC (Vibration Compensation) system is fine-tuned with an enhanced control algorithm and an independent MPU dedicated to VC. Together, they meet a CIPA image stabilization performance level of 4 stops. While most ultra-telephoto lenses are prone to camera shake, this lens delivers excellent stability for reliable, stress-free handheld shooting MINIMUM OBJECT DISTANCE: With a Minimum Object Distance (MOD) of 1.5m and a maximum image magnification ratio of 1:3.6, the 100-400mm lens lets you soften the foreground or background to dramatically emphasize your subject at close range TAMRON AUTHORIZED DEALER: Includes USA Manufacturer Guarantee
I had this lenses for awhile. I use it almost every day. I shot couple hundreds of photos almost every day. For the price, it is well made. Its a good lenses paired with my Nikon D 500. For flying birds like eagles, hawks and falcons, the photos came out nice and sharp. I had a problem with the camera reading info from the lenses which created errors in my Nikon camera. This lenses is not too heavy. I was carrying it with camera strap which put the lenses weight on the camera. This was a big problem. The weight of the lenses was carried by the camera. When I brought the lenses tripod support, I put the strap on the tripod ring. Now it is working well with the weight on the lenses instead of the camera. Please do not put the weight on the camera or you will have the same problem! Its a great lenses for bird photography especially for warblers. Have fun using this lenses!
richard jaquinta
5
Got it thru amazon as a used item..came in fantastic condition.replaced a nikon 80-400mm vr Gen.1..focuses 4 times faster than that lens...does hunt a little at 6.3 racked out@400mm in dimmer light..but for the slimmer size and lighter weight convience a fair trade off..even though it is just slightly larger that the nikon 70-300.when used/stored at its 100mm setting ..stiil a bit on the heavy side to use without a lens ring/foot..luckily found a good aftermarket one for less that $35..as opposed to the factory unit..which is well over $100(which should be included with lens..if not for cost cutting by tamron). All in all a bargin considering the construction and performance for the price!
RR
5
The reviewers with sophisticated measuring equipment may be able to distinguish a difference with OEM Nikon glass, but I cant This lens focuses FAST and the photos are very sharp. Very glad I didnt drop $1000 more for OEM. Zoom is smooth, reasonably light weight for its size/range. HAPPY customer.
mike bustad
5
What more can I say I like this lens, great IQ easy to use and light weight for a lens of this size
Eddie L.
5
Sharp and fast lens at a bargain vs Nikon 200-500. FYI lens will not work on a Nikon Z7 or Z6. Tamron has not released a firmware upgrade yet.
Ann and Walt
5
Sharp, decent autofocus speed, and much lighter than a 200-500
Bob S.
5
Love this lens! Took me four tries to find a long telephoto to keep on my D7200. My main camera is a D500 and I wanted something that didn’t require constant changing on lenses when I needed more reach. This Tamron is nice and light...easy to carry around on a hike. Image quality is very, very good. I’m attaching a photo taken outside my window earlier today from about 300 feet away at ISO 3200 on the D7200. Handheld.
Kevin
5
I love this lens. When I first tried it out i put on a UV lens as I do for all my glass for protection. That proved to be a bad idea. It messed with the auto focusing. When I took off the filter the results were spectacular. For the price this lens is amazing. I hardly took it off my camera body. If you look at the bear shot, it isnt as sharp as it should be because of the filter.
D. Yee
5
I just received this lens today and did some testing. I was initially afraid I got a bad copy of the lens as it appeared to be very soft at 400mm, but more or less sharp at all other focal lengths. However, upon further investigation, I realized my lens is severely front focused at 400mm. I can use my in cameras autofocus fine tuning to fix the focus problem at 400mm, but then the rest of the focal lengths would be useless. Although I have heard of this problem, I have never personally experienced this before with any of my lenses, which consist mostly of Nikon brand lenses. I spent hours just today trying to figure out what was wrong, and I suspect it will take me many, many more hours to finally fix the problem after I get the Tamron tap-in console as I have to manually test what is wrong at each focal length and adjust accordingly. I guess this is the price you have to pay sometimes for non first party brand lenses? As far as sharpness goes, I only tested it at 400mm, wide open at f6.3 and at f8. Sharpness does increase noticeably at f8, but f6.3 is still quite sharp, primarily in the center. Although not as good as my 300mm pf +1.4TC (420mm), sharpness for the Tamron appears to be in the same league, which is all I really hoped for. I will update my review after Im able to fix the focus problem once I receive the tap in console that I had to additionally purchase, and after I have had more time to test it. Update 3/19/18: It took me a long time to calibrate this lens, as the lens was front focused by +10 at 400mm using the Nikon in camera AF fine tune (+8 at 300mm, +3 at 200mm, +1 at 100mm). However, using the Tamron tap in console, it appears every +1 on Nikons scale is around a +3 on the Tamron scale for AF fine tune for this lens. That means the Tamron tap in console alone could not fix the AF issues as their AF fine tune range only goes to 20. I had to add a AF fine tune number in my Nikon camera body as well as many Tamron adjustments in the lens itself to make it accurate for each focal length. This took me a lot of time using trial and error and was very annoying. I also take back what I said about never having this problem with Nikon lenses - Now that I know what AF fine tuning is I tested my Nikon 300mm pf and learned it is also front focused by +9, I just never noticed before. FYI I am using a D7200 and D5500, and the lens front focusing issues were the same with both cameras. After spending all that time to calibrate this lens, I am overall very impressed with the Tamron 100-400mm image quality. Looking at sharpness again, the image quality at the center wide open at 400mm is on par with my 300mm pf + 1.4TC wide open - it is very hard to tell which is sharper. It is only on the edges that my 300+1.4 is noticeably sharper. This is a very impressive feat for the Tamron. Stopping down to f8 increases the IQ very marginally in the center, and makes the edges noticeably sharper. I am happy enough with the image quality wide open though that I plan on primarily shooting it at f6.3. Although I do not have the Nikon 200-500mm, there is a consensus that the IQ of that lens at 400mm is extremely similar to the image quality of the 300 pf + 1.4TC. As I find the IQ of the Tamron at 400mm very similar to the 300 pf + 1.4TC, I would expect all 3 lenses to have very similar sharpness and IQ at 400mm. On another note, autofocus does indeed appear to be pretty fast, but I have not had a chance to do any real testing on that, so Ill see how that goes.
Frank B
5
I bought this lens to use on my D500 for times when I don’t want the bulk/weight of my 200-500 lens. Man, am I impressed. Autofocus is not as fast as the 200-500 (to be expected for an inexpensive lens), but the sharpness is out of this world! Image quality is excellent. Don’t hesitate to buy this lens. Recent photos taken with this lens on my D500.
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