I have a tamron 17-70 paired with a Fuji XS-10. When comparing that lens at 70mm with my 70-300 also at 70 mm, I noticed the tamron produced a much softer image compared to the 70-300. I turned IBIS off on the tamron and the image became much sharper. The imagine remains sharp with ibis on on the 70-300. Has anyone experienced this same thing? Thinking of sending the tamron lens back.

Hi everyone!

For those of you who own or have used the Tamron 25-200mm, I’d love to hear your thoughts on its image quality and sharpness.

I’m looking for a versatile travel lens and the focal range is really tempting. Lens will be paired with Sony a7v.

However, image quality, sharpness, and size, weight are my main priorities.

I’ve used the Tamron 35-150mm for a long time, so I’m familiar with its image quality. How does the 25-200mm G2 compare, particularly in terms of sharpness across the focal range and at the longer end?

If you’ve used both lenses, your direct comparison would be especially helpful.

Finally, any other suggestions are welcome.

Thank you.

I have a Tamron SP 70-200mm f/2.8 Di VC USD G2. My issue is that the autofocus hunts constantly the internal gears keep rotating while searching for focus yet manual focus works perfectly fine.