Tamron 50-400mm F4.5-6.3 In Depth Review & Comparison on the SONY A7IV
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- Опубліковано 5 сер 2024
- **FIRMWARE HAS BEEN UPDATED MAKING THE AF MUCH BETTER!** Update video here - • Tamron 50-400mm - MASS...
In this video we have a Tamron 50-400mm F4.5-6.3 In Depth Review & Comparison with some other comparable lenses including the Tamron 150-500, the Sigma 100-400 DGDN and the Sony 100-400 GM.
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Timestamps
0:00 Intro & Specs
1:05 Build & Features
2:55 Performance
3:03 Aperture
3:41 Focal Range
4:00 Photo Examples
4:48 Auto Focus
6:34 Flare & Sunstars
6:45 Image Stabilization
7:04 Sharpness & Optics
11:29 Telephoto Comparison
15:20 Conclusion / Pros & Cons
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Its a long one guys, thanks for sticking with me! Hope it helps!
Thanks for all your testing.
Great vid, EXCELLENT JOB as always! While those focal lengths are not in my potential photographic equipment purchases for now, your in depth review was both educational and entertaining. NICELY DONE!
Excellent review and comparison, much appreciated!
Got my lens yesterday. Didn't have a chance to shoot wildlife yet, but took a lot of pictures around the house playing with dogs. Pictures coming out with good resolution and contrast, nice bokeh as well, no fringing whatsoever. Love it so far, never realized how useful to have telephoto starting at 50mm, close focusing is precious, I even took a few selfies.
Great report and lots of great information! Thanks
Great review. Thanks
Good One Bro..I love it ❤️ Beautiful clicks too
Great review, thanks! With the firmware update I'm very tempted to get this one for landscapes and some occasional wildlife. I guess this 50-400 is as sharp as the 28-200 on overlapping focal lengths? I'm very happy with that lens, but find it a bit short at times. And the big gun (200-600) could be left home with the 50-400 in the bag, unless I'm out for wildlife specifically.
5:15 12% hit rate? Wooph, that’s a troublemaker. Thank you for stress testing this so diligently
Really appreciate this, especially seeing how the 50-400 performed with the dog (which is what I shoot). Definitely hanging onto my 150-500 instead of selling it for the new 50-400.
Mine just arrived, it is surprisingly good. The reviews suggest its only just adequate.
I compared it to my lens that costs 5x at the same focal range and it seems marginally better (With A non moving subject). The corners at 400mm wide open are great! Stabilisation is a fraction jittery compared to sony's 'sea sickness'
I have one on order but now not sure . Think I will cancel my pre order and wait to see it in real life. Thanks for your honest opinion, very much appreciated
Hey there,
Thanks for this review.
I'm a bit disappointed how quickly F6.3 is arriving...
Great job for your comparison. You are actually I think the only one who did a straight head to head comparison. Very nice 👍
Appreciate it
I see this as a good travel zoom for when wildlife and action aren't the priority. I have the 70-200 gm and the 200-600, but I just preordered this as a landscape and "on the go" lens. This, paired with the 17-28 and the 28-75, gives an incredibly compact travel kit.
Have you been able to try it out yet? If so, are you happy with the results you're getting? I too own the 200-600, and for wildlife that's the lens to use, but I'm thinking this 50-400 could be better suited for landscape photography.
@@edc641 I haven't used it a lot, but I've been pleasantly surprised with it so far. I'm hoping to get out with a bit more over the next few weeks though.
Wow Thank you for your review, This is I waiting for. I'll go with sigma for budget landscape tamron 150-500 too heavy for me
Fantastic review. These reviews are so helpful. Sony shooters have so many options. The lens does seem to be sharp enough for most amateur photographers.
Thanks heaps for the hard work putting all that together. I suggest you should add in the video title "comparison against the competition" and/or against Sigma and Sony telephoto lenses or something.
You put so much effort into it that, it would be a shame if people missed out on this video or the comparison section.
Obviously end of the day it's up to you.
I actually have the Sigma 100-400, and yes it's not the best with autofocus for fast moving objects.
I also have the Sony crop 70-350mm, and that is very responsive, affordable, and at almost half the weight of ones in this video.
The A7iv has enough megapixels for cropped images, and also 4k video is cropped anyway.
Combine the crop factor and 1.5x clear image zoom you'll end up with 787.5mm.
Thanks again, much appreciated :)
Appreciate you my friend!
Well done, very helpful. Every other photo reviewer records their head for 40 minutes yapping, you showed examples, comparisons various stress teats... Subscribed.
I appreciate that. Welcome!
Thanks for the in depth review. You are the only one (in English) so far, with the others being vocal spec sheets.
I know you ranked this and the Sigma 100-400 Auto Focus the same but if you had to go into more depth between the 2, which would you prefer? I watched your Sigma 100-400 review again and you had similar comments about it's hit rate, do you think this 50-400mm has similar, worse or better hit rate, even if it's the slightest difference?
You bet. The only time you're going to run into issues is with very fast moving subjects. They are pretty comparable in my experience. Utilizing the focus limiting in Tamron's lens utility software/app should improve this quite a bit. The Sigma might be slightly better in my stress tests but its also no where close to as versatile. Hope that helps.
Very interesting.
Thanks for the in-depth review and comparison of the new Tamron lens. Very helpful. Now I am debating between getting this Tamron 50-400mm and the Tamron 70-180 mm F/2.8 lens as my travel lens. Between these two, which lens would you buy if the primary purpose is not for wildlife or sport shooting? Could you comment on the build quality, AF performance or any other aspects you may consider to choose one over the other? Thanks so much!
Hey good choices. Build quality is comparable. 70-180 AF will be faster and more accurate. 50-400 is WAY more versatile. Hope that helps.
Could you compare the magnification of this Tamron lens to Sony 100-400. Sony website says the Sony 100-400 has 0.35X but they did not specify at what focal length.
Thanks for the video review. Very good! I thin the lens is interesting but not that much better than my Sigma 100-400. I was expecting better autofocus. Maybe a firmware will improve it. That could also happen with the sigma. Anyway, THANKS A LOT!!!!
Sigma has firmware 2.0.
What's your advise for 70-350 G lense for wildlife? I plan to use with Sony a6600
This was the video I needed to see. I think I’ll cancel my preorder and maybe Wait for this to go on sale or get it used. Thank you
Why cancel? The lens looks very nice
@@edc641 It looks Nice but I'll just stick with my 70-200 and 200-600. It doesn't seem that game changing for me the spend the money now.
@@IMDABROWN Fair enough. I too own the 200-600 and this new Tamron would for sure not replace that bad boy. But I'm considering it for landscape photography, when I don't want to carry too much in my backpack. I already own the Tamron 28-200 which is super nice when hiking for days in the mountains with its focal span, small size/weight and plenty enough sharpness. But the longer reach of this, combining it with something like a 16-35, could be the ultimate combo meal deal.
@@edc641 I was hoping this would be as groundbreaking as the Tamron 35-150, I will probably get it but I think I can wait for a price drop, sale or it to be used.
Ill sell you mine, i want the new sigma 60-600
After the AF Firmware Update on the Tamron 50-400, how would you rank these if you were to do it again today?
I bought the 150-500 Tamron and was disappointed when I saw this was coming out because it appears to be lighter to carry than the 150-500. But after your review I think I have the better option. Great IQ but it's a beast to carry and extra 100mm. reach also is a plus. Thanks for great review.
Tried both as well - and the 150-500 is the CLEAR winner for sure!!
@@Chorge1972 That depends very much on what you're after. It's losing big time if size, weight, wider focal length is of prio.
Wanting to love this lens as I really like the 50mm short end compared to my Sony 100-400. However 2 main issues for me, VC is nowhere near as good as the Sony. Also the AF loses lock when zooming and ends up hunting, the Sony does not. Hoping additional firmware releases address these things if possible
Thanks for doing the hard work with this review. This lens definitely isn't for me. On one end it would be nice to perhaps sell my 100-400 GM to get it and put a little extra money in my pocket to boot, but oof. That hit rate. Also color me unimpressed with the IQ at 400, which as far as I'm concerned, in a telephoto zoom, it's better for the long end to be sharper than the wide end, not the other way around, and since I shoot with the RIV the high megapixel count would only amplify that softness. The price is really good, but I think at least for me, I'd rather pay more for better IQ and autofocus ability.
what is that artifact at 4:29?
Would be great to see a comparison of this lens with the Sigma 100-400
11:29 there is a brief comparison of several telephotos.
@@StefanMalloch yup, I’ve watched the whole video, would be great to see a direct comparison of those two lenses in terms of sharpness, though
Dammit.. I wanted the lens because of the focal length for motorsport and animals. But I really need fast AF.. I think 70-200 fullframe is little too close at 70 at some points and 200 is too short overall..
I'm really glad I bought the Sony 100-400 a while ago before this lens came out because that is my favourite lens and the one I get my absolute best photos with. However, I couldn't really justify buying it now that the Tamron 50-400 is available for half the price, and because I've got the Sony 200-600 for when I'm not travelling or need extra reach
So you say, that the OIS of the lense works together with the IBIS of the cam??? Sure?
QUESTION: Was this video produced before or after the Tamron firmware update release that supposedly improved the autofocus performance of this lens?
Before! I have updated the description and video on it after. Night and Day! ua-cam.com/video/GiaatGHHOv8/v-deo.html
@@StefanMalloch Much appreciated, Stefan! 👍
Your test images look a lot better than what I am getting with my 150-500. I was thinking of trading my 150-500 and the 70-300 for the 50-400. I am happy with the 70-300. Not so much with the 150-500. Is it possible, I have a bad copy? At the end of the day, as you mentioned in your conclusion, the 50-400 is more versatile. Thank you for your review.
Could be. The 150-500 is ample sharp. Shoot some test shots and send to Tamron for assessment. Overall its a great lens.
@@StefanMalloch I sent the 150-500 to Tamron and it came back working perfectly now. I am still selling it though. I picked up a 50-400 a few weeks ago and love it for its more useful range for my landscape work. I am sure the Sony 100-400 is a better lens in terms of image quality but for slightly less image quality but massive versatility in range, the 50-400 is unbeatable.
This lens vs the Sony 70-350 for my a6100 ?
Its a full frame lens it will be a 75-600mm equivalent. If you don't plan to upgrade to full frame, I would stick to crop lenses personally. The 70-350 is a great lens.
This or tamron 70 -180 f/2.8? Plis tell me to choose
Do you need the fast aperture?
I think there is a mistake in your aperture comparison! The Tamron 150-500 is the winner! Not at the very ends of reach - but it holds f-values low over long ranges! Yes, the Sony ist great as well, but too expensive! Tamron 50-400 and Sigma 100-400 are both a big step behind the 150-500! Just be sure to lock that lense at 480mm (one 1° of ringturn I‘d say), and you‘ll get f6.3!
At 400 both Tamrons and the Sigma are all at f6.3. BUT same game: turn back the 150-500 just a tiny bit to 390mm, and you‘ll get f5.6, whereas the other both lenses are at 6.3 much earlier!
If you know this, and you take use of the lense lock ring on the 150-500, you get significantly better shutter speeds or lower ISO at the same focal lengths as the other lenses. This helps the tracking C-AF as well -> higher keeper rates…
Yes, it’s harder to carry, but to me, this aperture story was in the end the killer argument to go for the 150-500.
Prizewise, in Germany (with all cashbacks) the Sigma is at 789€, followed by the 150-500 at 1079€ and the 50-400 will cost you 1299€. So the 150-500 is great bang for buck here!
Sigma 60-600mm f/4.5-6.3 coming on January 12. Also, Tamron 150-400mm f/2.8-5.6 Di III VC VXD coming soon.
If we get that lens from Tamron I will cry.. Tears of joy that is.
trust me, I was waiting for your video sir. I texted u on Vero and IG,
I'm planning to buy lenses but confused. I love wildlife but for now if I wanna make money here in Bangladesh, then I've to shoot weddings, events etc. So which lens I should buy??
That's why I'm confused.
I just watched, thank you so much sir for this video.
I was confused, I'm clear now. I'm not buying it. Later I'll buy a telephoto, for now I'm gonna buy 70-180 and 17-28 maybe.
Tamron 35-150, 70-180, Sony 70-200 GM, depending on your budget.
@@frankfeng2701 I can afford 70-180 for now.
USD rate is too high here in Bangladesh right now
I wish there was a superzoom for FF e-mount. 28-400.
Don't we all
So basically what you want is the Sony rx10 iv. 24-600. Ur welcome
Parfocal (for video)?
so much zoom range its hard to answer my own question! But as I've heard, I can confirm it is essentially parfocal for zooming out but not when zooming in.
Jack of all trades and master of none. The 35-150 on the other hand is a REALLY nice lens.
The whole quote goes, “a jack of all trades is a master of none, but oftentimes better than a master of one.”
@@StefanMalloch HAHA, for sure... IF you are using this as one lens only and cannot bring more than one lens... However if you are a professional, you better have the best tool for the job and "Well, I only wanted to bring one lens instead of the best lens" is not a great excuse. But in any case, you can certainly pack a couple of primes in the same weight and size package... okay, not 400mm... The 35-150 is a GREAT lens and is versatile with the only real issues being the size and weight. With an F2-2.8 it is not giving up much if anything to dedicated primes. This really is a lens for people who just want one lens and willing to sacrifice numerous aspects in order to get it.
@@StefanMalloch BUT I will also say, if someone brings a 35mm GM to go on a wildlife shoot... it is not the problem with the lens... it is the problem with the photographer/videographer. =P
I'm actually trying to decide between the 35-150mm and this lens. I haven't seen any other reviewer have these type of autofocus misses, while tracking dogs...
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50-400 is 8x zoom, still it is far away from 'one lens to do it all' for me.
More than 50% of my pictures are taken wider than 50 mm.
Agree. Same with 35-150. I need 16-600 and there won't be lens like that
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I only use 10mm lens , so i think i should get this
thanks. i think the IQ is subpar compare with Tamron 150-500mm and Sony 100-400mm. I am disappointed on IQ of Tamron 50-400mm. I was considering a buy, now it seems a pass. btw... I used Tamron 150-500mm for about one week. I am impressed with IQ of 150-500mm, unfortunately, it is too heavy to hanging around with it. so I returned it with the hope of 50-400mm can deliver the same IQ level, as it is much lower weight. now I am disappointed.
Same case here. I ended up with middle of these lenses light sigma 100-400 with superb Sony 24-70GMii.I’m still deciding whether to swap Sony GM with tamron 35-150 but Sony pictures are so perfect in iq and AF.
@@setiop6788 it is a nice combo! i have Sony 24-70 GM II razor sharp, great travel lens.. need to pair a long zoom though.
@@setiop6788 You found that the Sigma is sharper at 400mm ?
@@setiop6788 tried the Sigma 100-400 and was very unhappy
@@Chorge1972 yep now I went with tamron 150-500 and it’s the best compromise in price and sharpness .
Why isn't the lens being compared to the 150-500mm tamron? Which is really close to the 50-400mm, is the extra 100mm worth it? How does the weight compare?
You didn't watch the video..
@@StefanMalloch Thank you for making the video. I just wanted more. Lol. I'll watch it again.
I think this lens very worst, it's just a gimmic concept lens seems cover the range from 50-400, but it's not usable when the focus are worst, I rather grab my 35-150 and 100-400 gm with me
Totally disagree. This is a fantastic lens for an intermediate or beginner with a budget. I would have killed for this lens when I was starting out. Not fair to compare to the other two which outclasses it for sure.
IQ not as good as hoped and therefore makes it well over priced , totally disappointed. Sigma 100-400 much better value and iq
It’s wired, nobody ever thinking compare this lens against to the sigma 60-600😂 50-400 should be consider as a travel lens I guess, so I don’t think it should compare with those lenses that start from 100, coz you can’t take a typical “travel portrait” with 100 focal length… think of the working distance, 100 people will pass by between u and your subject…
The f-Range is very bad compared to the 150-500
Its faster. ?
@@StefanMalloch check where the two lenses do their f-steps… the 150-500 keeps faster aperture way longer…
@@Chorge1972 But the 150-500 is also way bigger and heavier.