I took the new Tamron 18-300mm Di III-A VC VXD to Iceland!

[@stuartsilverman3797]

I’ve watched a bunch of reviews of the lens. Without saying a word about anything technical, your pictures told the whole story of the lens. Thank you!

[@davidakoubian3025]

Thank you for the kind words!

[@stuartsilverman3797]

Thank you for the video!

[@hkum7148]

Agree He direct demo the wording really nice and the people who know will know

[@CampervanTales]

I am so tempted to buy this lens for my A6400 to replace a variety of other lenses that I have that cover the range of this one lens

[@davidakoubian3025]

@CampervanTales I keep it attached to my a6600, especially when I am limited on lens size, but I need the versatility

[@neegraphynm4668]

Nice❤

[@jonstallingsphotography]

Gorgeous shots David. Sounds like the wind just made it more of an adventure. And great music choice.

[@davidakoubian3025]

Thanks, it was at times a challenge but still great!

[@gillyb44]

Thanks for sharing your amazing photos and thoughts on this lens. After much thinking I bought it for my Fuji X S10 and I am blown away with its versatility I can recommend the Fuji version version. Its now my go to lens for everyday walk around..

[@davidakoubian3025]

Thank you for the feedback on the Fuji mount.

[@MadCatMk254]

Fantastic shots! Thank you very much for putting this review together. Hands-on experiences truly are what matters at the end of the day.

[@davidakoubian3025]

Thank you! I agree, performance in the field is what is important.

[@DjimmyTrovy]

Seems like a pretty great combo. The shots are fire.

[@jntechreview]

Great vid! How did you handle low light shots at F6.3?

[@davidakoubian3025]

Slower shutter speeds or higher ISO. The a6600 is great with higher ISO.

[@jntechreview]

@@davidakoubian3025 Wow, seems like the a6600 has exceptional grain control for an APS-C system. Thanks for the reply

[@thesaint1517]

Hi David. Really enjoyed your video with comments and excellent pictures taken with this lens. I just came back from Colorado where I used the 6600 with the Sony 70-200 f4 and the A7iii with a Sony 24-105 f4. Captured some great landscape pics and some wildlife as well. Unfortunately, at 79 and back problems weight is crucial. I'm heading back to Colorado next month for Thanksgiving and Christmas and I have located a Tamron18-300 that I think it will help with the weight by taking it with the 6600 and leaving the rest of the gear back home. Also important is that it will give me that extra reach for wildlife of 150mm vs the Sony 70-200 on the 6600 body. I was on the fence but after putting it in writing, I think that my mind is made. Thanks for sharing!

[@davidakoubian3025]

I think it is a great choice. Keep me posted on your trip. Thank you.

[@gwenandersen]

Really appreciate you making this video. I just sent off four lenses to sell to buy this one - the two Fuji kit, the 18-135, and a mirrorless 300 mm. This lens has the same aperture, plus the weather resistance of the 18-135, plus the stabilization of the 18-135, but covers the entire distance. I bought the 18-135 to be my travel lens and tried to supplement with the Fuji XC 50-230, but this one lens will be so much better. AND my next trip will be to Iceland, so you can see why I greatly appreciate your essentially affirming my choice. Thank you.

[@davidakoubian3025]

You will really appreciate the versatility of this lens. Not having to change lenses in the Icelandic environment is great! I would love to see some images you capture there!

[@stanobert3475]

I am very impressed wirh this lens! Now that Tamron is starting to make lenses for the Nikon mirrorless system, I will be waiting for the release of this lens to use with my Nikon cropped sensor cameras, especially since the Tamron 18-300 lens has optical image stabilization.

[@TheAustinExperience]

Great video and some fantastic pictures. You've made my mind up to buy it.

[@davidakoubian3025]

Mine has made 2 trips to Iceland, one to Alaska, 2 to Wyoming and I still love it.

[@rubenndamian]

After a couple months of careful review, this video helped me make my decision

[@glennvanderbusse4137]

Hi David, Wow great photos and thanks for posting and have your photos been processed at all through editing programs. I still use my old Sony NEX 6 and am seriously looking at the Tamrom 18-300mm,the new cost here in NZ is $1250 and I have just spotted a second hand one for $950 with only 3 months warranty, just wondering if I should be concerned at buying 2nd hand so I would like to know if you have had any issues with the lens to this date. Cheers Glenn from NZ

[@davidakoubian3025]

Thanks Glenn. I do use Lightroom but very minimally. I guess the best thing to do would be test the lens to see if everything appears to be working properly.

[@hVF8KZuQPeCc8u]

Gorgeous photos! Thanks for this review. I am assessing the reviews of this lens for my Fuji X-T4. Seems like a great overall lens. Very nice that you would not need to changes lenses out in the field, this would cover it all.

[@davidakoubian3025]

Thanks! It made it really convenient and saved a lot of editing sensor spots!

[@grandegulo]

Great video. This is my dream lens, unfortunately it's beyond my budget. What was the music?

[@davidakoubian3025]

Western Ride

[@bondgabebond4907]

Great photos. Loved the ones with ice on the beach. I have more zooms than primes ranging from 10-18 to 200-600. That a6600 acted like a magnifier with its 1.5 crop making the 200-600 into a 300-900mm zoom. BTW, how is the minimum focusing with this Tamron. My Sigma 18-50 crop sensor lens for Sony blows me away with its close focusing capability.

[@davidakoubian3025]

The minimum focusing distance is about 2 feet.

[@INFOXlive]

Thank you for effort!

[@krisweyers6248]

I have nikon camera with their 18-300. It’s pretty much my only lens. Except for some macros. Very versatile!

[@davidakoubian3025]

Yes it is!

[@jimbuckley4986]

Your video made me feel more comfortable with this l we bd as I had ordered the Tamron 17-70 as my everything, but it was shipped to the wrong store and my local shop recommended this as being better based on conversations, a very new beginner and a6000 user. Thank you. Loved the ice shots

[@davidakoubian3025]

Thank you! It is a super lens!

[@timpace5625]

Love your work and your style of photography.

[@davidakoubian3025]

Thank you!

[@georgesmith3022]

Hi thanks for the review, with all these winds did you find any dust inside the lens? and can you show some pics at 100% zoom? all zoomed out cannot really tell the quality

[@davidakoubian3025]

I didn't find any dust in the lens. I will see if I can get a few 100% cropped images for viewing.

[@guest21984]

Wow, great photos. I love Iceland. What camera and settings did you use for the night shot at 08:53?

[@davidakoubian3025]

Thanks! The camera was the a6600, it should have been around 5 seconds, ISO 2500, and 18mm, f3.5 or f4.

[@guest21984]

@@davidakoubian3025Thanks for the quick reply :) I bought a second hand (low use) A6000 and a new Tamron 18-300mm. Great photo for f3.5. Everything I read suggests prime lenses for night photography and astronomy photography. Glad to see the 18-300 works well for night photos too.

[@Remmerboy]

Could have been fun to see how 2x clear image zoom would look like at 300mm. What was your shutterspeed and iso when you handheld?

[@davidakoubian3025]

Most of the time my ISO was 100, shutter speeds were typically 1/250th and slower.

[@peterstahlman1705]

Thanks for posting this David. I am really excited that Tamron can now produce Fuji compatible lenses. Looking forward to getting this one when it becomes available.

[@davidakoubian3025]

Thank you! I have only shot the Sony mount but have talked with several people who have the Fuji mount and they have said it is very fast focusing.

[@malcolmevans2304]

Stunning photography, great work and thank you for the review and helping my decision making process.

[@davidakoubian3025]

Thank you for the kind words.

[@narayanank585]

what will be its focal length on sony a6400??!

[@davidakoubian3025]

27-450mm

[@emperor3ds]

Hi David! Great video. I was wondering if you noticed any chromatic aberration using the lens?

[@davidakoubian3025]

Very, very little, and that was easily corrected in LR. I imagine once they add the lens profile in LR and PS, it will be eliminated completely.

[@emperor3ds]

@@davidakoubian3025 That's great news. Thank you for your reply!!

[@uthmanjimmy1377]

I have the Sony 70-350. Im looking to buy this lens to replace it as it has the extra wide angle range. I just don’t know if the Sony out performs the tamron at the telephoto end.

[@davidakoubian3025]

I haven't used the Sony so I'm probably not a good source for a comparison. Which body will you be using it with?

[@uthmanjimmy1377]

@@davidakoubian3025 Ill be using it with an a6500! The IBIS should work well with Tamron's Vibration control.

[@davidakoubian3025]

@@uthmanjimmy1377 definitely!

[@rosetwinz]

Traveling to Alaska, thank you for Northern Lights photo. That was my biggest question on this lens, plow light, start photography. What were your settings, how much post? You have a new sub!

[@davidakoubian3025]

Thanks! I'm in Alaska now actually! I'd have to look when I get back to be sure, but my settings were probably around 5 seconds, ISO 1600, wide open.

[@rosetwinz]

@@davidakoubian3025 Thank you! Are you still shooting with the lens? Your samples here were fantastic.

[@davidakoubian3025]

@@rosetwinz I do! I don't have it on this trip but wishing I did. I needed the space in the bag for the new 50-400mm and the 150-500mm to do some comparisons. Limited space on the bear flyouts restricted me.

[@rosetwinz]

@@davidakoubian3025 Cheers! Thanks for all the info, you have a loyal subscriber to be sure. Can't wait for the next content, especially from Alaska

[@davidakoubian3025]

@@rosetwinz thank you again!

[@notmainstream77]

thanks a lot ! I saw one pic of astro, is this lens okay or I better get the 28 200 on full frame for astro ? thanks

[@davidakoubian3025]

I like using full frame for astro, but this lens does do well.

[@notmainstream77]

@@davidakoubian3025 thank you !!

[@davidakoubian3025]

@@notmainstream77 you are welcome. Thank you.

[@denniskogan6324]

such a great pictures

[@davidakoubian3025]

Thanks!

[@sudhanblogs4597]

Awesome pictures❤️

[@davidakoubian3025]

Thank you!

[@bestiway]

Hey ! Do you think this lens is made for sports shooting?

[@davidakoubian3025]

Depends on the sport I guess, but I don't think I would use it for fast sports

[@bestiway]

@@davidakoubian3025 for basketball or football

[@davidakoubian3025]

@@bestiway you could but it would definitely need a higher ISO.

[@bestiway]

@@davidakoubian3025 I’ve got the fujifilm xs10 and xh2s I think it’s good, no ?

[@davidakoubian3025]

@@bestiway I've never used Fuji unfortunately

[@photoreviewed-com]

Nice review and unique photos, happy to share!

[@davidakoubian3025]

Thank you!