The Best All-in-one Zoom ? Tamron 28-200mm f/2.8-5.6 vs Sony 24-240mm f/3.5-6.3 

Thank you, Richard. I exchanged a Sigma 24-70mm for a Tamron 28-200 but I also bought a Samyang/Rokinon 18mm f/2.8 to complement the Tamron for travel, hiking and short backpacking trips. Thanks for your suggestion, Richard, to add a small, light wide-angle prime lens to the Tamron 28-200 to make a very nice travel and hiking kit.

Thank you Richard; you covered everything I can imagine really well; for me just the right depth and pace🙂.

I really like your review style. Some would say that lenses are about more than numbers. But you are showing real results, not just numbers. That's exactly what I want from a lens review. And I agree with your conclusion: The Tamron is the clear winner here.

This is absolutely an outstanding professional review. Great work!

As the sony 24-240 image quality is just so and so, the tamron 28-200 image quality is no doubt better than the sony. I would like to see a comparison of the tamron 28-200 with the sony 24-105,. And I actually look forward to see the tamron 24-105 lens next since its 28-200 seem quite successfull, i think 24-105 is more desirable.

Excellent review, Richard. Very thorough, concise and clear. Thank you.

Thank you, very good, thorough comparison. No wonder the Tamron is so widely recommended.

Excellent review with clear comparisons between the lenses. I have pre-ordered the Tamron. Thanks for the review.

This is the first video I have seen of you and I was really impressed, you covered everything I would have wanted to know and shared by thoughts on their importance. Thanks for your hard work, you just earned yourself one more subscriber!

Chart showing focal lengths with maximum apertures was great ! Nicely done.

Thanks, any doubts have been resolved.

The only truly fair comparison would be with two 10x zooms starting at 24mm. The compromises made to acheive 10x starting at 24mm are massive. The Sony outperforms the Nikon and Canon 10x FF zooms, even with them starting at 28mm. The 24-240 does fine for personal use on a 24mp body. I use it at air shows where I want video of planes in flight, while shooting shooting stills at the wide end on the ramp. With the crowds, lens changes aren't a good idea. I might us two bodies next time with a 400mm and the 24-105G.

Thanks Richard.I was wondering when we'd get a review of the optical quality of this lens. Looks about as good as you could hope for in this category.

ive been using the tamron 28-200 for a yea and i rarely ever take it off my camera, it just does everything its amazing.

very surprised that the IBIS at 1/20 didn't hurt the Tamron much at all. Thanks.

Excellent review as always Richard! Covered everything I could imagine. I was wondering if you had a Panasonic 14-140 II lying around to compare with this lens. Are the m43 super zooms any better optically, or is it a wash now?

I want to get a Tamron 70-180mm f2.8 second hand, I bet it will give me a lot versatility since I own a 6100 II with 16-50mm kit lens

I can't wait to travel with the Tammy 17-28mm + 28-200mm. Great travel combo! I might bring my tiny Samyang 45mm f/1.8 just incase I need it for super low light/bokeh. Thanks for the review! Excellent video.

Good review! Straight forward with the info most people are looking for 👍

Such a good review. I clicked on it on a whim after watching a few already. You're the only one who compared max aperture throughout the range!

Thank you, Richard. This morning I thought I needed to buy a travel zoom at last. First I thought of a Sony 24-240 lens, but a couple of hours later I found out about the new Tamron lens. And in the evening I came across your review. You definitely cover everything I wanted to know. What a happy day!

Excellent and very informative review. Thank you!

Very interesting and helpful as well! I followed your recommendation and bought the Tamron. That was a good decision. Thank you!!! A small point of criticism: The textbars below are unfortunately a bit annoying, they obscure parts of the image. 😊

Great video as always! Keep up the great content!

Thanks for the great comparison review again... In addition to the tamron 28-200 i have the samyang's 18mm 2.8 and 75mm 1.8 for travel all ready for when i can travel again ^__^

Thanks Richard, you always make good tests and present the results well.

Thanks Richard for the helpful review. How would you compare IQ of Tamron 28-200 vs the Sony 24-105 G? I have an A7Riv with 200-600 and 16-35GM, and debating between the two. I am wondering if potential extra sharpness of 24-105 is > extra FL of Tamron to fill 105-200 gap. What do you think?

Thanks for the video, very good content and very informative!

Love the videography and detailed direct comparison! I'm debating whether or not to sell my 24-240...

I really want to get my hands on the tamron, i've been looking for a good priced telephoto for my a7r2 and I think I found it.

Oh yeah, this is my next lens, I was walking around Western Springs yesterday shooting with my Viltrox 85 f1.8, loving the bokeh I'm getting from having a Full Frame camera. While walking around I can't help thinking "Wish I bought my Olympus 12-100 f4 along with me" So yeah as you can see, I'm on the look out for a similar lens to the olympus & this Tamron looks just like the one!

Thanks for thorough comparison !

Thankyou Sir.. that's a really detailed video. very helpful.

Excellent Review. I really liked the unique aperture curve, with excellent image examples. I pair this lens with a 16-35 Gam and like it a lot.

Great review, thank you. This lens is fighting in my head with the Tamron 70-180. I like the variety of the 28-200 but I hear the 70-180 is sharper. I also know Sigma will probably drop something similar in the near future. Patience is hard.

Richard - Great review, especially the IS, zoom noise and sharpness. Well, just all aspects, really. Keep up the good work! +1 Sub

Thank you, my mind is fully made up now

Great review, thank you sir!

thanks for your time, nice review

Great review, congratulations and thank you! I just sold my Nikon DSLR D7500 and I am deciding about buying an a7 III or a7 IV, and about the lenses, with the Nikon the lenses that I most used when traveling was a Nikkor AF-S DX 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6g Ed Vr II and a NIKKOR AF-P DX 10-20mm f/4.5-5.6G VR... I am an enthusiast and that lenses worked pretty well for my needs (travel, landscape, street, hiking, light backpacking photos). My question is for my all around lens, if I buy a Tamron 28-200mm, or a Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8 / Sony 24-70mm f/2.8, and to complement the kit, what wide-angle do you suggest? Thanks in advance!

Great review man, thanks!

how about zoom ring? Sony 24-240mm zoom ring is not smooth. It s very bad for video.

Your reviews are great. I appreciate that English is not your native language but you put successful effort into getting the information across.

Tamron beat the Sony by far .😂 better image quality , better F stop mean better performance at low light , a lot lighter weight easy for traveling . For normal shooting 28mm f 2.8 as prime lens is good enough for most peoples . As usual Richard give an exception review . ❤

Thank you, great review.

Thank you! Great comparison.

Great comparison!

Thank you so much for this in-depth review! Really great info and straight forward review. Would love your thoughts: this lens and a really good prime for portraits or the tamron 70-180 and 28-75?

Great information. I just rented the Tamron to give it a try. A lot of trade-offs for sure, but a really great lens.

Great review. Didn't expect the Tamron to be that much better ;)

Great and thorough comparison!

Thank you Richard! Could you make a comparation of 28-200 with 70-180? Could it be a replacement for the 70-180 at closed apertures for landscapes? Thanks

You made a mistake, the tamron also has a max magnification on the long end 1:3.8 from what I recall

Thank you Richard for this great and complete review ! Given the MTF charts, looks this lens is even able to match the sharpness of the Sony 24-105 G, with curves even more homogen. Can it be true ?

I have the 28-75 and the 17-28. For video alone, would this lenses be worth getting? Looking like a good lenses to keep in my bag for traveling

I think 28-200 is definitely better than 24-240 overall. The choice gets more difficult between this and 24-105G.

Thank you for the info man... If you got the chance to compare with 70-300mm would a blast. Cheers

kia ora - thanks for the great review.

very professional review

Great review ❤

I am using Tamron 18-400mm for Canon DSLR, however, it doesn't get well focus on a subject if I enlarge the picture. I think focus issues are being with Tamron. But this one is newest version and for Sony. Do you have any kind of issues for focusing??

Nice comparison video. Please make one for the for the 28-200mm vs the Sony 24-105mm.

Thanks for the review, very helpful - I am thinking of swapping my 28-75 for this - I think the extra focal length will be more useful to me than a constant f2.8.

Great review thanks.

I have both of these lenses, other than OSS, Tamron beats Sony hands down.

nice review as always

Please test with nikon z 24-200!

Best video on this topic!

Great review. Subscribed.

Would that be considered like a zoom kit lens??

Verry helpfull video - sehr gut, Danke!

Thank you Richard; very good test. Can you give some results at 50mm and 100mm?

how would this compare with the tamron 28-75? debating between the two for family & travel purposes

Hi i want to ask tamron 28-200 without stabilization, will affect the imaging?

Richard…I have an older A7. Which one do you recommend as I don’t have stabilization?

how about a comparison between the tamron on an a7iii vs the sony 18-135 on a a6600 camera. thanks. nice review.

Hi Richard, would you recomend the Tamron 28-200 for an a6400?

In my Sony Alpha 7 II ,don`t work with AF EYE.Its Normal?

Hope you can review the new 24-200mm Nikon Z lens. Thanks.

How about 30~90/f2 for MFT

The Sony 24-240 mm is a 5-year-old lens!! That's probably a 6year lens with R&D, that lens is really worth $500 not $950 given its age even if it's new. I still don't know why people don't factor these things lol. I would go with tamron 28-200 its like fresh new tires instead of an old hag keep it 100

nice video bro

Awesome

Comparing apples to oranges. A 10x vs a 7x zoom isn't a fair comparison. pixal peepers don't use super zooms. Neither is great and can be easily surpassed be any decent 70-200.

The flare seems pretty bad with Sony... This is turn-off for me.

The sony seems to be not sharp at all, not a good buy to me

Tamton has no stabilisation