Tamron 70-200mm vs 24-70mm vs 18-400mm for Nikon F

The Tamron 70-200mm is a telephoto lens with large zoom range. This allows you to photography wild animals, for example. You can stay at a safe distance and zoom in on a deer in nature. If you take portraits, you can make realistic photos with this lens. A lens with a large zoom range has more compression. This prevents distortion and ensures all parts of a face look life size.

With the Tamron 24-70mm, you can discover a new city for an entire day. The shortest focal length of 24mm allows you to capture wide-angle photos, like landscapes or architecture. The zoom range makes it possible to capture objects up-close from afar. For example, you can take a photo of the details of an old bell tower. This makes the lens versatile in use, which makes it suitable for traveling too.

If you take both wide-angle and telephoto photos, the Tamron 18-400mm is a suitable lens. You can photograph nature with the 18mm focal length, like the mountains during your vacation. You can zoom in up to 400mm, so you can capture objects from afar. This is useful if you want to photograph birds flying, for example. The large zoom range is useful for taking photos of athletes too, like during a soccer game.

The Tamron 70-200mm has internal zoom. That's why the lens doesn't get larger when you zoom in. The center of gravity doesn't change, so the lens stays well balanced. Due to the weight of 1500g, it's difficult to photograph out of hand. If you use the maximum focal length, the images will get blurry soon if you use a heavy leans. That's why we recommend a tripod with this lens. The built-in tripod mount keeps the lens from tilting on your tripod.

At 11.1cm, the Tamron 24-70mm is the most compact lens of the 3 lenses. This lens easily fits into your camera bag. Due to the heavy weight of 905g, your hands start to cramp soon when you photograph out of hand. If you bring the lens during a day trip, you can't wear your camera around your neck all day. Put your camera in your backpack in between use to prevent neck complaints.

With the Tamron 18-400mm lens, you can take your camera with you on a day trip. Most lenses with a zoom range up to 400m are heavy, but this lens only weighs 705g. This makes it the lightest lens of all 3. During a day trip, you can just bring this lens and your body. That way, your total camera kit is lightweight. The lens is 12.1cm long. That's relatively small for a lens with a zoom range of 400mm

The Tamron 70-200mm is light-sensitive thanks to the large maximum aperture of f/2.8. This allows you to capture bright photos in low-light situations, like at dawn. The lens has a fixed aperture. When you zoom in, the light intensity doesn't change. Thanks to this, you can capture portraits with a soft background blur, even at the maximum focal length. Your objects will come free from the background as a result. The built-in image stabilization reduces movements when you take photos out of hand. As a result, you'll have sharp photos.

The Tamron 24-70mm has a fixed aperture of f/2.8 as well. Thanks to this, you can use it in low-light situations without problems. The lens has a fast, silent autofocus motor. If you photography a moving objects, the lens focuses right away. Thanks to this, your photos won't be blurry soon. The image stabilization reduces vibrations of the lens, like when you track an objects with the camera. The silent autofocus allows you to capture videos with this lens too. You won't hear the autofocus motor in the background of your recordings.

Just like the other lenses, the Tamron 18-400 has built-in image stabilization. That's especially useful when you zoom in a lot with the lens. If you photograph with a large focal length, you'll see the vibrations of your hand sooner. For example if you capture photos at 400mm. The image stabilization reduces these vibrations and ensures sharp photos. This lens has a variable aperture. When you zoom in, less light falls onto the lens. That's why it's less suitable for low-light situations.