ohh please share your final decision. im more to landscape (on budget) and last year just bought tamron 70-180 F2.8 for landscape mostly and some street. Sometimes shoot sunrise / sunset / moon rise / moonset but the focal length not enough.

Im also considering the the sony 200-600 vs tamron 50-400

edit : tamron 70-180 is my first telephoto lens. and definitely got addicted to the power of compression.

This post has been edited by Joe1997: Sep 20 2022, 09:47 PM

I have 85mm f1.4 lens, it can convert to slight macro lens with adapter or other method, though. I can dismiss that Tamron macro capacity for sure. Just keep changing lens can be annoying sometime.

Hello there. If 1:2 macro is not your liking, go for the Sony 200-600mm, Facebook marketplace got used 200-600mm for around RM5.6~6k, new about RM6.8~7k.

1:2 macro is sometime good, when nothing to shoot in that spot, can find any tiny or small subjects, so you able to shoot those subjects with Tamron.

Sony 200-600mm got better autofocus, 1.4x or 2x teleconverter, better weather sealing, etc. Tamron is external zoom lens, Sony internal zoom, internal zoom can probably last a lot longer. When raining, external zoom is really suck.
Tamron external zoom, from review, not so balance and front heavy with Sony camera. Tamron released on 22 September, $1299, RM6k+ here already. So, add extra RM500 first party lens Sony better.

thanks !

i have 400mm 2.8, with 2x extender it becomes 800mm f5.6. photo a bit soft if you're pixel peeping.