This isn’t a light lens, but it is fairly easy to handheld, and I suspect it will be used that way by a lot of photographers. Handholding the 150-600 G2 is a piece of cake compared to the Sigma Sport as the Sport is a very front heavy lens that makes supporting the big front element (which ends up pretty far from your body at 600mm) quite a challenge (and I’m fit!) The bad news isn’t really so bad here.

A friend who owns the A011 handled the G2 and asked if it was lighter, so that tells you that the weight gain definitely isn’t very noticeable. The 150-600 G2 significantly undercuts the weight of the 6.3lb/2860g Sigma Sport. The reality is that this isn’t really enough of a weight gain for me to notice when switching from one to the other. The A011 (First Generation lens) weighed in at 4.3lb/1950g, while the new version weighs 4.42lb/2010g. Prefer to watch your reviews? Check out Parts 1 and 2 of my review below:īest to get the bad news out of the way: the 150-600 G2 has put on a little bit of weight. We’re going to discover whether or not the 150-600 G2 is a worthy upgrade. Can the Tamron SP 150-600mm f/5-6.3 Di VC USD G2 deliver on its spec list promise? I got my hands on both a first and second generation 150-600 VC and put them to the test. It addresses a number of the handling issues of the first lens and promises on paper to improve pretty much everything about the first lens.

The G2 gives the lens the beautiful new SP design language including a better build and weather sealing. Tamron caught my attention when they announced a G2 (2 nd Generation) version of the lens. The lens wasn’t without faults, but even when later competitors were released from Sigma, Nikon, and Canon it demonstrated that it could hold its own. Never before had the market seen such incredible reach (up to 600mm on a full frame DSLR) in such an affordable, well executed package. The first generation of Tamron’s affordable supertelephoto zoom took the world by storm when it was released less than three years ago.

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