If you’re into photography, I’m sure that after learning the basics and shooting with your kit lens, you’ve already invested in 1 or more lenses to fit the type of photography that you fancy.
Fact is, lenses are generally expensive with prices that range from P5,000 to over hundreds of thousands of pesos, making some of them even more expensive that camera bodies.
Over the years, like most photography enthusiasts, I’ve invested quite a lot on lenses to satisfy my creative needs. Since I love taking photos of food, I invested in a macro lens in order to take super close-up shots. I also have a 1.4 50mm prime for portraits and an 11-16mm ultra wide lens for landscapes and for shooting wide venues.
Nikon for life! =)
Despite having quite a roster of good lenses, I still feel “bitin” as I often find myself changing lenses in between shoots. Since my lenses are often prime, I couldn’t zoom in or shoot from long distances making my shots limited to only super marco and ultra wide. Also, 2 yrs ago, I even suffered from a wrist strain because of the heavy weight of my camera and lens.
Sometimes, I couldn’t help but ask, “Why can’t there be a lens that would have all the features I need?” Seriously! But of course, I thought, if there would be such a lens, it must be worth a fortune!
It was only recently when a fellow shutterbug friend introduced me to the Tamron 16-300mm f/3.5-6.3 All-in-one lens with macro capability. The most ideal consumer lens in the market today. At first of course, I couldn’t believe it, but later on I finally gave in, after realizing that it did possess everything I needed in a lens…
It can shoot wide landscapes at 16mm 
16mm at Discovery Shores Boracay
It can zoom to a max of 300mm 
at 300mm
It has macro capability making it perfect for my food shoots
at Sands Restaurant, Discovery Shores Boracay
It has Vibration Compensation which provides optical image stabilization that reduces camera shake at slow shutter speeds and longer focal lengths
sharp and stable even at over 200mm
Light weight at only .5kg
Ok, so this means that now I have one powerful lens that’s equivalent to having a telephoto, wide and macro! WOW!
I’ve been using it for about 2 months now and I’m super impressed that I just had to share it to the world! Allow me to show you my most recent shots using the Tamron 16-300mm!
I really miss shooting with a telephoto lens. Now with my Tamron 16-300mm, I’m able to take photos from a distance without being noticed (paparazzi lang ang peg). Aside from food, I also love taking photos of animals and now, I can easily take shots of animals without disturbing them! Take a look….
Huli ka birdie! hihihihi
I was able to take a photo of this white tiger without being attacked! phew!
I bet this bat hardly noticed me! And even at 300mm, my shots remained sharp with minimal shake. I love it!
spotted cute panda
this Capuchin monkey was also super clueless I was there
I was a few meters away, waiting for a good angle then all of a sudden this cute baby orangutan gave me a glance! Awww so cute!
With my Tamron 16-300mm, I’ll never get to miss anymore moments! Hoooray!
The Cons: Every product of course has its pros and cons and for this, the only downside is that, it isn’t ideal during low light scenarios since the biggest aperture opening is only F 3.5 unlike the ones with f/2.8 which most pros use. So if you plan to use this at night, be sure to have an external flash and/or tripod. Anyways, I still think this is a great all around lens to have for all types of shoots.
So now, the big question is…. HOW MUCH IS IT?
Before I reveal to you the price, let me tell you how much I invested in the past…
Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8f lens: P30,000
Sigma 50mm macro f/2.8 P15,500
Nikkor 50mm f/1.4: P13,000
Nikkor 50mm f/1.8: P5,300
TOTAL: P63,800
As you can see, I’ve already invested over P60k which still doesn’t include a telephoto lens (which costs at least 20K ++) but with the Tamron 16-300mm f/3.5-6.3 All-in-one lens with macro capability, you only have to invest P29,750! Only half the price of the sum of over 4 lenses! Worth it pag-ipunan! I’m super happy with it and use it all the time! So happy I finally found my dream lens!
So if you’re looking for an all-around consumer lens that can shoot wide, telephoto and macro without breaking the bank, I highly recommend you get the Tamron 16-300mm f/3.5-6.3 All-in-one lens with macro capability – The one lens to rule them all!
Here’s where you can purchase:
- All CameraHaus Branches Nationwide
- All Henry’s Professional Branches Nationwide
- M20 Enterprises (Hidalgo, Quiapo)
- Mayers Photo (Hidalgo, Quiapo)
- Orbit Photographic (Hidalgo, Quiapo)
- Selected Photoline branches Nationwide
- ShutterMaster Pro (Quezon City)
- Selected PerfectShot branches
- Selected iClick branches nationwide
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ALL photos Taken using NIKON D7000 with Tamron 16-300mm and Nikon J1 AW1
Special Thanks to Nikon Philippines
Okay to ah. Pwedeng pang event. Sobrang All-in-One. I was thinking of buying pa naman ng all-in-one lens, although at the moment I’m getting the shots I wanted from the 24-70mm of canon and a prime of Nikon. Pero If this is really that flexible isang camera na lang ako per event… MAS MAGAAN dalhin Nice post Ms. Mae! Kaya lang the widest is at f3.5? saka how fast is the lens?
Good article and nice all-around lens but it’s worth noting that everything in photography is a compromise and this lens is no different. It may very well be the “one lens you need,” until you realize it doesn’t do macro quite as close, it’s essentially unusable (in my humble opinion) in low light, the background isn’t as blurred as hoped, 11mm is significantly wider than 16mm, etc. By then it’s just another lens in your collection that you’ll use when you need the convenience and are willing to compromise image quality (less sharp and presence of purple fringing and distortion). On the plus side, the build quality of this lens is nice. Alternatively, you could get a fixed-lens camera that has a comparable zoom range. I’m not saying this is a dud as it’s actually interesting, but there are options and this is most likely not the only lens you’ll ever need so buyers beware.
For a consumer, that’s good enough out in the open, but for some advanced amateurs we will need the addtional f-stops for low light, all of your shots are in broad daylight. Give us a comparison between your former lenses; Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8f, Sigma 50mm macro f/2.8, Nikkor 50mm f/1.4, Nikkor 50mm f/1.8 and this tamron 16-300 f3.5-6.3 at night or at low light. I would rather get a tamron 70-200 f2.8 and a tamron 17-50 f2.8 even if it costs much than this.
It’s all around consumer lens……
“Here’s the One Lens You’ll Ever Need!”
If you really are into photography… you’ll know how important aperture is. f/3.5-6.3 16-300 is an all around lens, YES! but you will get rid of it as you get better (It might be good for travelling if you’re too lazy to switch lens.) I would rather invest my 30k on a second hand 70-200 2.8 Sigma/Tamron and a 17-50 2.8. I used to own an 18-200 tamron when I was new in photography but as time goes by I don’t enjoy it much since the aperture changes when zooming in and it performs poorly on low light situation. So I sold it. The thing about 2.8 lens is you can use it proffesionally as well. So for me, its not really the lens you’ll ever need.