Sony A7II and Tamron 150-600mm in Antarctica

February 18, 2015 ·

Michael Reichmann

Sony and Tamron Hit One Out of The Park
Sony A7II with Tamron 150-600mm. 1/1000 @ F/11 @ ISO 800 @ 600mm

When asked what lenses to bring on an Antarctic photographic expedition I usually quip ,"Everything from 16mm to 500mm". The reason being that one can be shooting whales or landscape from the deck of the ship one moment, and later that day be hiking on a snow field with penguins and want something really wide to tell the story better.

Tamron introduced their 150-500mm lens in early 2014 to a great deal of consumer interest. Kevin purchased one in Nikon mount and used it on his Arctic workshop in Svalbard in the summer of '14 and reported that the lenses was really quite excellent, and a tremendous value for the money. At about US $1,000 it falls within the budget of many photographers seeking a versatile long-reach lens.

The lens is available in Nikon, Canon and Sony A mount. For reasons which I do...

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Michael Reichmann is the founder of the Luminous Landscape. Michael passed away in May 2016. Since its inception in 1999 LuLa has become the world's largest site devoted to the art, craft, and technology of photography. Each month more than one million people from every country on the globe visit LuLa.