Bird photography requires a quality, high-magnification lens and Tamron's 600-to-150mm Super-Zoom Lens fits the bill. This economically priced, award-winning lens provides high magnification that is tempered by vibration control (VC) that enables handheld photography with remarkable photo quality that provides even more versatility for birders who prefer not to use a tripod. This quality zoom lens also features fast autofocus (AF) and combines smart engineering with quality craftsmanship and durability.
This impressive Tamron Super-Zoom Lens is user-friendly at a level that provides beginners with the opportunity to use this lens too, and it can provide a significant affordable upgrade for many birders. Providing a high degree of performance in the field, it's much easier to follow birds in flight when you are not tied to a tripod, although it this lens is fitted with a hefty, dependable tripod mount. The close-focus distance is just 7 feet, so you can zoom close for near-macro photography, and zoom out for telephoto photos of birds positioned at a distance.
The versatile Tamron 600-to-150mm Super-Zoom Lens provides high-quality optics with 3 Low Dispersion (LD) lens elements that eliminate chromatic aberration, plus upgraded optical construction using 21 elements in 13 groups. Anti-reflection technologies including eBAND coating and BBAR coating are used to improve light transmission, so important when photographing in the telephoto range. Tamron is the premier camera lens manufacturer in the United States, and they provide more information about the Tamron 600-to-150mm Super-Zoom f5-to-f6.3 Lens at SP 150-600mm F/5-6.3 Di VC USD G2 (Model A022) | Lenses | TAMRON