I compared my Sony 24-105mm f4 and Tamron 70-180mm f2.8 lenses at 105mm f4 at ISO 80 shutter speed 1/250 s on my Sony a7 IV photos at 400% zoom in very small print photographed at 5 meters. My conclusions: Tamron has more contrast and brighter colors, but Sony seems to be a little bit sharper. I also noticed that video mode stabilization is much better on lenses with optical stabilization (Sony - my respect!).
Good job, Oma! Glad that I don't have to lust after the Sony 24-105 f.4! I am really impressed with my copy of the Tamron 28-200 lens and will be taking it along with my Tamron 17-28 f2.8 lens and a small fast standard prime on my A7C when I go travelling again. Can't wait to try that combo out but suspect it will be a game changer in the weight department.
Great review Oma. I owned the 24-105 but sold it to go with all Tamron lenses. I have shot with the 28-200 but do not own it. It is the ideal lens to pair with my Tamron 17-28. I am debating to get it or not. Like you, I have other lenses and I have to let some of them go but which one?
The Sony 24-105 is a nice lens but needs an update (lighter, smaller, sharper), imo. I own the Tamron but I also often use my Sony 16-55 F2.8 G on my A7rIV as a walk around lens, whe 85 mm and 26 MP are enough.. 😁 It's really very good optically throughout the zoom- and aperture range and AF is super quick.. Also, it's the smalles and lghtest of the bunch..
I own both these lenses, and I primarily shoot landscape and architecture. I find significantly more CA, especially lateral purple fringing, on the Tamron than on the Sony. Removing CA using the Profile setting in Lightroom does nothing. It is so bad that it is often not repairable Manually in Lightroom. The Sony lens is also significantly sharper in the corners at both 28 and 105mm. I am wondering if I have a bad copy of the Tamron lens. Time to find out how good Tamron Customer Support is.
@@PicsfromRick in some circumstances the Tamron does exhibit significant blue and purple fringing. Especially on high contrast borders with complimentary colors. Orange autumn leaves on a blue sky background. I have not contacted Tamron on this issue, as I just have not had time. In the meantime, I just try and avoid the situations and it is typically correctable when colors are not very far apart. Green leaves on a blue sky, for instance. Don’t get me wrong. The Tamron 28-200 is a very good lens and I use it often. I just acquired a 20-70 and 70-200 f4 macro G OSS II, and I will likely be using that combination. I will be selling the 24-105 because it is redundant, and keeping the 28-200 as my single lens travel solution.
I can confirm that CA is a bit of a problem on the Tamron. But i guess that is a trade off considering its price tag, weight and overall sharpness. Another thing i get a bit more then with my prime lenses is flare.. but maybe i dont use the sun cover (i dont know the correct english word) enough. But all in all.. i really love this lens. I use it 90% of the time. It is really fun to travel with it. The other 10% i use a 35F1.8 for low light sitzations. Even my very lovely 75F1.8 i dont use that much anymore.. since a 200mmF5.6 portrait shot is even more eye pleasing in my opinion.
@@peterbernhard6087 I also use the lens a lot, especially for travel and hiking. Despite its flaws it has very good image quality, and the focal range is just convenient! I have gotten some excellent images from it. That said, I carry the Sony 20-70 F4 G, and the Sony 70-200 F4 MACRO GII pair in a 7L shoulder bag, a lot more these days.
I have the same CA issue with my copy of Tamron 28-200. The lateral purple fringing is especially severe at 28mm wide open. It gets improved from 35mm and longer.
Great Video 👍 I use the 24105f4 and the 1635f4 for traveling and visiting towns and villages. This combination works great! The tamron looks very nice, too, and so i think it will be a good budget lens for traveling.
If you need focus stacking, consider getting a Nikon Z camera, with a Techart adapter, you get automatic focus stacking even with your Sony E mount lenses. The Tamron 28-200mm f/2.8-5.6 is compatible on my Z5, and the outcome is very satisfying. I use the 28-200 on my a9 as a walk-around combo, and with Life+Guard stickers, and I don't need to worry about scratches.
Travelvideo with Sony Alpha 7S III -> i sold my tamron 28 - 200 and switched to the sony 24 - 105, because i dont want to carry a gimbal with me. I hope the OSS of the Lens makes THE difference. With the tamron i got so shaky footage handheld and i remember it wasnt that shaky with my old sony 24 - 230 with OSS. Fingers crossed. Lens will arrive on thursday
@@Nader.subaih hey, in short -> the stabilized lens is better than the one without, but has its limits. If you walk like an Ninja, you can get some good footage. Maybe filming in a moving car/boat -> you have to choose the second, where the footage is not shaky and all stabilizers work together (this would not a whole second without a stab lens)... Its hard to tell -> Im not 100% happy with the results, but a big gimbal was a No-Go. I think its up to your editing skills -> Choose the right sections to make it look good. The zoomrange was perfect. The f/4 on daytime was fine. At night (chinatown bangkok eG) it was okay, but have to push the ISO hard -> most of the time i used my 50mm and 24mm 1.8 at lowlight (which i had to carry around....) Nice bokeh on closeups. All around picturequality is great for a "travellens" Everything is a compromise... DO PHOTOS -> ITS MUCH EASIER 😂
@Raphi86 thanks a lot. Like you said it's all a compromise. I don't know why they dont put OSS in standard zoom lenses. For canon they do. Thanks again
@@Nader.subaih for the future, i think i would choose a dji pocket 3 (!?) and a sony aps-c with 50mm + 120mm Combination. The footage with a fixed focal lenght can be stabilized in post via Gyrodata from the cam.
Very nice video and comparison. The only point I miss is Autofocus speed and quality. There are firmware updates of the new Tamron lenses all related to Autofocus. I will get Tamron 28-200 next week and I already have 24-105 Sony lens so I am very curious if I have same result as you and wich lens I will keep.
Hi Oma, thanks for the comparison. Since the two lenses are so similar in performance, I guess I would consider Tamron for its longer reach. By the way, have you tried the Tamron on a Sony aps-c camera? Does it work? Any tradeoff?
If you want a great easy to carry lens? The best walk about lens is the Sony FE 24-105mm f4 OSS. You get 24mm on the short end and, & 105mm on the long end. You can buy excellent used ones for about $675.00! (why buy new?) And you get OSS on top of that. And don't believe the hype with the Tamron's, the 28-75 & 28-200mm. Over priced plastic. Had them both, sold them as fast as I bought them. Yah the Tamron 28-75mm is a bit better than the Sony kit 28-70mm. But not $800.00 dollars better. The Tamron 28-200mm is trash, I've never experienced color fringing so bad. I took a picture of the mountains with the Tamron 28-200mm, zoomed in to 200mm, the clouds were alone the middle half down, it had a blue ban between the clouds and the mountain across the hold frame! If you want great colors, great resolution, the Sony FE 24-105mm f4 OSS is it. And like I said, you can pick them up for alot less that Tamron new... Great video btw.
Thank you so much for sharing this. Really appreciate it. Iv e eve heard of this issue, but that's why researching and reading comments is a good idea. Somone should show this issue. Not seen anyone review these with this in mind yet. I guess Sony it is then. And second hand in Norway its not that much pricier, nor is it new. So I suspect this might be th Helens I go for.
I'm pretty confused between Sony & Tamron I am into travel photography landscapes and street please suggest me between sony and tamron also which range should I consider and I will be photographing in low lights due to UAE 🇦🇪 whether conditions 24mm to 70mm OR 28mm to 200mm Sony OR Tamron
@@ZaybRazai am on same boat with you. Considering Sony 20 70 f4. But price is too high. Sony 24 105 is liitle cheaper with OSS but an old lens. Newer lens supposed to have better optical quality in long run. Even after zoom lens i need prime for family indoor event or outside low light situation
This is absolutely incomparable lenses. This Tamron is not for travel, but for portraits. It is huge, heavy and doesn’t have wide angle. But it has super wide aperture.
To my eyes the only image that the Sony was marginally sharper was the 105mm vs 90mm f4/4.5 test shot. The Tamron was sharper for the rest. Viewed on a 65 inch Samsung Q9fn monitor. Both great lenses. Thanks for posting the comparison,
The 24-240 is the textbook example of why super zooms have a bad reputation. It's basically "meh" across the board and can only beat the tamron and Sony at 201-240 mm.
I see them for just a bit more on the second hand market in Norway. So pretty close. Is see retail price is also just 2000nok more, 10.000 vs 12.000 to 13.000. How is that double price? Maybe you looked at GM lens? But then that's a different range. Maybe you looked at the 24-70 GM II lens.
3:52 You are a liar! Your schedule is wrong and misleading. In reality, it looks like this: 28mm - 2.8, 32mm - 3.2, 45mm - 3.5, 53mm - 4.0, 77mm - 4.5, 117mm - 5.0, 140mm - 5.6.
🔴 Tamron 28-200mm f2.8-5.6 -- Amz ➭ geni.us/tm282 | eBay ➭ ebay.us/si8Cnt
🔴 Sony 24-105mm f4 -- Amz ➭ geni.us/NoW2ukE | eBay ➭ ebay.us/OsDbeQ
I compared my Sony 24-105mm f4 and Tamron 70-180mm f2.8 lenses at 105mm f4 at ISO 80 shutter speed 1/250 s on my Sony a7 IV photos at 400% zoom in very small print photographed at 5 meters. My conclusions: Tamron has more contrast and brighter colors, but Sony seems to be a little bit sharper.
I also noticed that video mode stabilization is much better on lenses with optical stabilization (Sony - my respect!).
The colors look better on the Sony in most of those photos. The blacks look much blacker on the test charts.
Good job, Oma! Glad that I don't have to lust after the Sony 24-105 f.4! I am really impressed with my copy of the Tamron 28-200 lens and will be taking it along with my Tamron 17-28 f2.8 lens and a small fast standard prime on my A7C when I go travelling again. Can't wait to try that combo out but suspect it will be a game changer in the weight department.
Exactly, it is a great combo with Tamron 17-28 f2.8
You got covered from wide to deep telephoto. and both lenses weight is about 1 kg
Sigh... I don't *want* to like a third party 28-200mm lens, because I'm a *serious* photographer. I mean hobbyist. But this Tamron is so good...
Why are the test board shots shot at different focal length?
It says 105on Sony and 99 on Tamron. Also why does the tamrom say E not FE? 🤔
Great review Oma. I owned the 24-105 but sold it to go with all Tamron lenses. I have shot with the 28-200 but do not own it. It is the ideal lens to pair with my Tamron 17-28. I am debating to get it or not. Like you, I have other lenses and I have to let some of them go but which one?
Why does the tamron looks more stable handheld
The Sony 24-105 is a nice lens but needs an update (lighter, smaller, sharper), imo. I own the Tamron but I also often use my Sony 16-55 F2.8 G on my A7rIV as a walk around lens, whe 85 mm and 26 MP are enough.. 😁 It's really very good optically throughout the zoom- and aperture range and AF is super quick.. Also, it's the smalles and lghtest of the bunch..
어떤 렌즈 살지 고민했는데 24 105g로 선택했습니다 감사합니다
I own both these lenses, and I primarily shoot landscape and architecture. I find significantly more CA, especially lateral purple fringing, on the Tamron than on the Sony. Removing CA using the Profile setting in Lightroom does nothing. It is so bad that it is often not repairable Manually in Lightroom. The Sony lens is also significantly sharper in the corners at both 28 and 105mm. I am wondering if I have a bad copy of the Tamron lens. Time to find out how good Tamron Customer Support is.
Can you update on this?
@@PicsfromRick in some circumstances the Tamron does exhibit significant blue and purple fringing. Especially on high contrast borders with complimentary colors. Orange autumn leaves on a blue sky background. I have not contacted Tamron on this issue, as I just have not had time. In the meantime, I just try and avoid the situations and it is typically correctable when colors are not very far apart. Green leaves on a blue sky, for instance. Don’t get me wrong. The Tamron 28-200 is a very good lens and I use it often. I just acquired a 20-70 and 70-200 f4 macro G OSS II, and I will likely be using that combination. I will be selling the 24-105 because it is redundant, and keeping the 28-200 as my single lens travel solution.
I can confirm that CA is a bit of a problem on the Tamron. But i guess that is a trade off considering its price tag, weight and overall sharpness. Another thing i get a bit more then with my prime lenses is flare.. but maybe i dont use the sun cover (i dont know the correct english word) enough.
But all in all.. i really love this lens. I use it 90% of the time. It is really fun to travel with it. The other 10% i use a 35F1.8 for low light sitzations. Even my very lovely 75F1.8 i dont use that much anymore.. since a 200mmF5.6 portrait shot is even more eye pleasing in my opinion.
@@peterbernhard6087 I also use the lens a lot, especially for travel and hiking. Despite its flaws it has very good image quality, and the focal range is just convenient! I have gotten some excellent images from it. That said, I carry the Sony 20-70 F4 G, and the Sony 70-200 F4 MACRO GII pair in a 7L shoulder bag, a lot more these days.
I have the same CA issue with my copy of Tamron 28-200. The lateral purple fringing is especially severe at 28mm wide open. It gets improved from 35mm and longer.
Great Video 👍 I use the 24105f4 and the 1635f4 for traveling and visiting towns and villages. This combination works great! The tamron looks very nice, too, and so i think it will be a good budget lens for traveling.
Exactly. Wide lenses are great for landscapes.
Thanks Oma, very helpful comparison and review. Much appreciated!
Glad it was helpful!
If you need focus stacking, consider getting a Nikon Z camera, with a Techart adapter, you get automatic focus stacking even with your Sony E mount lenses. The Tamron 28-200mm f/2.8-5.6 is compatible on my Z5, and the outcome is very satisfying.
I use the 28-200 on my a9 as a walk-around combo, and with Life+Guard stickers, and I don't need to worry about scratches.
Thanks for sharing that Shang
Which Life+Guard sticker did you use?
@@darrenhaken I mainly use PTBK and BRBK
For Nikon Z you have 24 200. Which is probably the best travel lens at this point.
@@mickue It's one stop slower than the Tamron in almost all focal length. But I do like having the 24mm at the wide end.
Do you have a recipe for the bread / cake at 5:43 ? :)
Travelvideo with Sony Alpha 7S III -> i sold my tamron 28 - 200 and switched to the sony 24 - 105, because i dont want to carry a gimbal with me. I hope the OSS of the Lens makes THE difference. With the tamron i got so shaky footage handheld and i remember it wasnt that shaky with my old sony 24 - 230 with OSS. Fingers crossed. Lens will arrive on thursday
hey, would you kindly share an update ?
@@Nader.subaih hey, in short -> the stabilized lens is better than the one without, but has its limits. If you walk like an Ninja, you can get some good footage. Maybe filming in a moving car/boat -> you have to choose the second, where the footage is not shaky and all stabilizers work together (this would not a whole second without a stab lens)... Its hard to tell -> Im not 100% happy with the results, but a big gimbal was a No-Go. I think its up to your editing skills -> Choose the right sections to make it look good.
The zoomrange was perfect.
The f/4 on daytime was fine. At night (chinatown bangkok eG) it was okay, but have to push the ISO hard -> most of the time i used my 50mm and 24mm 1.8 at lowlight (which i had to carry around....)
Nice bokeh on closeups. All around picturequality is great for a "travellens"
Everything is a compromise... DO PHOTOS -> ITS MUCH EASIER 😂
@Raphi86 thanks a lot. Like you said it's all a compromise. I don't know why they dont put OSS in standard zoom lenses. For canon they do. Thanks again
@@Nader.subaih for the future, i think i would choose a dji pocket 3 (!?) and a sony aps-c with 50mm + 120mm Combination. The footage with a fixed focal lenght can be stabilized in post via Gyrodata from the cam.
Thats actually true, Sony Native lenses are stabilised better with IBIS then tamron or Sigma.
Very nice video and comparison. The only point I miss is Autofocus speed and quality. There are firmware updates of the new Tamron lenses all related to Autofocus. I will get Tamron 28-200 next week and I already have 24-105 Sony lens so I am very curious if I have same result as you and wich lens I will keep.
Hi, Roland. Wich of both lenses do you prefer now you got them both?
Hi Roland, how was the auto focus compared to the Sony 24-105?
Thank you in advance!
The fact that Tamron is still f4 at 70mm is fantastic
Did you mislabel the 24-105 in some of your side-by-side images? Great video! Thank you for doing this comparison!
What's the time code please ? I will check it out though.
@@OmaGhomrawi You labelled it as the Sony 24-240 on a few comparisons, i cant remember the timecode
@@OmaGhomrawi 5:04 timecode
Does the 28-200 suffers of focus breathing?
Hi Oma, thanks for the comparison. Since the two lenses are so similar in performance, I guess I would consider Tamron for its longer reach. By the way, have you tried the Tamron on a Sony aps-c camera? Does it work? Any tradeoff?
Hi, I did test it on my a6600 camera a couple of times, in both videos and photos. Tend to work well as expected!
If you want a great easy to carry lens? The best walk about lens is the Sony FE 24-105mm f4 OSS. You get 24mm on the short end and, & 105mm on the long end. You can buy excellent used ones for about $675.00! (why buy new?) And you get OSS on top of that. And don't believe the hype with the Tamron's, the 28-75 & 28-200mm. Over priced plastic. Had them both, sold them as fast as I bought them. Yah the Tamron 28-75mm is a bit better than the Sony kit 28-70mm. But not $800.00 dollars better. The Tamron 28-200mm is trash, I've never experienced color fringing so bad. I took a picture of the mountains with the Tamron 28-200mm, zoomed in to 200mm, the clouds were alone the middle half down, it had a blue ban between the clouds and the mountain across the hold frame! If you want great colors, great resolution, the Sony FE 24-105mm f4 OSS is it. And like I said, you can pick them up for alot less that Tamron new... Great video btw.
Thank you so much for sharing this. Really appreciate it. Iv e eve heard of this issue, but that's why researching and reading comments is a good idea. Somone should show this issue. Not seen anyone review these with this in mind yet.
I guess Sony it is then. And second hand in Norway its not that much pricier, nor is it new. So I suspect this might be th Helens I go for.
Wow, you have spent a lot of time leaving this comment. Too bad it's basically nonsense.
I'm pretty confused between Sony & Tamron I am into travel photography landscapes and street please suggest me between sony and tamron also which range should I consider and I will be photographing in low lights due to UAE 🇦🇪 whether conditions
24mm to 70mm OR 28mm to 200mm
Sony OR Tamron
@@ZaybRazai am on same boat with you. Considering Sony 20 70 f4. But price is too high. Sony 24 105 is liitle cheaper with OSS but an old lens. Newer lens supposed to have better optical quality in long run. Even after zoom lens i need prime for family indoor event or outside low light situation
@@mrcsforbeginners4611 bought Sony 24-105 F4 G and having good experience till now
Please Sony 24-105 F4 vs Tamron 35-150 🙏🏻
This is absolutely incomparable lenses. This Tamron is not for travel, but for portraits. It is huge, heavy and doesn’t have wide angle. But it has super wide aperture.
To my eyes the only image that the Sony was marginally sharper was the 105mm vs 90mm f4/4.5 test shot. The Tamron was sharper for the rest. Viewed on a 65 inch Samsung Q9fn monitor. Both great lenses. Thanks for posting the comparison,
Just to consider whether you use the range between 24-105 or 28-200. If you need longer range of shooting but without OSS, you may choose Tamron one.
A so waited comparison video !..I went tamron.
Hope you enjoyed it!
Does the 24 105 zoom creep?
I like it
@@OmaGhomrawithat did not answer his or her question.
Very nice comparison 👌
Always waiting for your new video, sir
So nice of you. Thanks for watching
How about sony 24-240? Its good?
It's worse than both of these
The 24-240 is the textbook example of why super zooms have a bad reputation. It's basically "meh" across the board and can only beat the tamron and Sony at 201-240 mm.
Nice comparison...
Glad you think so!
So tamron is the way to go...
Sony is almost double the price of tamron…..soo
I see them for just a bit more on the second hand market in Norway. So pretty close. Is see retail price is also just 2000nok more, 10.000 vs 12.000 to 13.000. How is that double price? Maybe you looked at GM lens? But then that's a different range. Maybe you looked at the 24-70 GM II lens.
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3:52
You are a liar! Your schedule is wrong and misleading. In reality, it looks like this: 28mm - 2.8, 32mm - 3.2, 45mm - 3.5, 53mm - 4.0, 77mm - 4.5, 117mm - 5.0, 140mm - 5.6.