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Best do-everything lens I have found so far for my Canon EOS M50 camera

Reviewed in the United States on July 23, 2020

Anytime you choose one lens to use full time on your camera (such as when traveling), you
are making compromises. In the case of this lens, it is a bit big/heavy for a small camera
like my Canon M50. However, optically and mechanically it is very good to excellent. The zoom ring
turns smoothly and relatively easily. The pictures I take with it are sharp, even at 200mm. I would have
liked a bit wider angle at the low end of the zoom (e.g., 15mm), but I do carry a small wide angle zoom (11-22mm)
with me most of the time in case I need it. Very satisfied with my purchase of this lens.

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Justin Robertson

Doesn't work with Canon EOS-M3, but does work with EOS-M

Reviewed in the United States on May 2, 2015

I bought this to use with my Canon EOS-M3. The lens currently doesn't work with the M3, causing the camera to freak out. It works fine on my Canon EOS-M, though. Tamron is aware of this issue (press release at wwwDOTtamronDOTcoDOTjp/en/news/release_2015/0327_2.html - replace DOT with . in the URL).

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F. B. Stallman Jr.

Best do-everything lens I have found so far for my Canon EOS M50 camera

Reviewed in the United States on July 23, 2020

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Justin Robertson

Doesn't work with Canon EOS-M3, but does work with EOS-M

Reviewed in the United States on May 2, 2015

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Shi

Great lens

Reviewed in the United States on April 9, 2024

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I was worried after seeing reviews saying the lens was not compatible with their cameras. But I still pull the trigger and it works perfectly on my Canon EOS M6 Mark II. The lens can auto focus at every focal length, the manual focus ring works fine as well. The image quality is sharper than my EF-M 18-150mm kit lens. I thought 200mm is gonna have a much greater zoom range than 150mm, but they look basicly the same. Anyway this Tamron lens is great.

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Josh

Needed a firmware update

Reviewed in the United States on May 16, 2021

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If you are a Canon M50 user beware! You will most likely need to have a firmware update (which cost money) if you purchase this lens. That is why I sent it back..... When I COULD get it to shoot, the picture quality was sharp and crisp. It is heavy too.... I personally like to manual focus when possible and this camera’s focus ring throw is so long that it is easy to get tired of focusing.

Lot’s of potential, but ultimately not for me.

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Nicholas L

Outstanding versatile option for Canon EF-M mirrorless cameras

Reviewed in the United States on August 13, 2019

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Of course there are lenses that are sharper, or faster, or wider range, etc, and even lenses that combine a couple of those benefits, but sadly there are so few EF-M lenses available that you have to use an EF-M adapter to most other options. This lens proved terrific for a recent family trip that really exercised its zoom range, from wide angles to capture the family within scenes or relatively long telephoto to really capture some distant items. I was overall very pleased with the image quality, especially given the price and zoom range covered. I realized a super wide zoom range lens like this would have some reduced sharpness compared to, for example, a prime or a narrow fast native lens. Alongside this lens, I also had the Canon EF-M 32mm f/1.4 with me which nicely complimented this one when we went indoors or it got dark out, for example in the aquarium.

So while I've said this is the best option for a very wide zoom range EF-M lens, there are some drawbacks that you might notice in use. First of all, the zoom ring turns the opposite you're used to from other (Canon brand) lenses. If this is your primary lens and you don't switch to others often, that's a non-issue. The lens has a zoom lock switch which it apparently really needs because if you don't use it, the lens zooms out pretty easily on its own which can be annoying. The auto-focus tended to hunt a little bit more on this lens than on my Canon branded lenses, which led to me missing shots every so often. This in turn, led me to use manual focus often which leads me to my final issue. The manual focus ring can be slow. It sometimes takes a lot of turning to get from one end to the other. With that said, I did use manual focus a lot to have the focus ready for sudden things like when we went whale-watching.

Overall, you quickly get used to the ergonomics and switch use on the lens and you get pretty quick with its use. Given the current options, I would absolutely buy this lens again for its versatility and general quality.

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Robert B. Pratt

Great option for eos m3.

Reviewed in the United States on September 20, 2015

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Love it! Great image quality and very high quality build. I had to have the firmware upgraded to make the auto focus compatible with the eos m3. This was painless and tamron was fast and did it for free. It works great after the upgrade. Love the flexibility in shooting with the wide focal length range. Great for travel and a wide range of conditions.

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James S. Rabkin

Do not get this lens, just walk away from it.

Reviewed in the United States on January 23, 2021

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When you are unboxing a brand new lens and there’s a red warning sheet inside the box you know you’re in trouble. It said that if there was any kind of problems, to restart the camera. This lens would not focus and would sometimes make the viewfinder go black. Then it would lock up the camera. When I looked it up online, I saw that this was a common experience for many users of this lens. I returned it immediately the day after I got it after I got it. I was trying it with a brand new Canon M50 Mark II. This was a huge disappointment. I am furious with Tamron for continuing to market a lens with serious, known technical issues.

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Ricardo A. S. Batista

Tamron all-in-one 18-200 VC for Canon M3

Reviewed in the United States on August 7, 2015

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I ordered it although I had read in reviews about the firmware fix needed to work with Canon M3. It didn't work so I sent to Tamron, in NY, and one week later I received it fixed. The lens is a all-in-one perfect for traveling.

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Ronald Boyd

Does not work on a EOS M50

Reviewed in the United States on November 19, 2018

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I purchased this in May of 2017 and it has worked fine on a EOS M3. However, it fails to work (Error 01) with a EOS M50. I contacted Tamron (their listed e-mail address) two weeks ago -- they have yet to respond.

Update: within 3 days of my posted this, three different Tamron Techs responded to my e-mails. They don't me there is a firmware update that will solve my issue with the EOS M50. The lens in now in transit to Tamron. The currently being shipped 28-200 lens are EOS M50 compatible (according to them).

I should have mentioned in my original post that I was more than please with the lens on the EOS M3. The PQ (picture quality) was extremely acceptable. It became my "go to" walk around lens.

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CWC

Great as an all around lens

Reviewed in the United States on May 9, 2021

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I'm a basic, unsophisticated camera handler (can't get myself to say that I'm a photographer because that's a stretch). If you want only one lens that goes wide enough and zooms, this is a nice lens. It's a tight package. Of course, there's going to be some size to it, but not nearly as big as I expected.

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