Compare Tamron 100-400mm F/4.5-6.3 vs Sony 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 GM vs Sony 24-70mm F2.8 GM
Construction
Aperture Blades
9 blades
9 blades
9 blades
Colors
Black
White
Black
Form Factor
Super Telephoto Zoom Lens
Super Telephoto Zoom Lens
Standard Zoom Lens
Image Size
Full-Frame
Full-Frame
Full-Frame
Lens Barrel
Distance scale
Focus limiter, Tripod collar
Lens Mount
Canon EF-mount, Nikon F-mount
Sony E-mount
Sony E-mount
Material
Magnesium alloy
Magnesium alloy
Motor
Ring-type ultrasonic
Linear Motor
Piezoelectric
Optical Formula | Elements
17 elements
22 elements
18 elements
Optical Formula | Groups
11 groups
16 groups
13 groups
Optical Formula | Special Glass
Three LD elements + eBAND coating groups
Two ED, one super ED element. Fluorine-coated front element. groups
One extreme aspherical, one super ED, one ED element + Nano AR coating groups
Dimensions
Filter Diameter
67 mm / 2.64 in
77 mm / 3.03 in
82 mm / 3.23 in
Size | Diameter
86 mm / 3.39 in
94 mm / 3.70 in
88 mm / 3.46 in
Size | Length
199 mm / 7.83 in
205 mm / 8.07 in
136 mm / 5.35 in
Weight
1135 g / 40.11 oz
1395 g / 49.29 oz
886 g / 31.31 oz
Function
Angle Of View
24.4° Diagonal | 20.4° Horizontal | 13.7° Vertical (wide) ~ 6.2° Diagonal | 5.2° Horizontal | 3.4° Vertical (tele)
24.4° Diagonal | 20.4° Horizontal | 13.7° Vertical (wide) ~ 6.2° Diagonal | 5.2° Horizontal | 3.4° Vertical (tele)
84.1° Diagonal | 73.7° Horizontal | 53.1° Vertical (wide) ~ 34.4° Diagonal | 28.8° Horizontal | 19.5° Vertical (tele)
Aperture
f/4.5–6.3 ~ f/32–45
f/4.5–5.6 ~ f/32–40
f/2.8 ~ f/22
Autofocus
Yes
Yes
Yes
Focal Length
100 mm ~ 400 mm
100 mm ~ 400 mm
24 mm ~ 70 mm
Focus Type
Extending front
Internal
Internal
Image Stabilization
Yes (4 stops)
Yes
No
Weather Resistance
Yes
Yes
Yes
Zoom Type
External zoom
External zoom (zoom lock available)
External zoom (zoom lock available)
Performance
Max Magnification
0.28x
0.35x
0.24x
Min Focus Distance
1500 mm / 59.06 in
980 mm / 38.58 in
380 mm / 14.96 in
Production
Accessory
Lens hood included
Lens Hood: ALC-SH151 (supplied)
Lens Hood: ALC-SH141 (supplied)
Debut
2017-10-26
2017-04-19
2016-02-03
Model Name
A035
SEL100400GM
SEL2470GM
Reviews
Neofiliac score
60%
52%
52%
Pros
- Very useful focal range
- Optically stabilized
- Weather-sealed
- Reasonable weight for what it is
- Superb sharpness
- Optically stabilized
- Zoom lock prevents zoom creep
- Weather-sealed
- Comes with a tripod collar
- Zoom lock prevents zoom creep
- Weather-sealed
- Quite useful f/2.8 constant aperture
Cons
- External zoom without zoom lock
- Dark and variable maximum aperture
- Large and heavy
- Large and heavy
- Not very sharp
- Not stabilized
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