>>4493449i have the tamron 18-300 and paid full 900$ for it only to be on sale for 400$ not even 4 months later. pics ar hit and miss some are fucking sharp some look like shit some have CA like hell some have minimal. 70-350 is considered as the best bang/buck for sharpness in that range
18 300 has buit in stabilization so does the sony, can;t tell which one is better. but ppl say the sony is. i barrowed the sony from a fried so i don;t have too much time with it but is clearly sharper
the pro of the tamron is that if you don't care that much of super sharpness will be the mount and forget lens. AF is ok if the target is not moving fast towards you
it s an ok lens at the end of the day.