Does this fit on a Nikon D500 null

MrsMouse , as long as the Tamron is an F Mount then it will work on the D500, but since the D500 is a crop sensor aka DX then the Tamron will reach longer than if it was mounted on a Nikon Full frame ( FX ) Body. to find out how the lens will change, you multiply by 1.5. ex a 100-300 lens on a Full frame body becomes a 150-450mm on a D500.

Please ignore any comment about the lens giving you “more reach”. You cannot change the focal length of a lens going to a smaller sensor. Try this: make a circle with your thumb and index finger. This represents a sensor. Now, close one eye and look through the circle at any subject. Now, make the circle smaller. Did the object you were viewing get bigger. Of course not. What happened is that your angle of view narrowed. Another way to look at it is - imagine if you could put the lens on your mobile phone camera? Would we really have the reach of a 2400mm lens? One can’t change this particular aspect of optics

“Does this fit on a Nikon D500”

Asked by MrsMouse 8 years ago

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Tamron - SP 150-600mm F/5-6.3 Di VC USD G2 Telephoto Zoom Lens for Nikon cameras - Black-Angle_Standard

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MrsMouse , as long as the Tamron is an F Mount then it will work on the D500, but since the D500 is a crop sensor aka DX then the Tamron will reach longer than if it was mounted on a Nikon Full frame ( FX ) Body. to find out how the lens will change, you multiply by 1.5. ex a 100-300 lens on a Full frame body becomes a 150-450mm on a D500.
Answered by SocalCanon 8 years ago
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Please ignore any comment about the lens giving you “more reach”. You cannot change the focal length of a lens going to a smaller sensor. Try this: make a circle with your thumb and index finger. This represents a sensor. Now, close one eye and look through the circle at any subject. Now, make the circle smaller. Did the object you were viewing get bigger. Of course not. What happened is that your angle of view narrowed. Another way to look at it is - imagine if you could put the lens on your mobile phone camera? Would we really have the reach of a 2400mm lens? One can’t change this particular aspect of optics
Answered by Geotheo 5 years ago
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