New lens

One lens to rule them all.

That was my intention when I bought this Tamron 18-300mm (f3.5 - f6.3). No need to swap out lenses when travelling anymore, which should reduce the amount of equipment I bring.

The results were initially acceptable, but the more I used it, the more I found that the soft images were becoming an issue.

While the flexibility is excellent (having 16x zoom), if you look closely at the details, they are all fuzzy.

The best shot i got with it.

I dont really think the super soft look is that bad, but its something that I want to be able to control. It does help a lot with skin texture, but unfortunately you cannot recover details when its this soft. You can always make a sharp photo softer in post processing.

Zoom range is impressive, but detail/contrast/vibrance is lacking

Sorry Tamron, youre going back.