Is Nikon D5500 and Tamron SP 200-500mm F5-6.3 Di LD IF compatible?

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Buy	Nikon D5500 Released: 2015 Type: Digital SLR Sensor: DX / APS-C (1.5x) 24 Megapixels 6000 x 4000 pixels
Buy	Tamron SP 200-500mm F5-6.3 Di LD IF Released: 2004 Telephoto Zoom Lens Focal Length: 200-500 mm Aperture: f/5-6,3

Can you combine these two?

Last updated: November 2024

This is the short answer:

The camera and lens you have chosen can be used together but you will only have manual focus.

Lack of Autofocus

The lens supports autofocus but neither the camera nor the lens has a built-in autofocus (AF) motor. You as a photographer will not have the possibility to use autofocus to obtain a sharp image. Focusing manually will then be the only way to obtain sharpness.

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Focal Length

The Nikon camera has a sensor of type DX, a smaller version compared to a Full frame sensor, which means that your experienced Focal length will be multiplied by 1.5x.

This lens has focal length:
200-500 mm

Since Nikon D5500 does not have a Full Frame sensor the experience focal length you will experience will be:
300-750 mm

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Total weight

When you are looking at a combination of a camera and a lens you must always consider the total weight. Each product weighs in at:

Nikon D5500
420 gram

Tamron SP 200-500mm F5-6.3 Di LD IF
1237 gram

Together they have a total weight of 1657 gram (equal to 3.65 lb).

Please note that Tamron SP 200-500mm F5-6.3 Di LD IF has a tripod mount which is great.

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Compatibility Check ID: 9999

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