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Your cart is empty.The 17-70mm F/2.8 Di III-A2 VC RXD (Model B070) is a fast-aperture everyday zoom lens for FUJIFILM X-mount APS-C mirrorless cameras. Fast, sharp, quiet, and small—this new APS-C zoom lens is extraordinarily versatile and perfect for everyday photography. The lens was created to achieve a broad zoom range and excellent image quality. With a focal length range of 17-70mm (a full-frame equivalent of 25.5-105mm), it’s the world's first 17-70mm F2.8 standard zoom lens with a 4.1x zoom ratio for APS-C cameras. The 17-70mm includes TAMRON's proprietary VC (Vibration Compensation). When shooting video, by leveraging AI technology, image stabilization performs automatically to best compensate for different shooting situations. Designed specifically for use with APS-C mirrorless cameras, the lens is light weight and compact, even with VC. Its small size and versatility make it a great choice for outdoor, travel and vacation photography, where compact camera bags are preferred, and of course for daily use. The lens is equipped with TAMRON’s RXD (Rapid eXtra-silent stepping Drive) AF drive system, a high-speed, precision stepping motor unit with well controlled motor sound. Additionally, photographers / users can take advantage of a close working distance. It features an MOD (Minimum Object Distance) of 07.5" at the wide-angle end and 15.4" at the telephoto end. It also incorporates a wide variety of other features, including Moisture-Resistant Construction and Fluorine Coating for added durability. In your everyday life and on your trips to distant places, this lens captures all the excitement and discoveries with the finest possible detail.
Cristopher S.
Reviewed in the United States on February 19, 2025
The Tamron 17-70mm f/2.8 for Fuji X is an excellent value, offering great sharpness, fast autofocus, and built-in stabilization—all in a compact, weather-sealed package. While it lacks an aperture ring and the edge sharpness could be slightly better at 70mm, these are minor trade-offs for what you get at this price point. If you’re looking for a versatile, do-it-all zoom lens, this is one of the best third-party options for Fuji shooters.Pros: • Sharp and versatile 17-70mm range • Constant f/2.8 aperture • Built-in stabilization (VC) • Weather-sealed design • Good autofocus performanceCons: • No aperture ring • Some distortion and vignetting at wide angles • Edge sharpness could be better at 70mm • Size and weight may be a consideration for those prioritizing portability
ZionSmiley
Reviewed in Canada on September 23, 2024
Love this Lens been using it all around from my Fujifilm XT4 and I'm getting the hang of the 2.8 Aperture loving this lens. The only reason i had to reorder or this product is the first lens i got when i went Vacation i notice the dust get inside easily in the front lens so i had to send it back and i reordered again but this time i put some UV filter to protect the front Lens.
Chris T.
Reviewed in Canada on February 18, 2024
So… optically I like the lens a lot. Unfortunately I’ve had it for about 6 weeks and there is already play in the focus ring that is causing the whole lens to have issues. Essentially the focus ring is rocking backwards and forwards which is making the whole lens shift.It’s still useable but won’t be for long… what a waste of money.
Tara R
Reviewed in the United States on April 24, 2024
I ended up returning this lense. It probably works fine for others, but on my Xt5 the lense would glitch and show a black screen every time I rotated my camera to portrait mode. It happened on my XE3 as well, confirming it was a problem with the lense rather than the camera. (I even made sure this was not my camera thinking I was bringing the camera to my eye by mistake, it was definitely a problem with how the lense connected to the camera. I went with a 55-200mm lense instead.
Joey Stephenson
Reviewed in the United States on August 21, 2023
Short and sweet: Great image quality up to ~55mm where it begins to get soft and needs to be stopped down to f4. Fast autofocus, good ergonomics except for the lightweight focus ring. Good value lens.If you do VIDEO, be aware that it has 3 major issues.1) Horrible defocus during zoom, and 2) sometimes it will just crap the bed and stop focusing altogether after zooming (when it really loses focus) until you manually force it to focus with the shutter or AF button, after which is usually recovers. They really need to work with Fuji more and fix this issue.3) Abrupt aperture adjustment/changes during zooming. This results in stepped exposure changes while zooming. Not pleasant.It appears that Fuji has recently updated their 16-55 with a firmware fix to stop the abrupt aperture adjustments during zooming. I messaged Tamron support about this asking if they have been in contact with Fuji and have any plans to improve their lens in the same manner, but have received no response after months.
Renny Sawatzky
Reviewed in the United States on July 21, 2023
I use it on a Fujifilm X-T3 for video/photo on family portrait shoots and weddings. I also have the sigma prime f1.4 lenses but if i have enough light, this tamron stays on my camera for the versatility. I also have the sigma 18-50 f2.8 and love it for compactness but I prefer the added reach of the Tamron 17-70 in both ends. And for handheld video the image stabilization is a must.
Jim Cart
Reviewed in Canada on June 13, 2023
It will be a great kit lens for people to try out different focal lengths, but the results are way too green.
Reagan Kelley Deal
Reviewed in the United States on May 31, 2023
For the money, this lens is an insane deal. The only reason I put it at 4 stars is because the weather sealing on it is not great. It's vulnerable at the most critical place (the lens mount area where the contacts reside). Do not take this lens out in the pouring rain or you will have a paper weight for a camera. But if you never plan on taking your camera out into the pouring rain, you have nothing to worry about.The image quality on this is so good for the money. Going on vacation in a week and only plan to take this one lens with me. It's the ultimate travel lens but I've used it on my professional portrait shoots and all it gets is compliments.
M.
Reviewed in the United States on May 12, 2023
I bought this lens to complement the also great Tamron 18-300mm zoom. With these two lenses, which are of high quality and reliability, you are ready to go anywhere and do just about anything. This lens was of particular interest for indoor shooting where the constant 2.8 aperture makes a huge difference over Fuji’s 18-55mm kit lens (great in its own right, but it is slow and short compared to the Tamron or some of its pricier Fuji relatives). The Tamron lens has built in stabilization, which is lacking in similar lenses in the Fuji line up. This is great for me since I prefer to travel with the XT30 because it is so compact but the camera body lacks IBIS. The Tamron isn’t particularly heavy but it is long compared to some of the Fuji options, which tend to be shorter but stockier. All to say, you won’t find this to be a discrete lens, which is just about the only complaint I can muster for it.
Brian reyes
Reviewed in the United States on November 27, 2023
F2.8 throughout all focal lengths is a blessing, making video with the stabilizer built into the lens is a plus. Only zoom lens I need for my Fujifilm.
Alan Haw
Reviewed in Canada on October 1, 2023
It’s an amazing lens for the fujifilm APSC lineup, although it’s a bit heavy and large, still enjoyable to use. I think the autofocus can be better, hope it can improve in the future firmware update. Overall good value
Will
Reviewed in the United States on September 11, 2022
The versatility of this lens is invaluable. Such a great focal range (25.5-105mm full frame) at a constant f2.8 aperture is wonderful to have. Comparing this to Fujifilm’s own 16-55mm f2.8 you sacrifice a teeny tiny little bit on the wide end and gain a considerable amount of reach on the long end. The fact this lens has VC and there is no image stabilization on Fujifilm’s most comparable lens, I’d take the Tamron each and every time.Issues:In my experience; Capture One does not have a lens profile for this lens so upon importing my RAWs are completely uncorrected. Heavy vignetting and quite noticeable barrel & pin cushion distortion are present. However, using Lightroom it seems that the built in profile is applied automatically and looks very good with no need to correct for distortion/vignetting.Pros:Very sharp throughout the focal range.Lets in a good amount of light thanks to that constant f2.8 aperture.Convenient, all in one lens solution.Image stabilization.Weather resistant.Reasonable at $799.Personal preference here, but, attractive minimalist design.A lot of good things to say about this lens. Glad I have it pretty much permanently attached to my X-T3.
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