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I'm kinda scratching my head as to why Tamron needed to build both?

[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.tamron-usa.com/product/lenses/a067.html[/URL]
Highlights: 50-400mm, f/4.5-6.3, 1155g
[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.tamron-usa.com/product/lenses/a069.html[/URL]
Highlights: 50-300, f/4.5-6.3, 665g

Both have vibration compensation, same aperture range, and built within a year of each other. So its really just range, size and a few buttons that differentiate them EDIT and price (obviously)

Side note, I am contemplating to purchase that 50-300mm to replace my Tamron 70-300mm. Mine doesn't have VC and, when I was at F1 last month, I found myself wishing for a bit more on the wide side so that I could truly be happy with carrying only one lens into the event. but that's just my use case...

<blockquote data-quote="FowlersFreeTime" data-source="post: 60925" data-attributes="member: 1363">I&#039;m kinda scratching my head as to why Tamron needed to build both?[URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://www.tamron-usa.com/product/lenses/a067.html[/URL]Highlights: 50-400mm, f/4.5-6.3, 1155g[URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://www.tamron-usa.com/product/lenses/a069.html[/URL]Highlights: 50-300, f/4.5-6.3, 665gBoth have vibration compensation, same aperture range, and built within a year of each other. So its really just range, size and a few buttons that differentiate them EDIT and price (obviously)Side note, I am contemplating to purchase that 50-300mm to replace my Tamron 70-300mm. Mine doesn&#039;t have VC and, when I was at F1 last month, I found myself wishing for a bit more on the wide side so that I could truly be happy with carrying only one lens into the event. but that&#039;s just my use case...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="FowlersFreeTime, post: 60925, member: 1363"] I'm kinda scratching my head as to why Tamron needed to build both? [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.tamron-usa.com/product/lenses/a067.html[/URL] Highlights: 50-400mm, f/4.5-6.3, 1155g [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.tamron-usa.com/product/lenses/a069.html[/URL] Highlights: 50-300, f/4.5-6.3, 665g Both have vibration compensation, same aperture range, and built within a year of each other. So its really just range, size and a few buttons that differentiate them EDIT and price (obviously) Side note, I am contemplating to purchase that 50-300mm to replace my Tamron 70-300mm. Mine doesn't have VC and, when I was at F1 last month, I found myself wishing for a bit more on the wide side so that I could truly be happy with carrying only one lens into the event. but that's just my use case... [/QUOTE]

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