These are the best Tamron wide-angle lenses when you want compact weight, crisp corners, disciplined flare, and fast, quiet AF for landscapes, travel, cityscapes, interiors, vlogging, and CFWA-style detail—and here’s what to look for as you buy: prioritize strong edge performance at working apertures (ƒ5.6–ƒ11), coatings that resist ghosting around sunstars, minimal focus breathing if you film, close-focus for foreground drama, and Tamron’s shared filter threads (often 67 mm) so one high-quality VND (and a mild 1/8 diffusion if you like halation) covers the kit; internal focus and short, stable barrels help on gimbals, and VC (where present) pairs well with IBIS for handheld twilight clips. Full-frame heroes: 17–28mm ƒ2.8 Di III RXD (featherweight UWA with prime-like sharpness and great flare control—gimbal darling), 20–40mm ƒ2.8 Di III VXD (walk-and-talk range that replaces a 24/28 + 35 in one lens; quick AF, great close-focus), 17–50mm ƒ4 Di III VXD (constant ƒ4 with tidy handling for hybrid stills/video and Super35 crops), and 28–75mm ƒ2.8 Di III VXD G2 as a wide-to-standard anchor when you want speed plus excellent MFD for foreground textures; specialty compact primes with half-macro: 20mm ƒ2.8 Di III OSD M1:2 and 24mm ƒ2.8 Di III OSD M1:2 (tiny, sharp, 1:2 close-focus for travel detail and tabletop). APS-C standouts: 11–20mm ƒ2.8 Di III-A RXD (bright, tiny UWA for interiors, astro, and gimbals) and 17–70mm ƒ2.8 Di III-A VC RXD (stabilized do-it-all with very good wide-end sharpness and close-focus for documentary sets). Legacy/DSLR options (adapt if it fits your workflow): 15–30mm ƒ2.8 VC (G2 where available) for classic fast UWA breadth and robust stabilization, plus 10–24mm for APS-C DSLR travel kits. Practical buyer tips: build a two-zoom spine (17–28/2.8 + 28–75/2.8 G2 for speed, or 17–50/4 + 20–40/2.8 for hybrid video) and add a compact 20/2.8 for pocketable nights; standardize to 67 mm with step-up rings so one VND fits everything, test flare/ghosting by shooting into the sun and city lights, and check breathing on your body (enable breathing compensation if supported). Wide-angle shooting tips: level horizons and leave margin for post, work around ƒ5.6–ƒ8 for plane sharpness (push to ƒ11 for deep scenes), use a CPL sparingly to avoid blotchy skies and keep reflections that shape water/glass, and for sunstars place the sun near an edge and stop modestly; get close to foregrounds for depth, stitch multi-row panos when you need resolution without going ultrawide, and for video hold a 180° shutter with VND, favor internal-focus lenses for easy gimbal balance, and keep moves slow; whether you’re tracing alleyways at dawn, shooting blue-hour skylines, exploring tight interiors, or composing dramatic ridge-line vistas, the best Tamron wide-angle choices combine light weight, confident AF, and disciplined optics—so your lines stay straight, your corners stay clean, and your images feel big, bright, and alive.