Tamron SP 17-50mm f/2,8 XR Di II VC

By PR admin | Published: August 31, 2009

Tamron just announced a e new lens:

tamron 17 50 f2 8 di II VC Tamron SP 17 50mm f/2,8 XR Di II VC

Mount: Nikon, Canon
Length: 26-78 mm (eq. 24×36)
Angle of view: 78 ° 45′-31 ° 11 ‘
Construction: 19 elements, 14 groups, 2 lenses LD (Low Dispersion)
Openings maximum / minimum: f / 2.8 to 32
Stabilizer: Yes, VC
Minimum Distance Focus: 0.29 cm
Maximum reproduction ratio: 1:4,8
Nb. of diaphragm blades: 7
Attachment size filter: 72 mm
Diameter x length / weight: 94.5 x 79.6 mm / 570 g

Via Focus-numerique

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16 Comments

  1. Hey
    Posted September 1, 2009 at 12:54 am | Permalink

    Canon just released the new 7D PhotoRumors !

  2. Webmonkey
    Posted September 1, 2009 at 1:32 am | Permalink

    This is for crop sensors, right???

    • Anonymous
      Posted September 1, 2009 at 1:38 am | Permalink

      it is. And I can’t wait to see its high ISO performance ;)

      But I am really grateful for the camera, as it most probably will have an impact on Nikons D300(S). Finally…

      • WoutK89
        Posted September 1, 2009 at 1:46 am | Permalink

        What have you been smoking? A lens with ISO performance?

        • Anonymous
          Posted September 1, 2009 at 1:48 am | Permalink

          well, I had my share… But, I thought he was replying to the first comment…

    • Rokkor on!
      Posted September 1, 2009 at 1:19 pm | Permalink

      Yes. APS-C size sensors only. The “DI-II” indicates that the lens is designed for the smaller sensors.

      From Tamron’s Web site: “When pictures are taken with a Di-II lens on a full-size format, image corners become dark (ie., vignetting becomes noticeable).”

  3. WT
    Posted September 1, 2009 at 7:29 am | Permalink

    This is nowhere to be found outside this site. Not even the Tammy web site has this lens

  4. brotsalami
    Posted September 1, 2009 at 8:04 am | Permalink

    So far, only a news on the German website

    http://www.tamron.de/news/news/singleview/article/

  5. taurui
    Posted September 1, 2009 at 8:19 am | Permalink

    Interesting news, I hope they’ll make a 28-75 VC too. Would be a much more interesting lens for me.

    • Anonymous
      Posted September 1, 2009 at 9:03 am | Permalink

      Finally, also someone who likes the tele-character of 2x-7x mm on DX!

  6. Trevor
    Posted September 1, 2009 at 10:22 am | Permalink

    Finally, it has taken the genius from Tanrom to do it. Is it technically that hard for Nikon or Canon to design such a lense. I have been waiting for something llike this… i hope it will as good as there pervious model. Thank you Tamron!

  7. Tabitha Green
    Posted September 1, 2009 at 1:24 pm | Permalink

    I wonder if the optics have been improved or if they’ve just added VC?

    • Anonymous
      Posted September 1, 2009 at 3:38 pm | Permalink

      As it was quite sharp before, I doubt that one can expect much improvement there. In my opinion the biggest problem with this lens is the quality of the bokeh, which often seemed “turbulent”. I doubt that we see improvements here, as adding VC is a rather big improvement itself. But we’ll see…

  8. RMPossible
    Posted September 2, 2009 at 7:47 pm | Permalink

    This is all fine and good, but they really needed to put their VC on their 70-200 f/2.8 and the their 200-500 long zoom! What is taking them on this?