DSLR magazine wrote on their facebook wall that Tamron is exploring the possibility of manufacturing lenses for the Micro Four Thirds system:
Translation:
"Finally! Tamron begins to explore the possibility of manufacturing lenses for Micro Four Thirds system. What can I say? ... I told you so!"
The only problem with this rumor is that Sony is a major shareholder of Tamron and is questionable whether they will support any m4/3 lens development (Sony owns 11.08% of Tamron).
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First we will see APS-C mirrorless lenses for Sony NEX and Samsung NX. Tamron is designing 2 compact zoom and one macro:
-Compact standard zoom: 24-50mm f/3.5-5.6 VR
-Compact telezoom: 75-200mm f/4.5-6.3 VR
-Macro: 90mm f/3.5 VR
Those lenses will be similar, only the NEX version will be longer.
Young, you have been right in the past – I will publish this online. Thanks.
That doesn’t make sense. If Tamron profits by it, then Sony’s 10% will profit by it. Only if you sincerely believe that Tamron would REPLACE Sony’s lenses entirely would it not make sense. If Tamron has entry-level or specialty lenses at a lower cost then no problem because itll bring in more users at the bottom.
Sony wants to sell, doesn´t Tamron make lenses for other brands than Sony…??