Category Archives: Tamron

New SP 24-70mm f/2.8 Di VC USD lens from Tamron

By PR admin | Published: February 6, 2012
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For the CP+ show in Japan Tamron announced a new SP 24-70mm f/2.8 Di VC USD lens that will be offered in Canon, Nikon and Sony mounts (Sony’s version is without vibration compensation).

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Astrodesign, Kenko Tokina and Tamron join the Micro Four Thirds System standard

By PR admin | Published: January 26, 2012
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After Komamura joined the Micro Four Thirds System Standard Group last year, today Olympus announced that Astrodesign, Kenko Tokina and Tamron have also joint the group:

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Upcoming Sigma and Tamron lenses in 2012

By PR admin | Published: December 12, 2011
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According to CanonRumors Sigma will release the following new lenses in 2012L 24mm f/1.8 (full frame) 35mm f/1.8 (full frame) 300mm f/2.8 OS 500mm f/4.5 OS

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Tamron announces 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 Di III VC lens for Sony NEX system

By PR admin | Published: December 8, 2011
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Today Tamron announced their first lens for mirrorless cameras – the 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 Di III VC for Sony NEX system. You can download the PDF brochure here. The new lens will be available for sale in Japan on December 15th. Pricing was not announced at that point. Tamron is also working on the following lenses for APS-C mirrorless [...]

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Tamron patents image stabilizing teleconverter

By PR admin | Published: February 21, 2011

Tamron filed a patent for a teleconverter with a built-in image stabilization. This will allow to add image stabilization to any existing/old lens by just adding this teleconverter. The teleconverter range was listed as x0.9 – x1.5. The patent describes also a switch that can turn on/off the image stabilization. Update: this patent was filed back in [...]

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Tamron 18-270mm f/3.5-6.3 Di II VC PZD lens released

By PR admin | Published: December 9, 2010

The Tamron 18-270mm f/3.5-6.3 Di II VC PZD lens was supposed to be announced at Photokina but it was delayed in the last moment. As previously rumors indicated, the lens is much smaller than its predecessor (the new version is on the left). The price is $649 and it will be available for Nikon and Canon mounts [...]

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Tamron filed a patent for a new 10-24mm f/3.5-4.5 lens

By PR admin | Published: November 11, 2010

Tamron filed a patent for what appears to be an update to the current SP AF10-24mm F/3.5-4.5 Di II lens. For comparison, here is the current model:

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Tamron to release a new AF 18-270mm VC lens

By PR admin | Published: November 2, 2010

Tamron is working on a new version of its current AF 18-270mm f/3.5-6.3 Di II VC lens that should be released soon. Initially this lens was scheduled to be released at Photokina, but then it was delayed. The new lens is expected to be significantly smaller than its predecessor (the current model weights 550g|19.4oz).

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