Ricoh officially announced the previously rumored HD PENTAX-D FA 24-70mm f/2.8ED SDM WR lens. The US price of the lens is $1,299.95 (available for pre-order at B&H and Adorama). As some readers already noticed, the new Pentax lens is completely identical to this Tamron SP 24-70mm f/2.8 Di USD lens and I don’t think this is a […]
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Tamron filed patents for three different lenses with VC designed for full frame mirrorless cameras (Sony FE most likely): Tamron SP 28mm f/2.8 VC lens patent Tamron SP 50mm f/2.8 VC lens patent
First reviews of the Tamron SSP 35mm f/1.8 Di VC USD and SP 45mm f/1.8 Di VC USD full fame lenses ($599) are already available online with many sample photos:
Tamron announced two new full frame lenses for Canon EF, Nikon F, Sony A mounts: SP 35mm f/1.8 Di VC USD and SP 45mm f/1.8 Di VC USD. The price of the lenses is $599, shipping will start on September 29th. Additional information is available over at NikonRumors. Here is the press release:
Tamron is rumored to announced two new prime lenses for Nikon, Canon and Sony mounts (no VC for Sony mount): SP 35mm f/1.8 Di VC USD (model F012) SP 45mm f/1.8 Di VC USD (model F013) Stay tuned for additional details. Via Digicame-info
Tamron announced a replacement of their current 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 model. Here are the specifications, MTF charts and additional information on the new 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 Di II VC lens model B018 – the lightest zoom in the world (the price is $249):
→ Olympus filed a patent for a two-layer sensor with a built-in polarizing filter. → Canon got a new patent filed in Japan for a 50mm f/1.4 lens.
→ Canon filed a patent for a EF 24-105mm f/3.5-5.6 STM and EF-S 15-105mm f/2.8-5.6 STM lenses. → Tamron has a patent for a new 24mm f/2 VC full frame lens designed for DSLR cameras.
Tamron posted a notice reporting incompatibility issue (AF not working during live view) for some of their lenses when used with the Canon EOS 5Ds and EOS 5DsR DSLR cameras:
