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Tamron SP 150-600mm f/5-6.3 Di VC USD lens now shipping

The Tamron SP 150-600mm f/5-6.3 Di VC USD lens is now shipping and is currently in stock in Europe (Foto Hans Keuzekamps). Related links: Sample images Specifications Pre-order links: Adorama | B&H | WEX UK Additional images:

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Tamron 28-300mm f/3.5-6.3 Di VC PZD lens announced (model A010)

Tamron announced a new 28-300mm f/3.5-6.3 Di VC PZD lens (Model A010). You can see the patent for that lens here. Additional information:

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Tamron 16-300mm F/3.5-6.3 Di II VC PZD MACRO lens announced (model B016)

Tamron  announced a new 16-300mm f/3.5-6.3 Di II VC PZD MACRO lens (model B016):

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The latest patents from Fuji, Canon, Ricoh and Tamron

Fuji filed a patent in Japan for a sensor with enlarged sized green pixels: “The human eye is sensitive to luminance noise than the color noise and it is possible to improve the high sensitivity performance and practical to increase the pixel size of the white and green pixels“. Canon filed a patent for automated AF […]

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Tamron SP 150-600mm f/5-6.3 Di VC USD sample images

DCfever.com published some sample images taken with the Tamron SP 150-600mm f/5-6.3 Di VC USD lens ($1,069.00). The lens is expected to start shipping on January 17 on the US. The detailed technical specifications can be found here.

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The new Tamron SP 150-600mm f/5-6.3 lens is now available for pre-order

The new Tamron SP 150-600mm f/5-6.3 lens is now available for pre-order at $1,069 for Sony, Canon and Nikon mounts. Additional information on the lens can be found here.

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Tamron SP 150-600mm F/5-6.3 Di VC USD lens release date and price for Japan announced

Tamron announced the Japanese released date and price for the SP 150-600mm F/5-6.3 Di VC USD (model A011) lens: ¥140,000 (around $1,350), shipping will start on December 19th (update: the US press release is now up and the release date is listed as January 17, 2014, the US price will be $1069):

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What else is new?

→ The Mitakon Lens Turbo Focal Reducer Adapter (Nikon Ai-s to MFT) is now shipping and can be ordered from eBay. → The lens design and MTF charts of the new Tamron SP 150-600mm f/5-6.3 Di VC USD lens are now available online. The price is still not officially announced. Here are few additional images of the […]

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Tamron 10mm f/2.8 fisheye lens and other patents from Konica-Minolta, Olympus and Sony

Tamron’s latest patent is for a 10mm f/2.8 and a 10mm f/1.8 fisheye lenses for APS-C based DSLR cameras.

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Tamron SP 150-600mm F/5-6.3 Di VC USD lens announcement

Update: some sample images taken with the new lens can be found here. The previously rumored tele-photo zoom lens from Tamron is now officially announced (SP 150-600mm f/5-6.3 Di VC USD) and as some readers have already noted, the focal length actually goes to 600mm. Price and shipping date were not revealed. Here are the details:

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