tamron archives (37 posts)


Impact review: Stabilized Tamron 24-70mm f2.8 at dpreview, May 20, 2013
Stabilized lenses are increasing by the day. Tamron is pushing the stabilized envelope with their 24-70mm f2.8 stabilized lens, giving it optical image stabilization, code word "VC" for vibration correction. Neither the Nikon nor the Canon competing lenses offer this,... Continue

Interview with Tamron Japan at PentaxForums (short video), February 5, 2013
Tamron is getting some interview love at Pentax Forums where they interview a Tamron Japan representative talking about lens plans and even answering a question about the possibility of an Adaptall revival. So if you want an Adaptall digital revival,... Continue

Canon 5DMk3 vs Nikon D800E encouraged by three 24-70mm f2.8 lenses, February 2, 2013
Roger Cicala of Lens Rentals is trying to decide on which camera system to purchase for personal use, so he started a new series of blog-posts on this topic. Episode #1 is a Canon 5DMk3 vs Nikon D800E comparison facilitated... Continue

New Tamron M43rds superzoom lens: 14-150mm f3.5-5.8 VC Di-III, January 29, 2013
Micro Four Thirds is on a roll attracting and convincing manufacturers to produce Micro Four Thirds gear. At the CP Plus trade show, Tamron paid its dues to the Press Release Overlords with the announcement of a superzoom lens for... Continue

Lens Geekery: Teardown of Canon, Nikon and Tamron 24-70mm f2.8 lenses, January 16, 2013
Extreme Lens Geekery now! Lens Rentals decided to do a triple-header teardown of the three 24-70mm f2.8 lenses from Canon, Nikon and Tamron. Lots of pictures and lens body parts! Do not try this at home unless you know what... Continue

New SLR Lenses get priced: Sigma 35/1.4, Tamron 90/2.8 VC, 70-200/2.8 VC, November 9, 2012
A trio of third-party manufacturer SLR lenses have been priced earlier in the week: a Sigma prime, a stabilized Tamron tele-prime, and a stabilized f2.8 workhorse zoom also from Tamron. Lens manufacturers reveal new lens details in multiple stages for... Continue

Lenses Trade Show Floor round-up: Zeiss, Samyang, Voigtlander, Schneider, Tamron, Sigma, September 19, 2012
And now we have a catch-all round-up, we feature the various lens manufacturers, some of which generated a lot of excitement (see new lens announcements)... Earlier on we posted the Sony and Leica round-up and the Olympus round-up and the... Continue

New Tamron 70-200/2.8 Di VC and 90/2.8 Di VC stabilized SLR lenses, September 13, 2012
Tamron has announced two popular 35mm full frame focal length SLR lenses in _Stabilized_ form: the new 70-200mm f2.8 Di VC (VC = Vibration Correction = Image Stabilization) and the 90mm f2.8 Di VC macro 1:1 SLR lenses. They will... Continue

Newsbytes: xQD 2.0, Tamron fakes, Kipon EF to M43/NEX bodies, RX100 grip, etc, July 28, 2012
This was supposed to come out yesterday but it fell off the wagon! We reloaded the wagon and it is ready to go! Newsbytes rounds up a variety of news and newsy items when they pile up in our RSS... Continue

Now shipping: Sigma 50-150 f2.8 OS (Canon) [sold-out: Tamron 24-70/2.8], April 26, 2012
Canon DSLR users, hide your wallets! In-stock for the Canon mount is the Sigma 50-150mm f2.8 EX DC OS HSM APO for $1100 at B&H Photo. UPDATE (April 27): The Tamron is no longer in-stock but it can be pre-ordered:... Continue

New Tamron 24-70mm f2.8 Di VC (stabilized full frame with motor), February 6, 2012
Tamron has now added another option for photographers interested in the f2.8 workhorse zooms! They have announced the new 24-70mm f2.8 Di VC, which as the name suggests is optically stabilized and is a 35mm full frame lens and digitally... Continue

Tamron, Tokina and Astrodesign officially join Micro Four Thirds, January 26, 2012
The financial scandal+crisis has perhaps encouraged Olympus to run its "2 minute offense" on new products, instead of the usual fullback-on-almost-every-down we typically get from the traditional SLR manufacturers. Today they have announced that Tamron, Tokina and AstroDesign have officially... Continue

Tamron announces 18-200mm stabilized lens for the Sony NEX E-mount, December 7, 2011
In yet another sign of the increasing popularity of the mirrorless compact system cameras, Tamron is announcing a new 18-200mm f3.5-6.3 VC Di-III (yes, three) for the Sony NEX E-mount! This is the first "Di III" lens in the Tamron... Continue

Discount: Tamron 18-270mm APS-C stabilized (Nikon only) for $400, November 3, 2011
B&H Photo has launched a hot new discount, you can get the Nikon mount version of the Tamron 18-270mm f3.5-5.6 Di-II VC lens for $400 with free shipping and no rebates whatsoever. The discount is only good for the Nikon... Continue

f2.8 APS-C lens wars: Sigma vs Tamron vs Canon (28~ to 80~ eq), May 9, 2011
Darwin Wiggett has just published a 3-way f2.8 lens comparison on his blog, squaring off three f2.8 APS-C/DX lenses, the Canon 17-55mm f2.8 EF-S IS, the Shiguma 17-50mm f2.8 EX DC HSM OS, and the Tammy Wynette 17-50mm f2.8 XR... Continue

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