Tamron develops SP 70-300mm F4-5.6 Di VC USD lens: "
Tamron has announced the development of a 70-300mm f/4-5.6 zoom lens featuring image stabilization and an ultrasonic auto-focus drive. The SP 70-300mm F4-5.6 Di VC USD is the company's first lens to feature its latest Ultrasonic Silent Drive (USD) autofocus motor, with full-time manual focus override. The optical design includes an element made from Extra-Low Dispersion (XLD) glass, said to have optical properties similar to fluorite. Designed for both full-frame and APS-C digital SLRs, the lens will be initially available in Nikon mount followed by Canon and Sony versions."
(Via Digital Photography Review.)
Tamron 17-50mm f2.8 - Now Image Stabilized: "
Tamron took the wraps off their latest iteration of the popular 17-50mm f2.8 XR Di lens - now featuring Vibration Compensation (VC). VC is Tamron's implementation of Nikon's Vibration Reduction, and makes this fast and light lens even more versatile for hand-held shots.
"(Via Nikonians News.)
Just posted! Tamron 18-270mm VC lens review: "
Just posted! Our new lens review of the Tamron AF 18-270mm f/3.5-6.3 Di II VC LD Aspherical (IF) MACRO.' It may have a name straight out of the web-pages of Acrophobia, but it also features a mind-blowing 15 times zoom ratio that leaves its competitors trailing in its wake. This is coupled with Tamron's own optical image stabilization system to reduce the effects of camera shake. But is longer necessarily better? Read on to find out."
(Via Digital Photography Review.)
Ultra High Power Tamron AF18-270mm zoom lens: "Tamron announces the development of a unique ultra high power zoom lens, the Tamron AF18-270mm F/3.5-6.3 Di II VC LD Aspherical (IF) Macro, the first digital SLR lens in the world that delivers a zoom ratio of 15x (28-419mm equivalent) and is equipped with a Vibration Compensation (VC) mechanism. The new lens is designed exclusively for digital SLR cameras with APS-C sized image sensors, and will be made available in Canon and Nikon mounts. The price and launch date of the lens will be announced at a later date..."
(Via DCVIEWS Digital camera and photography news.)
Digital Picture Reviews Tamron 70-200mm f/2.8 Di Macro Lens: "The Tamron 70-200mm f/2.8 Di Macro Lens was reviewed by the website Digital Picture recently. The reviewer liked the lens for its image quality which was found satisfactory and its economical price. However the Micro motor that powers the AF was found to be slow and noisy and barrel distortion was also noticed at certain settings."
(Via digitalcamerainfo.com.)
