Tamron

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Tamron Co., Ltd. 株式会社タムロン
Type	Public K.K. (TYO: 7740 )
Founded	Saitama, Japan (November 1, 1950)
Headquarters	Saitama, Japan
Key people	Morio Ono, President & CEO
Industry	Imaging
Products	Photographic lenses, Optical and other products
Revenue	66,000 million Yen (2004)
Employees	3,525 (as at June 30, 2005)
Website	www.tamron.co.jp

Tamron Co., Ltd. (株式会社タムロン, Kabushiki-gaisha Tamuron^?) (TYO: 7740 ) is a Japanese company manufacturing photographic lenses, optical components and commercial/industrial-use optics. Sony is a major shareholder in the company.

1 Products
2 List of photographic lenses
3 External links

[edit] Products

[edit] Photographic lenses

Interchangeable lenses for 35mm single lens reflex cameras, including the manual focus Adaptall series which have interchangeable mounts for multiple camera brands. These replaced an older series of interchangeable mount lens, the Adaptamatic lenses, which offered less functionality. Tamron was also responsible for the development of the t2 or T-mount adapter system.
Fixed focal wideangle, telephoto and macro lenses
Zoom lenses of various focal length range, Teleconverters
Medium-format cameras ("Bronica" brand) and interchangeable lenses, camera accessories, etc.

[edit] Optical components

Camcorder lenses
Digital still camera lenses
Cellular phone camera lenses

[edit] Commercial and industrial-use optics

CCTV camera lenses for
1. Surveillance
2. Industrial vision
3. Image-processing
Projection lenses, Test plates, High-precision molds, Injection- molded parts & components, Optical device units, etc.

[edit] List of photographic lenses

Most contemporary lenses are available for Nikon, Canon, Minolta/Sony, and Pentax mounts.

[edit] Designations

Di - "Digitally Integrated", featuring coating optimized for digital SLRs, but still usable on 35mm or full frame
Di II - Lenses for DSLRs with APS-C sized sensors only
SP - "Super Performance", professional lenses
IF - "Internal Focus"
LD - "Low Dispersion" elements
XR - Extra Refractive Index glass
VC - "Vibration Compensation", in lens stabilization

[edit] Di Lenses

SP AF17-35mm f/2.8-4 Di LD Aspherical (IF)
SP AF28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di LD Aspherical (IF)
AF28-200mm f/3.8-5.6 XR Di Aspherical (IF) Macro
AF28-300mm f/3.5-6.3 XR Di VC LD Aspherical (IF)
AF70-300mm f/4-5.6 Di LD Macro 1:2
SP AF200-500mm f/5-6.3 Di LD (IF)
SP AF90mm f/2.8 Di 1:1 Macro
SP AF180mm f/3.5 Di LD (IF) 1:1 Macro
SP AF70-200mm f/2.8 Di LD MACRO (IF)

[edit] SP Lenses

SP AF24-135mm f/3.5-5.6 AD Aspherical (IF)
SP AF14mm f/2.8 Aspherical (IF) Rectilinear
SP AF300mm f/2.8 LD (IF)

[edit] Conventional Lenses

AF28-80mm f/3.5-5.6 Aspherical
AF75-300mm f/4-5.6 LD Macro

[edit] Di II Lenses for APS-C

SP AF11-18mm f/4.5-5.6 Di II LD Aspherical (IF)
SP AF17-50mm f/2.8 XR Di II LD Aspherical (IF)
AF18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 XR Di II LD Aspherical (IF)
AF18-250mm f/3.5-6.3 AF Di-II LD Aspherical (IF)
AF55-200mm f/4-5.6 Di II LD

[edit] Discontinued Lenses

Adaptall mount (Adaptall series discontinued 2005)
- 17mm f/3.5 - Model 51B
- 24mm f/2.5
- 28mm f/2.5 - Model 02B
- 28mm f/2.8
- SP 90mm macro f/2.5 1:2 - Model 52B (requires extension tube for 1:1 magnification)
- SP 90mm macro f/2.8 1:1 - Model 72B
- 135mm f/2.5
- SP 180mm f/2.5
- 200mm f/3.5
- SP 300mm f/2.8 - Model 107B (non-internal focusing)
- SP 300mm f/2.8 - Model 60B
- SP 300mm f/2.8 - Model 360B
- SP 300mm f/5.6 - Model 54B
- SP 300mm f/5.6
- SP 350mm f/5.6 mirror lens - Model 06B
- SP 400mm f/4 - Model 65B
- SP 500mm f/8 mirror lens
- 28-70mm f/3.5-4.5
- SP 28-80 f/3.5-4.5 Model 27A
- 35-135mm f/3.5~4.5
- SP 28-105mm f/2.8
- 35-70mm f/3.5 - Model 17A
- 35-80mm f/2.8~3.8
- SP 35-80 f/2.8 - Model 01A
- SP 60-300mm f/3.8-5.4
- 70-150mm f/3.8 BBAR
- 70-210mm f/4-5.6
- SP 70-210mm f/3.5 - Model 19AH
- SP 70-210mm f/3.5-4
- SP 80-200mm f/2.8 - Model 31A
- 80~210mm f/3.8-4
- SP 200-500mm f/5.6 - Model 31A
- 200-500mm f/6.9