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 Image:Green up.png 66,000 million Yen (2004)
Employees 5,579 (as of June 30, 2007) [1]
Website www.tamron.co.jp
Tamron head office in Minuma-ku, Saitama, Japan.
Tamron head office in Minuma-ku, Saitama, Japan.

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.[2]

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[edit] Products

[edit] Photographic lenses

The Tamron 18–250mm, the world’s first 13.9× zoom lens made for DSLR cameras
The Tamron 18–250mm, the world’s first 13.9× zoom lens made for DSLR cameras
  • Interchangeable lenses for digital and conventional SLR cameras, including compact high ratio zoom lenses of which Tamron was the pioneer in 1992 when it released the 28–200mm. The most current lens of this type is the 18–250mm, the world's first 13.9× zoom lens made for Digital SLR cameras. Tamron was the maker of 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 ranges
  • Teleconverters

[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. It is rumoured that Tamron will start producing lenses for the Olympus/Panasonic Four Thirds mount in early 2008[citation needed], and that they will be in retail shops by the Summer of the same year. It is unknown exactly which lenses Tamron will introduce into their Four Thirds line-up, however it is believed they will follow a similar route to rival lens manufacturer Sigma, by releasing only a small selection of lenses in the initial line-up. It has been rumoured that the 13.9× 18–250mm telephoto zoom lens will be part of this initial launch. This would give a 35mm equivalent focal length of 36–500mm on a Four Thirds system digital SLR.

[edit] Designations

  • Di — ‘[Digitally Integrated]’, featuring coating optimized for digital SLRs, but still usable on 24×36mm sensors (35mm, ‘full’ or double 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

[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 & Mounts

Adaptall 2 mount lenses (Adaptall 2 series discontinued 2005/2006)

  • Primes
    • 17mm f/3.5 — Model 51B
    • 24mm f/2.5
    • 28mm f/2.5 — Model 02B
    • 28mm f/2.8
    • 90mm macro f/2.5 1:2
    • SP 90mm macro f/2.8 1:1 — Model 72B
    • 135mm 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 350mm f/5.6 mirror lens — Model 06B
    • SP 400mm f/4 — Model 65B
  • Zooms
    • 28–70mm f/3.5–4.5 — Model 44A
    • SP 28–105mm f/2.8
    • 35–70mm f/3.5 — Model 17A
    • 35–80mm f/2.8~3.8
    • 70–150mm f/3.8 BBAR
    • 70–210mm f/4–5.6 — Model 46A
    • SP 80–200mm f/2.8 — Model 30A
    • SP 200–500mm f/5.6 — Model 31A
    • 200–500mm f/6.9 — 06A

Adaptall 2 interchangeable mounts produced for:

To fit lens mount Model
"C" mount (CCTV/16mm) "C"
Canon EF  ???
Canon FD FD2
Contax / Yashica CTX2
Fujica AX FUJ-X
Fujica ST/AZ-1 FUS
Konica (Later type) KE2
Leicaflex (for catadioptric lenses) LF
Leica R4 R4
Mamiya ZE ZE
Minolta Maxxum AF  ???
Minolta MC/MD MD2
"MS" mount (CCTV) "MS"
Nikon F (original type with "horn" meter coupler) NIK
Nikon F-Ai N-AI
Olympus OM OM4
Pentax/Praktica universal screw (M42) PCS
Pentax ES/Spotmatic PCE
Pentax K PK
Pentax KA PKA
Praktica Electric (screw) LLC
Praktica B200 B200
Ricoh XR-P XR-P
Rollei SL35 / Voigtländer VSL RF11
Topcon RE-Series Super D TO
Voigtländer VSL / Rollei SL35 RF11
Yashica / Contax CTX2

Adaptall (first series) mount lenses

Primes
Focal length Max. aperture Notes Model
135mm f/2.8 BBAR MC CT-135

Adaptall (first series) interchangeable mounts produced for:

To fit lens mount Model
Pentax/Praktica universal screw (M42)  ???
Miranda bayonet  ???
Nikon F (original type with "horn" meter coupler)  ???
Topcon RE-Series  ???

Adapt-A-Matic mount lenses

Primes
Focal length Max. aperture Model
21mm f/4.5  ???
24mm f/3.5  ???
28mm f/2.8  ???
35mm f/2.8  ???
135mm f/2.8  ???
200mm f/3.5  ???
300mm f/5.6  ???
Zooms
Focal length Max. aperture Model
70~220mm f/4  ???
80~250mm f/3.8  ???
200~500mm f/6.9  ???

Adapt-A-Matic interchangeable mounts produced for:

To fit lens mount Model
Canon FD C-AF
Exacta EX
Konica K-A
Pentax/Praktica universal screw (M42) P-CS
Minolta SR1, SR2 & SR7 SR
Minolta SRT SR-T
Miranda bayonet M-A
Nikon F N-IF
Petri P-E
Topcon RE T-O

T2 screw mount lenses

Primes
Focal length Max. aperture Model
135/225mm f/2.8/5.5 #680 "Twin-Tele" or "Converto"
135/225mm f/4.5/7.7 #280 "Twin-Tele" or "Converto"

T2 interchangeable mounts produced for: (Manufactured by Tamron, as well as third party manufacturers)

To fit lens mount
Canon EF
Canon FD
Contax/Yashica
Exacta/Topcon RE
M42 (Pentax) screw
Minolta Maxxum AF
Minolta MC/MD
Nikon F
Olympus OM
Pentax K
Topcon/Exacta RE
Yashica/Contax

[edit] References

  1. ^ TAMRON | Stock Information
  2. ^ TAMRON | Stock Information

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