Tamron reaches the milestone of 5 millionth high-power zoom lens

Published: October 24 2014

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Tamron has reached an amazing milestone with the production of its 5 millionth high-power zoom lens. The brand's zoom lenses have been a popular choice among enthusiasts who prefer budget-friendly options. Tamron Co. Ltd is a leading producer of precision optics. Recently, it has produced a total of 5 million high-power zoom lenses for interchangeable lens cameras. It has been developing innovative high-power zoom lenses since 1992, and still continues to be one of the top companies for lenses. Tamron is known for delivering top-notch products that cater to the needs of the customers. Its lenses come with an expanded focal range, a lightweight design, and a compact structure, making them perfect for digital SLR cameras.

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Currently, Tamron has launched a wide lineup of high-power zoom lenses that can support different camera formats. In this year, they produced the 16–300 mm f/3.5–6.3 Di II VC PZD Macro lenses for APS-C-sized digital SLR cameras. This company also launched the 18.8x zoom, 28–300 mm f/3.5–6.3 Di VC PZD lens that supports full-frame digital SLR cameras. In addition to that, it announced the 14–150 mm f/3.5-5.8 Di III for Micro Four Thirds mirrorless interchangeable-lens cameras. In this year, the brand has launched many lenses in the high-power zoom lens category. It developed the 18–270 mm f/3.5-6.3 Di II VC PZD lens and the AF18–200 mm f/3.5-6.3 XR Di II lens for APS-C format digital SLR cameras. The AF28–300 mm f/3.5–6.3 XR Di lens for digital SLR cameras is also a popular pick amongst users. For mirrorless interchangeable lens cameras, it has launched the 18–200 mm f/3.5-6.3 Di III VC lens, which offers an excellent image quality. It is time for celebrations, as Tamron has reached the production of the 5 millionth high-power lens, which will provide customers with a 7x zoom for various photography scenes.

Here's the press release :

October 23rd, 2014, Commack, New York - Tamron Co., Ltd., a leading manufacturer of precision optics, announced that it has produced a total of 5 million high-power zoom lenses1 for interchangeable-lens cameras as of September 30, 2014.

Since Tamron released the AF28–200 mm f/3.8–5.6 Aspherical (Model 71D) in 1992, the company has continued to develop innovative, high-power zoom lenses as the ‘pioneer of high-power zoom lenses.’ Innovations include further expanding the focal range, realizing an astounding, lightweight, and compact structure supporting digital SLR cameras, incorporating VC (Vibration Compensation) mechanisms, and implementing the PZD (Piezo Drive) ultrasonic motor.

At present, Tamron has a wide lineup of high-power zoom lenses supporting various camera formats. In particular, during 2014, the company released the 16–300 mm f/3.5–6.3 Di II VC PZD MACRO (Model B016) for APS-C-sized digital SLR cameras with a world-first 18.8x zoom, the 28–300 mm f/3.5–6.3 Di VC PZD (Model A010) supporting full-frame digital SLR cameras, and the 14-150 mm f/3.5-5.8 Di III (Model C001) for Micro Four Thirds mirrorless interchangeable-lens cameras.