Tamron

Tamron Co., Ltd. is a Japanese company manufacturing photographic lenses, optical components and commercial/industrial-use optics. Tamron Headquarters is located in Saitama City in the Saitama Prefecture of Japan.
The name of the company came from the surname of Uhyoue Tamura who was instrumental in developing Tamron's optical technologies. It was only on the company's 20th anniversary that the name was changed to Tamron.
Sony Corporation maintains a 12.06% share hold in Tamron, making it the second-largest shareholder below New Well Co., Ltd with 18.78%. In the fiscal year ending 31 December 2017, net sales totalled 60.496 billion yen and operating income was 4.24 billion yen, up 79.8% from 2016. At that time, the consolidated company had 4,640 employees and five production plants: in Hirosaki, Namioka and Owani in Japan, and one in China and Viet Nam, respectively. Subsidiary companies were located in the U.S., Germany, France, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Moscow and Haryana, India.

History

1950 November – Taisei Optical Manufacturing Company founded, to manufacture lenses for cameras and binoculars.
1952 October – Taisei Optical Industries established with a capital of 2.5 million yen.
1958 – ‘Tamron’ trademark registered.
1970 April – Trade name changed to Tamron Co., Ltd.
1979 April – Tamron Industries, Inc. established in New York City.
1982 September – Tamron Vertriebs GmbH established in Germany.
1984 February – Optech Tamron Co., Ltd. is established in Namioka, Aomori Prefecture.
1984 August – Shares listed with Japan Securities Dealers Association in Tokyo for over-the-counter transactions.
1985 December – Tamron Fine Giken Co., Ltd., a plant for making precision metal molds is established.
1986 January – Injection molding plant is established in Owani, Aomori.
1991 June – Optech Tamron Co., Ltd., is absorbed by Tamron Co., Ltd.
1995 February – Tamron acquires 75% capital of Bronica Co., Ltd., entering into the medium-format camera business
1995 April – Tamron Ltd. is established in the U.K.
1997 May – Tamron Industries is established in Hong Kong.
1997 July – Tamron Optical Co., Ltd. is established in Foshan, Guangdong, People’s Republic of China.
1998 July – Bronica Co., Ltd. is merged into Tamron Co., Ltd.
2000 June – Tamron Fine Giken is merged into Tamron Co., Ltd.
2000 June – Tamron France EURL is established in France.
2005 October – Tamron Optical Co., Ltd. is established in Shanghai, People’s Republic of China.
2006 November – Tamron listed on the 1st Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
2008 May – Tamron Co., Ltd. Taiwan manufacturing factory opened in Tainan, Taiwan.
2009 July – Tamron Co., Ltd. India Liaison Office opened in Haryana, India.
2009 November – Tamron Europe GmbH. Moscow Representative Office opened in Moscow, Russia.
2013 June – Tamron India Pvt Ltd.opened in Haryana, India.
2016 – Sale of compact camera lens modules began.
2017 – Sale of drone camera lens modules began and Tamron acquired Toumeigiken Co.
Products

Photographic lenses

Tamron has sold more than 5 million lenses as of September 2014. In the 2017 fiscal year, such lenses accounted for 74.9% of all sales.

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 28–200 mm. The most-current lens of this type is the AF 16–300 mm F/3.5-6.3 Di II VC PZD MACRO. 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.
Optical components
Camcorder lenses
Digital still camera lenses
Cellular phone camera lenses
Commercial and industrial-use optics
CCTV camera lenses for
# Surveillance
# Industrial vision
# Image-processing
Projection lenses, test plates, high precision molds, injection-molded parts & components, optical device units, etc.
List of photographic lenses

Most current Tamron lenses are available for Nikon F-, Canon EF-, Minolta/Sony A-mount-, and Pentax K-mounts.

Auto-focus lenses

Designations

Di — ‘Digitally Integrated’, featuring coating optimized for digital SLRs, but still usable on 24×36 mm sensors
Di II — Lenses for APS-C sized sensors only
Di III — Lenses for compact system cameras
SP — ‘Super Performance’, professional lenses
— ‘Internal Focusing’
VC — ‘Vibration Compensation’ – in-lens image stabilization
USD — ‘Ultrasonic Silent Drive’
PZD — ‘Piezo Drive’
ZL — ‘Zoom Lock’

Optical design

LD — ‘Low Dispersion’ elements
XLD — ‘Extra Low Dispersion’ elements
XR — ‘Extra Refractive Index’ glass
AD — ‘Anomalous Dispersion’
LAH — ‘LD + ASL’ hybrid lens element
ADH — ‘AD + ASL’ hybrid lens element
HID — ‘High Index, High Dispersion’ glass
Lenses for 35mm SLR cameras
Tamron SP AF 14 mm 2.8 Aspherical '
Tamron SP AF 90 mm 2.5 Macro '
Tamron SP AF 90 mm 2.5 Macro '
Tamron SP AF 90 mm 2.8 Macro 1:1 '
Tamron SP AF 90 mm 2.8 Macro 1:1 '
Tamron SP AF 300 mm 2.8 LD-IF '
Tamron SP AF 300 mm 2.8 LD '
Tamron SP AF 300 mm 2.8 LD '
Tamron AF 19–35 mm 3.5-4.5 '
Tamron SP AF 20–40 mm 2.7-3.5 Aspherical-IF '
Tamron SP AF 20–40 mm 2.7-3.5 Aspherical-IF '
Tamron AF 24–70 mm 3.3-5.6 Aspherical '
Tamron SP AF 24–135 mm 3.5-5.6 AD Aspherical Macro '
Tamron AF 28–70 mm 3.5-4.5 '
Tamron AF 28–70 mm 3.5-4.5 '
Tamron AF 28–80 mm 3.5-5.6 '
Tamron AF 28–80 mm 3.5-5.6 Aspherical '
Tamron AF 28–80 mm 3.5-5.6 Aspherical '
Tamron SP AF 28–105 mm 2.8 LD Aspherical-IF '
Tamron SP AF 28–105 mm 2.8 LD Aspherical-IF '
Tamron AF 28–105 mm 4-5.6 '
Tamron AF 28–105 mm 4-5.6 Aspherical '
Tamron AF 28–200 mm 3.8-5.6 Aspherical '
Tamron AF 28–200 mm 3.8-5.6 LD Super '
Tamron AF 28–200 mm 3.8-5.6 LD Aspherical-IF Super Silver '
Tamron AF 28–200 mm 3.8-5.6 LD Aspherical Super II Macro '
Tamron AF 28–200 mm 3.8-5.6 Aspherical-IF Super2 Silver '
Tamron AF 28–200 mm 3.8-5.6 LD Aspherical Super '
Tamron AF 28–200 mm 3.8-5.6 Super XR Aspherical Macro '
Tamron AF 28–300 mm 3.5-6.3 LD Aspherical Macro '
Tamron AF 28–300 mm 3.8-6.3 LD Aspherical-IF Silver '
Tamron AF 28–300 mm 3.5-6.3 Ultra Zoom XR LD Aspherical Macro '
Tamron AF 35–90 mm 4-5.6 '
Tamron SP AF 35–105 mm 2.8 Aspherical '
Tamron-F AF 35–135 mm 3.5-4.5 Tele-Macro '
Tamron SP AF 70–210 mm 2.8 LD '
Tamron-F AF 70–210 mm 3.5-4.5 Tele-Macro '
Tamron AF 70–210 mm 4-5.6 '
Tamron AF 70–210 mm 4-5.6 '
Tamron AF 70–300 mm 4-5.6 '
Tamron AF 70–300 mm 4-5.6 LD '
Tamron AF 70–300 mm 4-5.6 LD '
Tamron AF 70–300 mm 4-5.6 LD Macro 1:2 '
Tamron AF 70–300 mm 4-5.6 LD Macro '
Tamron AF 75–300 mm 4-5.6 LD '
Tamron AF 75–300 mm 4-5.6 LD Macro '
Tamron AF 80–210 mm 4.5-5.6 '
Tamron AF 80–210 mm 4.5-5.6 '
Tamron AF 90–300 mm 4.5-5.6 '
Tamron AF 100–300 mm 5-6.3 '
Tamron AF 100–300 mm 5-6.3 '
Tamron AF 200–400 mm 5.6 LD-IF '
Tamron AF 200–400 mm 5.6 LD-IF
Di lenses for full-frame DSLR cameras
Tamron SP 35mm f/1.4 Di USD
Tamron SP 35mm f/1.8 Di VC USD
Tamron SP 45mm f/1.8 Di VC USD
Tamron SP 85mm f/1.8 Di VC USD
Tamron SP AF 90 mm 2.8 Di Macro 1:1 '
Tamron SP 90 mm 2.8 Di VC USD Macro 1:1 / Tamron SP 90 mm 2.8 Di USD Macro 1:1 '
Tamron SP 90 mm 2.8 Di VC USD Macro 1:1 '
Tamron SP AF 180 mm 3.5 Di LD Macro 1:1 '
Tamron SP 15-30 mm 2.8 Di VC USD / Tamron SP 15-30 mm 2.8 Di USD '
Tamron SP AF 17–35 mm 2.8-4 Di LD Aspherical '
Tamron SP 24–70 mm 2.8 Di VC USD / Tamron SP 24–70 mm 2.8 Di USD '
Tamron SP AF 28–75 mm 2.8 XR Di LD Aspherical Macro '
Tamron AF 28–200 mm 3.8-5.6 XR Di Aspherical Macro '
Tamron AF 28–300 mm 3.5-6.3 XR Di LD Aspherical '
Tamron AF 28–300 mm 3.5-6.3 XR Di VC LD Aspherical '
Tamron 28-300 mm 3.5-6.3 Di VC PZD / Tamron 28-300 mm 3.5-6.3 Di PZD '
Tamron SP AF 70–200 mm 2.8 Di LD Macro '
Tamron SP 70-200 mm 2.8 Di VC USD / Tamron SP 70-200 mm 2.8 Di USD '
Tamron SP 70-200mm F/2.8 Di VC USD G2
Tamron SP 70-210mm F/4.0 Di VC USD )
Tamron SP 70–300 mm 4-5.6 Di VC USD / Tamron SP 70–300 mm 4-5.6 Di USD '
Tamron AF 70–300 mm 4-5.6 Di LD Macro 1:2 '
Tamron SP 150-600 mm 5-6.3 Di VC USD / Tamron SP 150-600 mm 5-6.3 Di USD '
Tamron SP AF 200–500 mm 5-6.3 Di LD '
Di II lenses for APS-C format DSLR cameras
Tamron SP AF 60mm F/2 Di II LD IF Macro|Tamron SP AF 60 mm 2.0 Di II LD Macro 1:1 '
Tamron SP AF 10–24 mm 3.5-4.5 Di II LD Aspherical '
Tamron SP AF 11–18 mm 4.5-5.6 Di II LD Aspherical '
Tamron 16-300 mm 3.5-6.3 Di II VC PZD Macro / Tamron 16-300 mm 3.5-6.3 Di II PZD Macro '
Tamron SP AF 17–50 mm 2.8 XR Di II LD Aspherical '
Tamron SP AF 17–50 mm 2.8 XR Di II VC LD Aspherical '
Tamron AF 18–200 mm 3.5-6.3 XR Di II LD Aspherical '
Tamron AF 18-250mm F/3.5-6.3 Di II LD Aspherical Macro|Tamron AF 18–250 mm 3.5-6.3 Di II LD Aspherical Macro '
Tamron AF 18-270mm F/3.5-6.3 Di II VC LD Aspherical MACRO|Tamron AF 18–270 mm 3.5-6.3 Di II VC LD Aspherical Macro '
Tamron 18-270 mm 3.5-6.3 Di II VC PZD / Tamron 18-270 mm 3.5-6.3 Di II PZD '
Tamron AF 18–400 mm 3.5-6.3 Di II VC HLD '
Tamron AF 55–200 mm 4-5.6 Di II LD Macro '
Di III lenses for digital compact system cameras
Tamron 14-150 mm 3.5-5.8 Di III '
Tamron 17-28mm f/2.8 Di III RXD for full-frame Sony E-mount
Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8 Di III RXD Lens for full-frame Sony E cameras
Tamron 70-180mm f/2.8 Di III VXD for full-frame Sony E-mount
Tamron 20mm f/2.8 Di III OSD for full-frame Sony E-mount
Tamron 24mm f/2.8 Di III OSD for full-frame Sony E-mount
Tamron 35mm f/2.8 Di III OSD for full-frame Sony E-mount
Tamron 18-200 mm 3.5-6.3 Di III VC '
Manual focus lenses

Adaptall-2 lenses and adapters

Adaptall-2 mount lenses

Primes	-	-	-
Focal length	Max. aperture	Notes	Model
SP 17 mm	3.5	SP	51B
24 mm	2.5		01B
28 mm	2.5		02B
SP 90 mm	2.5	SP 1:2 macro	52B
SP 90 mm	2.5	SP 1:2 macro	52BB
SP 90 mm	2.8	SP 1:1 macro	72B
135 mm	2.5	CF close focus	03B
SP 180 mm	2.5	SP LD IF	63B
200 mm	3.5	CF close focus	04B
SP 300 mm	2.8	SP LD non-IF	107B
SP 300 mm	2.8	SP LD IF	60B
SP 300 mm	2.8	SP LD IF	360B
SP 300 mm	5.6	SP	54B
SP 350 mm	5.6	SP Mirror lens	06B
SP 400 mm	4	SP LD IF	65B
SP 500 mm	8	SP Mirror lens	55B
SP 500 mm	8	SP Mirror lens	55BB

Zooms	-	-	-
Focal length	Max. aperture	Notes	Model
SP 24–48 mm	3.5–3.8	SP	13A
28–50 mm	3.5–4.5		07A
28–70 mm	3.5-4.5		44A
28–70 mm	3.5-4.5		59A
SP 28–80 mm	3.5–4.2	SP	27A
SP 28–105 mm	2.8	SP LD Asph IF	176A
SP 28–135 mm	4–4.5	SP	28A
28–200 mm	3.8–5.6	LD Asph IF	171A
35–70 mm	3.5–4.5		09A
35–70 mm	3.5		17A
SP 35–80 mm	2.8–3.8	SP	01A
SP 35–105 mm	2.8	SP Asph IF	65A
35–135 mm	3.5-4.2		22A
35–135 mm	3.5-4.5		40A
SP 35–210 mm	3.5–4.2	SP	26A
SP 60–300 mm	3.8–5.4	SP	23A
SP 70–150 mm	2.8	SP ‘Soft-Focus'	51A
70–150 mm	3.5		02A
70–150 mm	3.5	Actual aperture 4	20A
SP 70–210 mm	3.5–4	SP	52A
SP 70–210 mm	3.5	SP	19AH
70–210 mm	3.8–4		46A
70–210 mm	4–5.6		58A
75–250 mm	3.8–4.5		04A
75–250 mm	3.8–4.5		104A
75–350 mm	4.5		05A
SP 80–200 mm	2.8	SP LD	30A
80–210 mm	3.8–4		03A
80–210 mm	3.8–4		103A
SP 200–500 mm	5.6	SP	31A
200–500 mm	6.9		06A

Adaptall-2 interchangeable mounts produced for:

To fit lens mount	Model	Comments
‘C’ mount	?	‘C’
Canon EF		EOS-M
Canon FD		FD2
Contax / Yashica		CTX2
Fujica AX		FUJ-X
Fujica ST/AZ-1	08C	FUS
Konica	53C	KE2
Leicaflex	Leicaflex-SL	LF
Leica R4	215C	R4
Mamiya ZE	57CB	ZE
Minolta A-mount	65C
Minolta MC/MD		MD2
‘MS’ mount		‘MS’
Nikon F		NIK
Nikon F Ai	59C	N-AI
Olympus OM		OM4
Olympus OM		Marked ‘OL’
Pentax/Praktica universal screw	01C	PCS
Pentax ES/Spotmatic F		PCE
Pentax K	02C	PK
Pentax KA	63C	PKA
Praktica Electric		LLC
Praktica B200		B200
Ricoh XR-P	61C	XR-P
Rollei SL35 / Voigtländer VSL	12C	RF11
Topcon RE-Series Super D		TO

Adaptall lenses and adapters

Adaptall mount lenses

Primes	-	-	-
Focal length	Max. aperture	Notes	Model
24 mm	2.5		CW-24
28 mm	2.8		CW-28
105 mm	2.5		CT-105
135 mm	2.8		CT-135
200 mm	3.5		CT-200
300 mm	5.6		CT-300

Zooms	-	-	-
Focal length	Max. aperture	Notes	Model
35–80 mm	2.8–3.5		QZ-35M
38–100 mm	3.5		SZ-38
38–100 mm	3.5		SZ-38M
70–150 mm	3.5		CZ-150
70–150 mm	3.5		QZ-150M
70–150 mm	3.8		CZ-715
70–220 mm	3.8		Z-220
70–350 mm	4.5		CZ-735
80–250 mm	3.8		Z-250
80–250 mm	3.8–4.5		CZ-825
80–250 mm	3.8–4.5		QZ-825M
85–210 mm	4.5		Z-210
85–210 mm	4.5		CZ-210M
85–210 mm	4.5		QZ-210M
200–500 mm	6.9		Z-500
200–500 mm	6.9		CZ-500

Adaptall interchangeable mounts produced for:

To fit lens mount	Model
Canon FD	???
Contax	???
Pentax/Praktica universal screw	???
Miranda bayonet	???
Nikon F	???
Olympus OM	???
Rollei SL35	???
Topcon RE-Series	???

Adapt-A-Matic lenses and adapters

Adapt-A-Matic mount lenses

Primes	-	-	-
Focal length	Max. aperture	Notes	Model
21 mm	4.5		PFJ-45Au
24 mm	3.5		PFY-35Au
28 mm	2.8	62 mm filter	PFH-28Au
28 mm	2.8	58 mm filter	???
35 mm	2.8		PSG-28Au
105 mm	2.5		JOG-25Au
135 mm	f/2.8		JSG-28Au
135 mm	3.5		???
200 mm	3.5		870Au
300 mm	5.6		670Au

Zooms	-	-	-
Focal length	Max. aperture	Notes	Model
70–220 mm	4		PZ-30Au
80–250 mm	3.8		PZ-20Au
85–205 mm	3.5		PZ-60Au
200–500 mm	6.9		PZ-150Au

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	P-CS
Minolta SR-1, SR-2, SR-7	SR
Minolta SR-T	SR-T
Miranda bayonet	M-A
Nikon F	N-IF
Petri	P-E
Topcon RE	T-O

T2 lenses and adapters

T2 screw mount lenses

Primes	-	-	-
Focal length	Max. aperture	Notes	Model
35 mm	2.8		460
58 mm	1.2		380
135/225 mm	2.8/5.5		680 ‘Twin-Tele’ or ‘Converto’
135 mm	3.5		860
135/225 mm	4.5/7.7	Older, smaller thread	280 ‘Twin-Tele’ or ‘Converto’
180 mm	3.5		JH-35
200 mm	2.8		360
200 mm	3.5		870
200 mm	5.9		F0-59
200 mm	6.3		F0-63
250 mm	4.5		FG-45
300 mm	5.6		670
300 mm	6.9		S0-69
350 mm	5.6		750
400 mm	5.6		340
400 mm	6.9		F0-69
400 mm	7.5		490
400 mm	8		Y0-8
450 mm	8		880

Zooms	-	-	-
Focal length	Max. aperture	Notes	Model
55–90 mm	4		PZ-50
95–205 mm	5.6		PZ-60P
95–205 mm	6.3		910P
95–250 mm	5.6		PZ-10II
200–400 mm	6.3		PZ-70

T2 interchangeable mounts produced for:

To fit lens mount	Tamron Model #
Canon EF
Canon R, FL, FD	T400-C A
Contax/Yashica
Exacta/Topcon RE	T400-K E
Exacta/Topcon RE	Older, 37 mm thread
Pentax/Praktica universal screw	T400-C S
Pentax screw	Older, 37 mm thread
Minolta/Sony A-mount
Minolta SR-mount	T400-SR2
Miranda bayonet	T400-MA
Nikon F	T400-NIF
Olympus OM
Pentax K
Petri bayonet
Topcon/Exacta RE
Yashica/Contax
Yashica Pentamatic	T400-Y A

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Tamron

History

Products

Photographic lenses

Optical components

Commercial and industrial-use optics

List of photographic lenses

Auto-focus lenses

Lenses for 35mm SLR cameras

Di lenses for full-frame DSLR cameras

Di II lenses for APS-C format DSLR cameras

Di III lenses for digital compact system cameras

Manual focus lenses

Adaptall-2 lenses and adapters

Adaptall lenses and adapters

Adapt-A-Matic lenses and adapters

T2 lenses and adapters