I’ve been contacted about the Tamron 17-28mm f/2.8 Di III RXD FE that was recently teased and it sounds like the announcements and preorders will start this week with European pricing being 999 euros and China being 7,800 yuan so we can probably expect $899-999 in the US. This will be a great lens to […]
Tamron teased the 17-28mm f/2.8 Di III RXD FE on weibo the other day to kick off the weekend. It says we will see you next week. Hopefully, they are serious about us getting more news about the 17-28mm’s announcement because many sites have made up announcement dates to that have come and gone. At […]
Today we were supposed to see the launch of the Sony 200-600mm lens according to my original rumor from weibo, but I didn’t go crazy pushing it because Sony rumors tend to be unreliable. The only thing that was certain about this lens rumor was that it existed due to the photos. The site that […]
Fotomagazini published a brief review of the Tamron 17-28mm f/2.8 Di III RXD FE that is coming this summer and they came away impressed. Here is what they thought: Sharp Fast AF Stepper Motor Tight zoom ring Small plastic hood Surprisingly small Lightweight Produced in Vietnam Filter Diameter of 67mm Front stays fixed when zooming […]
Tamron 17-28mm f/2.8 Di III RXD FE: B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama This might be the first footage shot on the Tamron 17-28mm f/2.8 Di III RXD, but it is hard to verify if the footage is legitimate without the lens being shown. We know this lens is coming soon so some photographer and videographers have […]
DPReview interviewed Takashi Sawao, Executive Officer, General Manager, Imaging Products Business Unit, Kenji Nakagawa, Product Manager, Product Planning Dept., Imaging Products Business Unit, and Minoru Ando, General Manager, Optical Design & Engineering R&D Unit from Tamron. Below are excerpts from the interview: It’s been 40 years since Tamron launched SP (Superior Performance) lenses and they […]