Digital SLR Blog

To celebrate Mother’s Day, Tamron is offering a $50.00 rebate on the AF18-270mm F/3.5-6.3 Di-II VC LD Aspherical (IF) Macro lens. The offer is valid till May 12, 2009 and the lens purchase must be made between May 5 ~ May 12, 2009 to qualify for rebate. Also redemption requests must be post-marked by May 26, 2009 to qualify and to download the rebate form go here.

Tamron USA recently announced the re-launch of its website to make navigation a more intuitive and rich experience. The revamped site, designed by Skylar Designs also has a Tamron’s Learning Center section as well as tools like  ‘Lens Finder’ which help customers easily discover what focal length lens is best for them.

You can access the site here.

Tamron has announced the SP AF60mm F/2.0 Di II LD (IF) MACRO 1:1 (Model G005), a life-size macro lens for digital SLR cameras with APS-C size image sensors. The lens will have a fast maximum aperture of F/2.0 and an equivalent angle of view of 93mm when converted to the 35mm format. The new life-size macro lens from Tamron is expected to be made available in mounts for Canon, Nikon (with built-in AF motor) and Sony.

Tamron has launched a new blog focusing on imaging that will be updated by Tamron employees and pro photographers. The blog is called  "Angle of View and it can be accessed here.

[Via Imaging-Resource ]

The Tamron AF 18-270mm f/3.5-6.3 Di II VC LD Aspherical lens was reviewed by Dpreview. According to the reviewer, the lens works for its remarkable 15x focal length range, its impressive image quality, its vibration correction system and its design. However autofocus was found to be slow and the macro power wasn’t up to power.

Excerpt from conclusion:
“We were overall quite impressed by the Tamron 18-270mm. where it's good, it's actually very good indeed, and even where it's weak it's not too far behind the competition.”

There is a new photography contest in the air however this one is restricted to only Tamron users. The theme for Tamron’s photo contest is “Americana - Photographs That Define American Culture” and the grand prize is the Tamron AF18-270mm F/3.5-6.3 Di II VC LD Aspherical IF Macro zoom lens—the world’s first 15X ratio zoom (a $599 value).

The contest is open to Tamron users residing in the United States and all entries must be received no later than October 31, 2009.  For more information head over to http://www.tamron.com.

The newly announced Tamron AF18-270mm F/3.5-6.3 Di II VC LD Aspherical (IF) MACRO lens claims to be the “digital SLR lens in the world that delivers a remarkable zoom ratio of 15X (28-419mm equivalent)”. This high powered zoom lens also comes equipped with ration Compensation (VC) mechanism and has been designed for digital SLR cameras with APS-C sized image sensors.The Tamron AF18-270mm F/3.5-6.3 Di II VC lens has a 28mm to 419mm angle of view and will be made available in Canon and Nikon mounts.  No word on pricing or availability.