Tamron provides photographers with a wide choice of lenses to suit their photographic needs.
Tamron is an independent lens manufacturer that has provided a wide assortment of lenses for use with the leading SLRs in the market since 1957. The company offers lenses with the patented Adaptall-2 mount to accommodate use with Nikon, Canon, Pentax, Minolta and Olympus cameras. Tamron also offers several lenses designed for digital cameras for use with Sony cameras.
Manual Focus Zoom Lenses
Tamron discontinued the manufacturing of manual focus zoom lenses in 2006 to focus on auto-focus lenses for digital SLRs. The following are all the zoom lenses manufactured by Tamron and offered in the Adaptall-2 mount to fit the leading SLRs from various companies. The discontinuation date is in brackets.
70-150mm F/3.5 (1980)
28-50mm F/3.5-4.5 (1982)
80-210mm F/3.8-4 (1982)
75-250mm F/3.8-4.5 (1982)
SP 70-150mm F/2.8 Soft (1983)
35-70mm F/3.5 (1983)
SP 70-210mm F/3.5-4 (1984)
70-350mm F/4.5 (1984)
75-250mm F/3.8-4.5 (1984)
70-150mm F/3.5 (1984)
SP 35-80mm F/2.8-3.8 (1985)
200-500mm F/6.9 (1985)
SP 35-135mm F/3.5-4.2 (1985)
SP 24-48mm F/3.5-3.8 (1987)
35-70mm F/3.5 (1987)
SP 28-80mm F/3.5-4.2 (1987)
80-210mm F/3.8-4 (1987)
SP 35-210mm F/3.5-4.2 (1987)
28-70mm F/3.5-4.5 (1988)
70-210nn F/3.8-4 (1988)
SP 28-135mm F/4-4.5 (1988)
AF70-210mm F/4 [IF] (1989)
70-210mm F/4-5.6 (1991)
28-70mm F/3.5-4.5 (1991)
SP 80-200mm F/2.8 LD (1992)
SP 200-500mm F/5.6 (1992)
35-135mm F/3.5-4.5 (1996)
SP 35-105mm F/2.8 Aspherical (1994)
SP 70-210mm F/3.5 (1999)
SP 60-300mm F/3.8-5.4 (2000)
SP 28-105mm F/2.8 LD Aspherical-IF (2002)
28-70mm F/3.5-4.5 (2005)
70-210mm F/4-5.6 (2005)
28-200mm F/3.8-5.6 LD Aspherical IF Super (2006)
Manual Focus Fixed Length
Like the manual focus zoom lenses, the fixed-length lenses have been discontinued to focus on lenses for the digital photography market.
SP 500mm F/8 (1983)
135mm F/2.5 (1984)
200mm F/3.5 (1984)
SP 300mm F/5.6 (1984)
SP 17mm F/3.5 (1984)
SP 300mm F/2.8 LD (1984)
SP 350mm F/5.6 (1985)
24mm F/2.5 (1987)
SP 90mm F/2.5 (1988)
SP 180mm F/2.5 LD-IF (1992)
SP 300mm F/2.8 LD-IF (1992)
28mm F/2.5 (1992)
SP 400mm F/4 LD-IF (1995)
SP 90mm F/2.5 (1996)
SP 17mm F/3.5 (2000)
24mm F/2.5 (2000)
SP 300mm F/2.8 LD-IF (2002)
SP 90mm F/2.8 MACRO 1:1 (2006)
Film Auto-Focus Lenses
The last aufo-focus lens designed for use on film SLRs by Tamron was discontinued in 2008 with production shifting to lenses designed specifically for digital cameras with special emphasis on lenses for cropped sensor cameras. Except for the first two lenses on the list, all were offered in various lens mounts to fit SLR brands.
AF35-135mm F/3.5-4.5 Minolta-AF (1988)
AF70-210mm F/3.5-4.5 Minolta-AF (1989)
SP AF90mm F/2.5 (1992)
AF90-300mm F/4.5-5.6 (1994)
AF35-90mm F/4-5.6 (1994)
AF70-210mm F/4-5.6 (1994)
AF28-70mm F/3.5-4.5 (1995)
AF70-210mm F/4-5.6 (1995)
SP AF 300mm F/2.8 LD-IF (1994)
SP AF 35-105mm F/2.8 Aspherical (1994)
AF70mm-300mm F/4-5.6 (1996)
SP AF 90mm F/2.5 (1996)
AF 24-70mm F/3.3-5.6 Aspherical (1999)
SP AF 20-40mm F/2.7-3.5 Aspherical-IF (1999)
SP AF 90mm F/2.8 Macro[1:1] (1999)
AF 200-400mm F/5.6 LD-IF (2000)
SP AF 28-105mm F/2.8 LD Aspherical-IF (2000)
AF 70-300mm F/4-5.6 LD (2001)
SP AF 70-210mm F/2.8 LD (2001)
AF 100-300mm F/5-6.3 (2001)
AF 28-200mm F/3.8-5.6 LD Aspherical-IF Super Silver (2002)
AF28-200mm F/3.8-5.6 LD Aspherical [IF] Super (2002)
AF28-200mm F/3.8-5.6 LD Aspherical [IF] Super II MACRO (2002)
AF28-300mm F/3.5-6.3 LD Aspherical [IF] MACRO (2002)
AF 28-300mm F/3.8-6.3 LD Aspherical-IF Silver (2002)
AF 28-200mm F/3.8-5.6 Aspherical-IF Super2 Silver (2002)
SP AF 28-105mm F/2.8 LD Aspherical-IF (2004)
AF 80-210mm F/4.5-5.6 (2005)
SP AF 20-40mm F/2.7-3.5 Aspherical-IF (2005)
AF 28-80mm F/3.5-5.6 Aspherical (2005)
AF 70-300mm F/4-5.6 LD Macro[1:2] (2005)
AF 75-300mm F/4-5.6 LD (2005)
AF 19-35mm F/3.5-4.5 (2005)
AF28-105mm F/4-5.6 Aspherical [IF] (2006)
SP AF14mm F/2.8 Aspherical [IF] (2007)
SP AF24-135mm F/3.5-5.6 AD Aspherical [IF] MACRO (2007)
SP AF17-35mm F/2.8-4 Di LD Aspherical [IF] (2008)
Digital Lenses
Tamron manufactures two lines of lenses for digital cameras, designated Di and Di II. The first series of lenses is for all DSLRs including full-frame. The second designation is for lenses designed for specific use on cropped-sensor cameras. All of these lenses are still in production.
Di series
AF 28-200mm F/3.5-5.6
AF 28-300mm F.3.5-6.3
AF 28-300mm F/3.5-6.3 VC
SP AF 28-75mm F2.8
SP AF 70-200mm F/2.8
SP AF 70-300mm F/4-5.6
AF 70-300mm F/4-5.6 Macro 1:2
SP AF 200-500mm F/5-6.3
SP AF 90mm F/2.8 Macro 1:1
SP AF 180mm F/3/5 Macro 1:1
Di II series
AF 18-200mm F/3.5-6.3
AF 18-270mm F/3.5-6.3 VC
AF 18-270mm F/3.5-6.3 VC PZD
SP AF 17-50mm F/2.8
SP AF 17-50mm F/2.8 VC
SP AF 10-14mm F/3.5-4.5
AF 55-200mm F/4-5.6
SP AF 60mm F/2 Macro 1:1
Tags: 28-105mm Aspherical-IF, 300mm LD-IF, Aspherical Super, digital cameras, lenses designed, lenses digital, Silver 2002