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Japan
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ese company manufacturing photographic lens
Photographic lens
A camera lens is an optical lens or assembly of lenses used in conjunction with a camera body and mechanism to make images of objects either on photographic film or on other media capable of storing an image chemically or electronically.While in principle a simple convex lens will suffice, in...
es, optical components and commercial/industrial-use optics. Tamron Headquarters is located in Saitama City in the Saitama Prefecture
Saitama Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of the island of Honshu. The capital is the city of Saitama.This prefecture is part of the Greater Tokyo Area, and most of Saitama's cities can be described as suburbs of Tokyo, to which a large amount of residents commute each day.- History...
of Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
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Sony Corporation maintains an 11% share hold in Tamron, making it the second largest shareholder below New Well Co., Ltd. with 17.34%.
History
- 1950 Nov. – Taisei Optical Manufacturing Company founded.
- 1952 Oct. – Taisei Optical Industries established with a capital of 2.5 million yen.
- 1958 – “Tamron” trademark registered.
- 1970 Apr. – Trade name changed to Tamron Co., Ltd.
- 1979 Apr. – Tamron Industries, Inc. (presently Tamron USA, Inc.) established in New York CityNew York CityNew York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
. - 1982 Sept. – Tamron Vertriebs GmbH established in GermanyGermanyGermany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
. - 1984 Feb. – Optech Tamron Co., Ltd. is established in Namioka, Aomori PrefectureAomori Prefectureis a prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku Region. The capital is the city of Aomori.- History :Until the Meiji Restoration, the area of Aomori prefecture was known as Mutsu Province....
. - 1984 Aug. – Shares listed with Japan Securities Dealers Association (currently JASDAQ) in Tokyo for over-the-counter transactions.
- 1985 Dec. – Tamron Fine Giken Co., Ltd., a plant for making precision metal molds is established.
- 1986 Jan. – Injection molding plant is established in Owani, AomoriAomori Prefectureis a prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku Region. The capital is the city of Aomori.- History :Until the Meiji Restoration, the area of Aomori prefecture was known as Mutsu Province....
. - 1991 Jun. – Optech Tamron Co., Ltd., is absorbed by Tamron Co., Ltd.
- 1995 Feb. – Tamron acquires 75% capitcal of Bronica Co., Ltd., entering into the medium-format camera business
- 1995 Apr. – Tamron (UK) Ltd. is established in the U.K.
- 1997 May – Tamron Industries (Hong Kong) is established in Hong KongHong KongHong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...
. - 1997 Jul. – Tamron Optical (Foshan) Co., Ltd. is established in FoshanFoshanFoshan is a city in central Guangdong province in southern China. The prefectural area under the city's jurisdiction over an area of about 3,840 km² and a population of 5.4 million of which 1.1 million reside in the city proper ....
, GuangdongGuangdongGuangdong is a province on the South China Sea coast of the People's Republic of China. The province was previously often written with the alternative English name Kwangtung Province...
, People’s Republic of China. - 1998 Jul. – Bronica Co., Ltd. is merged into Tamron Co., Ltd.
- 2000 Jun. – Tamron Fine Giken is merged into Tamron Co., Ltd.
- 2000 Jun. - Tamron France EURL is established in FranceFranceThe French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
. - 2005 Oct. – Tamron Optical (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. is established in ShanghaiShanghaiShanghai is the largest city by population in China and the largest city proper in the world. It is one of the four province-level municipalities in the People's Republic of China, with a total population of over 23 million as of 2010...
, People’s Republic of China. - 2006 Nov. – Tamron listed on the 1st Section of the Tokyo Stock ExchangeTokyo Stock ExchangeThe , called or TSE for short, is located in Tokyo, Japan and is the third largest stock exchange in the world by aggregate market capitalization of its listed companies...
. - 2009 Jul. – Tamron Co., Ltd. India Liaison Office opened in HaryanaHaryanaHaryana is a state in India. Historically, it has been a part of the Kuru region in North India. The name Haryana is found mentioned in the 12th century AD by the apabhramsha writer Vibudh Shridhar . It is bordered by Punjab and Himachal Pradesh to the north, and by Rajasthan to the west and south...
, IndiaIndiaIndia , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
. - 2009 Nov. – Tamron Europe GmbH. Moscow Representative Office opened in MoscowMoscowMoscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
, RussiaRussiaRussia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
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Photographic lenses
- Interchangeable lenses for digital and conventional SLR cameras, including compact high ratio zoomSuperzoomThe term hyperzoom or superzoom is used to advertise photographic zoom lenses with unconventionally large focal length factors, typically more than 5× and ranging up to 15×, e.g., 35 mm to 350 mm. The largest ratio for digital SLR cameras is held by the Tamron 18–270 mm, giving 15×....
lenses of which Tamron was the pioneer in 1992 when it released the 28–200mm. The most current lens of this type is the 18–270mm, the world's first 15× zoom lens made for Digital SLR cameras. 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-mountT-mountT-mount is a standard lens mount for cameras and other optical assemblies.The T2 version is a screw mount using a male M42x0.75 metric thread on the lens with a flange focal distance of 55 mm, and a mating female thread on a camera adapter or other optical component. This thread form is referred...
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 contemporary Tamron lenses are available for Nikon FNikon F-mount
The Nikon F-mount is a type of interchangeable lens mount developed by Nikon for its 35 mm SLR cameras. The F-mount was first introduced on the Nikon F camera in 1959, and features a three lug bayonet mount with a 44 mm throat and a flange to focal plane distance of 46.5 mm...
, Canon EF
Canon EF lens mount
Introduced in 1987, the EF lens mount is the standard lens mount on the Canon EOS family of SLR film and digital cameras. EF stands for "Electro-Focus": automatic focusing on EF lenses is handled by a dedicated electric motor built into the lens...
, Minolta
Minolta AF
The Minolta Alpha camera system was a collection of photographic equipment from Minolta. The system used a lens mount called A-mount, with a flange focal distance 44.50 mm. The new mount was larger than the older SR-mount making old manual lenses incompatible with the new system...
/Sony α, and Pentax K
Pentax K mount
The Pentax K mount, sometimes referred to as the "PK mount", is a lens mount standard for mounting interchangeable photographic lenses to 35 mm single-lens reflex cameras. It was created by Pentax in 1975, and has been used by all Pentax 35 mm and digital SLRs since...
lens mount
Lens mount
A lens mount is an interface — mechanical and often also electrical — between a photographic camera body and a lens. It is confined to cameras where the body allows interchangeable lenses, most usually the single lens reflex type or any movie camera of 16 mm or higher gauge...
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Designations
- Di — ‘Digitally Integrated’, featuring coating optimized for digital SLRs, but still usable on 24×36mm sensors (35mm, ‘full’ or double frame)
- Di II — Lenses for DSLRs with APS-C sized sensors only
- SP — ‘Super Performance’, professional lenses
- IF — ‘Internal Focus’
- LD — "Low Dispersion" elements
- XR — Extra Refractive Index glass
- VC — "Vibration Compensation" -- in lens image stabilization
- USD — Ultrasonic Silent Drive
- PZD — Piezo Drive
Di Lenses
- SP AF17–35mm 2.8–4 Di LD Aspherical (IF)
- SP AF28–75mm 2.8 XR Di LD Aspherical (IF)
- AF28–200mm 3.8–5.6 XR Di Aspherical (IF) Macro
- AF28–300mm 3.5–6.3 XR Di VC LD Aspherical (IF)
- AF70–300mm 4–5.6 Di LD Macro 1:2
- SP AF200–500mm 5–6.3 Di LD (IF)
- SP AF 90mm f/2.8 Di 1:1 Macro
- SP AF180mm 3.5 Di LD (IF) 1:1 Macro
- SP AF70–200mm 2.8 Di LD MACRO (IF)
- SP AF70-300mm 4-5.6 Di VC USD
SP Lenses
- SP AF24–135mm 3.5–5.6 AD Aspherical (IF)
- SP AF14mm 2.8 Aspherical (IF) Rectilinear
- SP AF300mm 2.8 LD (IF)
- SP AF17-35mm 2.8-4 Di LD Aspherical (IF)
- SP AF70-200mm 2.8 Di LD (IF) Macro
Conventional Lenses
- AF 28–80mm 3.5–5.6 Aspherical
- AF 75–300mm 4–5.6 LD Macro
- AF 200-400 5.6 LD
Di II Lenses for APS-C
- SP AF10-24mm 3.5-4.5 Di II LD Aspherical (IF)
- SP AF11–18mm 4.5–5.6 Di II LD Aspherical (IF)
- SP AF17–50mm 2.8 XR Di II LD Aspherical (IF) a.k.a Tamron A16
- SP AF17–50mm 2.8 XR Di II VC LD Aspherical (IF)
- SP AF60mm 2.0 Di II MACRO 1:1
- AF18–200mm 3.5–6.3 XR Di II LD Aspherical (IF)
- AF18–250mm 3.5–6.3 AF Di II LD Aspherical (IF)
- AF18–270mm 3.5-6.3 Di II VC LD Aspherical (IF) Macro
- AF55–200mm 4–5.6 Di II LD
- AF18-270mm F/3.5-6.3 Di II VC PZD
Discontinued lenses and mounts
Adaptall 2 mount lenses (Adaptall 2 series discontinued 2005/2006)| Primes | |||
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| Focal length | Max. aperture | Notes | Model |
| SP 17mm | f/3.5 | 51B | |
| 24mm | f/2.5 | 01B | |
| 28mm | f/2.5 | 02B | |
| 28mm | f/2.8 | ||
| 90mm | f/2.5 | 1:2 macro | 52B |
| 90mm | f/2.8 | 1:1 macro | 72B |
| 135mm | f/2.5 | 03B | |
| SP 180mm | f/2.5 | Internal focusing | 63B |
| 200mm | f/3.5 | 04B | |
| SP 300mm | f/2.8 | non-internal focusing | 107B |
| SP 300mm | f/2.8 | 60B | |
| SP 300mm | f/2.8 | 360B | |
| SP 300mm | f/5.6 | 54B | |
| SP 350mm | f/5.6 | Mirror lens | 06B |
| SP 400mm | f/4 | Internal focusing | 65B |
| SP 500mm | f/8 | Mirror lens | 55B |
| SP 500mm | f/8 | Mirror lens | 55BB |
| Zooms | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Focal length | Max. aperture | Notes | Model |
| SP 24~48mm | f/3.5~3.8 | 13A | |
| 28~50mm | f/3.5~4.5 | 07A | |
| 28~80mm | f/3.5~4.5 | 44A | |
| SP 28~80mm | f/3.5~4.2 | 27A | |
| SP 28~105mm | f/2.8 | ||
| SP 28~200mm | f/3.8~5.6 | Aspherical LD IF | 171A |
| 35~70mm | f/3.5~4.5 | 09A | |
| 35~70mm | f/3.5 | 17A | |
| 35~80mm | f/2.8~3.8 | ||
| 35~210mm | f/3.5~4.2 | 26A | |
| 70~150mm | f/2.8 | 'Soft' CF Tele Macro BBAR MC | |
| 70~150mm | f/3.5 | BBAR | 20A |
| 70~210mm | f/3.8~4 | 46A | |
| SP 80~200mm | f/2.8 | 30A | |
| SP 200~500mm | f/5.6 | 31A | |
| 200~500mm | f/6.9 | 06A | |
Adaptall 2 interchangeable mounts produced for:
| To fit lens mount | Model |
|---|---|
| "C" mount (CCTV/16mm) | "C" |
| Canon EF Canon EF lens mount Introduced in 1987, the EF lens mount is the standard lens mount on the Canon EOS family of SLR film and digital cameras. EF stands for "Electro-Focus": automatic focusing on EF lenses is handled by a dedicated electric motor built into the lens... |
EOS-M |
| Canon FD Canon FD The Canon FD lens mount is a physical standard for connecting a photographic lens to a single-lens reflex camera body. The standard was developed by Canon of Japan and was introduced in March 1971 with the Canon F-1 camera. It was the primary Canon SLR lens mounting system until 1987 when the... |
FD2 |
| Contax Contax Contax was a camera brand noted for its unique technical innovation and a wide range of Zeiss lenses, noted for their high optical quality. Its final incarnation was a line of 35 mm, medium format and digital cameras engineered and manufactured by Kyocera, and featuring modern Zeiss optics... / Yashica Yashica Yashica was a Japanese manufacturer of cameras.-History:The company began in December, 1949 in Nagano, Japan, when the Yashima Seiki Company was founded with an initial investment of $566. Its eight employees originally manufactured components for electric clocks... |
CTX2 |
| Fujica Fujica Fujica is the name given by Fujifilm of Japan to its line of still-photography and motion picture cameras.Here is a list of all the Fujica branded still photo cameras that were produced and their date of introduction... AX |
FUJ-X |
| Fujica ST/AZ-1 | FUS |
| Konica Konica was a Japanese manufacturer of, among other products, film, film cameras, camera accessories, photographic and photo-processing equipment, photocopiers, fax machines and laser printers.- History :... (Later type) |
KE2 |
| Leicaflex (for catadioptric lenses) | LF |
| Leica R4 | R4 |
| Mamiya Mamiya is a Japanese company that today manufactures high-end cameras and other related photographic and optical equipment. With headquarters in Tokyo, it has two manufacturing plants and a workforce of over 200 people... ZE |
ZE |
| Minolta Minolta Minolta Co., Ltd. was a Japanese worldwide manufacturer of cameras, camera accessories, photocopiers, fax machines, and laser printers. Minolta was founded in Osaka, Japan, in 1928 as . It is perhaps best known for making the first integrated autofocus 35mm SLR camera system... Maxxum AF |
??? |
| Minolta MC/MD | MD2 |
| "MS" mount (CCTV) | "MS" |
| Nikon Nikon , also known as just Nikon, is a multinational corporation headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, specializing in optics and imaging. Its products include cameras, binoculars, microscopes, measurement instruments, and the steppers used in the photolithography steps of semiconductor fabrication, of which... F (original type with "horn" meter coupler) |
NIK |
| Nikon F-Ai | N-AI |
| Olympus OM | OM4 |
| Olympus OM | Marked 'OL' |
| Pentax/Praktica universal screw (M42) M42 lens mount The M42 lens mount is a screw thread mounting standard for attaching lenses to 35 mm cameras, primarily single-lens reflex models. It is more accurately known as the M42 × 1 mm standard, which means that it is a metric screw thread of 42 mm diameter and 1 mm thread pitch... |
PCS |
| Pentax Pentax Pentax is a brand name used by Hoya Corporation for its medical-related products & services and Pentax Ricoh Imaging Company for cameras, sport optics , etc. Hoya purchased and merged with the Japanese optics company on March 31, 2008. Hoya's Pentax imaging business was sold to Ricoh Company, Ltd... ES/Spotmatic F (M42 mount but includes Pentax ES/ Spotmatic F open aperture metering support) |
PCE |
| Pentax K Pentax K mount The Pentax K mount, sometimes referred to as the "PK mount", is a lens mount standard for mounting interchangeable photographic lenses to 35 mm single-lens reflex cameras. It was created by Pentax in 1975, and has been used by all Pentax 35 mm and digital SLRs since... |
PK |
| Pentax KA Pentax K mount The Pentax K mount, sometimes referred to as the "PK mount", is a lens mount standard for mounting interchangeable photographic lenses to 35 mm single-lens reflex cameras. It was created by Pentax in 1975, and has been used by all Pentax 35 mm and digital SLRs since... |
PKA |
| Praktica Praktica Praktica is a brand of camera manufactured by Pentacon in Dresden in eastern Germany, formerly within the GDR prior to reunification. Pentacon is the modern-day successor to Dresden camera firms such as Zeiss Ikon, and for many years Dresden was the world's largest producer of cameras... Electric (screw) |
LLC |
| Praktica B200 | B200 |
| Ricoh Ricoh or Ricoh, is a Japanese company that was established in 1936 on February 6th, as , a company in the RIKEN zaibatsu. Its headquarters is located in Ricoh Building in Chūō, Tokyo.... XR-P |
XR-P |
| Rollei Rollei Rollei is a German manufacturer of optical goods founded in 1920 by Paul Franke and Reinhold Heidecke in Braunschweig, Lower Saxony, and maker of the Rolleiflex and Rolleicord series of cameras... SL35 / Voigtländer Voigtländer Voigtländer is an optical company founded by Johann Christoph Voigtländer in Vienna in 1756 and is thus the oldest name in cameras. It produced the Petzval photographic lens in 1840, and the world's first all-metal daguerrotype camera in 1841, also bringing out plate cameras shortly afterwards... VSL |
RF11 |
| Topcon Topcon Topcon is a Japanese manufacturer of optical equipment for ophthalmology and surveying. Their headquarters are in Itabashi, Tokyo. They are affiliated with Toshiba, which holds 40% of Topcon's stock.-History of Topcon:... RE-Series Super D |
TO |
| Voigtländer VSL / Rollei SL35 | RF11 |
| Yashica Yashica Yashica was a Japanese manufacturer of cameras.-History:The company began in December, 1949 in Nagano, Japan, when the Yashima Seiki Company was founded with an initial investment of $566. Its eight employees originally manufactured components for electric clocks... / Contax Contax Contax was a camera brand noted for its unique technical innovation and a wide range of Zeiss lenses, noted for their high optical quality. Its final incarnation was a line of 35 mm, medium format and digital cameras engineered and manufactured by Kyocera, and featuring modern Zeiss optics... |
CTX2 |
Adaptall (first series) mount lenses
| Primes | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Focal length | Max. aperture | Notes | Model |
| 24mm | f/2.5 | CW-24 | |
| 28mm | f/2.8 | CW-28 | |
| 105mm | f/2.5 | CT-105 | |
| 135mm | f/2.8 | BBAR MC | CT-135 |
| 200mm | f/3.5 | CT-200 | |
| 300mm | f/5.6 | CT-300 | |
Adaptall (first series) interchangeable mounts produced for:
| To fit lens mount | Model |
|---|---|
| Canon FD | ??? |
| Contax | ??? |
| Pentax/Praktica universal screw (M42) M42 lens mount The M42 lens mount is a screw thread mounting standard for attaching lenses to 35 mm cameras, primarily single-lens reflex models. It is more accurately known as the M42 × 1 mm standard, which means that it is a metric screw thread of 42 mm diameter and 1 mm thread pitch... |
??? |
| Miranda bayonet | ??? |
| Nikon Nikon , also known as just Nikon, is a multinational corporation headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, specializing in optics and imaging. Its products include cameras, binoculars, microscopes, measurement instruments, and the steppers used in the photolithography steps of semiconductor fabrication, of which... F (original type with "horn" meter coupler) |
??? |
| Olympus OM | ??? |
| Rollei SL35 | ??? |
| Topcon Topcon Topcon is a Japanese manufacturer of optical equipment for ophthalmology and surveying. Their headquarters are in Itabashi, Tokyo. They are affiliated with Toshiba, which holds 40% of Topcon's stock.-History of Topcon:... RE-Series |
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Adapt-A-Matic mount lenses
| Primes | ||
|---|---|---|
| Focal length | Max. aperture | Model |
| 21mm | f/4.5 | ??? |
| 24mm | f/3.5 | ??? |
| 28mm | f/2.8 | ??? |
| 35mm | f/2.8 | ??? |
| 135mm | f/2.8 | ??? |
| 200mm | f/3.5 | ??? |
| 300mm | f/5.6 | ??? |
| Zooms | ||
|---|---|---|
| Focal length | Max. aperture | Model |
| 70~220mm | f/4 | ??? |
| 80~250mm | f/3.8 | ??? |
| 200~500mm | f/6.9 | ??? |
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 (M42) M42 lens mount The M42 lens mount is a screw thread mounting standard for attaching lenses to 35 mm cameras, primarily single-lens reflex models. It is more accurately known as the M42 × 1 mm standard, which means that it is a metric screw thread of 42 mm diameter and 1 mm thread pitch... |
P-CS |
| Minolta SR1, SR2 & SR7 | SR |
| Minolta SRT | SR-T |
| Miranda bayonet | M-A |
| Nikon F | N-IF |
| Petri Petri Camera The Camera Company was an optical company and manufacturer of cameras in Japan. It was founded in 1907. Prior to World War II, it was known as Kuribayashi Shashin Kōgyō or Kuribayashi Camera Industry, inc. Japan... |
P-E |
| Topcon RE | T-O |
T2 screw mount lenses
| Primes | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Focal length | Max. aperture | Notes | Model |
| 35mm | f/2.8 | 460 | |
| 58mm | f/1.2 | 380 | |
| 135/225mm | f/2.8/5.5 | 680 "Twin-Tele" or "Converto" | |
| 135/225mm | f/4.5/7.7 | Older, smaller thread (37mm) | 280 "Twin-Tele" or "Converto" |
T2 interchangeable mounts produced for: (Manufactured by Tamron, as well as third party manufacturers)
| To fit lens mount | Tamron Model # |
|---|---|
| Canon EF Canon EF lens mount Introduced in 1987, the EF lens mount is the standard lens mount on the Canon EOS family of SLR film and digital cameras. EF stands for "Electro-Focus": automatic focusing on EF lenses is handled by a dedicated electric motor built into the lens... |
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| Canon R, FL, FD | T400-C A |
| Contax Contax Contax was a camera brand noted for its unique technical innovation and a wide range of Zeiss lenses, noted for their high optical quality. Its final incarnation was a line of 35 mm, medium format and digital cameras engineered and manufactured by Kyocera, and featuring modern Zeiss optics... /Yashica Yashica Yashica was a Japanese manufacturer of cameras.-History:The company began in December, 1949 in Nagano, Japan, when the Yashima Seiki Company was founded with an initial investment of $566. Its eight employees originally manufactured components for electric clocks... |
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| Exacta/Topcon Topcon Topcon is a Japanese manufacturer of optical equipment for ophthalmology and surveying. Their headquarters are in Itabashi, Tokyo. They are affiliated with Toshiba, which holds 40% of Topcon's stock.-History of Topcon:... RE |
T400-K E |
| Exacta/Topcon Topcon Topcon is a Japanese manufacturer of optical equipment for ophthalmology and surveying. Their headquarters are in Itabashi, Tokyo. They are affiliated with Toshiba, which holds 40% of Topcon's stock.-History of Topcon:... RE |
Older, 37mm thread |
| M42 (Pentax) screw M42 lens mount The M42 lens mount is a screw thread mounting standard for attaching lenses to 35 mm cameras, primarily single-lens reflex models. It is more accurately known as the M42 × 1 mm standard, which means that it is a metric screw thread of 42 mm diameter and 1 mm thread pitch... |
T400-C S |
| M42 (Pentax) screw M42 lens mount The M42 lens mount is a screw thread mounting standard for attaching lenses to 35 mm cameras, primarily single-lens reflex models. It is more accurately known as the M42 × 1 mm standard, which means that it is a metric screw thread of 42 mm diameter and 1 mm thread pitch... |
Older, 37mm thread |
| Minolta Minolta Minolta Co., Ltd. was a Japanese worldwide manufacturer of cameras, camera accessories, photocopiers, fax machines, and laser printers. Minolta was founded in Osaka, Japan, in 1928 as . It is perhaps best known for making the first integrated autofocus 35mm SLR camera system... Maxxum AF |
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| Minolta Minolta Minolta Co., Ltd. was a Japanese worldwide manufacturer of cameras, camera accessories, photocopiers, fax machines, and laser printers. Minolta was founded in Osaka, Japan, in 1928 as . It is perhaps best known for making the first integrated autofocus 35mm SLR camera system... MC/MD |
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| Minolta Minolta Minolta Co., Ltd. was a Japanese worldwide manufacturer of cameras, camera accessories, photocopiers, fax machines, and laser printers. Minolta was founded in Osaka, Japan, in 1928 as . It is perhaps best known for making the first integrated autofocus 35mm SLR camera system... SR |
T400-SR2 |
| Miranda Miranda Camera Company The Miranda Camera Company, originally named the Orion Camera Company, manufactured cameras in Japan between 1955 and 1978. Their first camera was the Miranda T. Many of their products were single-lens reflex cameras for 135 film... bayonet |
T400-MA |
| Nikon Nikon , also known as just Nikon, is a multinational corporation headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, specializing in optics and imaging. Its products include cameras, binoculars, microscopes, measurement instruments, and the steppers used in the photolithography steps of semiconductor fabrication, of which... F |
T400-NIF |
| Olympus OM | |
| Pentax K Pentax K mount The Pentax K mount, sometimes referred to as the "PK mount", is a lens mount standard for mounting interchangeable photographic lenses to 35 mm single-lens reflex cameras. It was created by Pentax in 1975, and has been used by all Pentax 35 mm and digital SLRs since... |
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| Petri Petri Camera The Camera Company was an optical company and manufacturer of cameras in Japan. It was founded in 1907. Prior to World War II, it was known as Kuribayashi Shashin Kōgyō or Kuribayashi Camera Industry, inc. Japan... bayonet |
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| Topcon Topcon Topcon is a Japanese manufacturer of optical equipment for ophthalmology and surveying. Their headquarters are in Itabashi, Tokyo. They are affiliated with Toshiba, which holds 40% of Topcon's stock.-History of Topcon:... /Exacta RE |
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| Yashica Yashica Yashica was a Japanese manufacturer of cameras.-History:The company began in December, 1949 in Nagano, Japan, when the Yashima Seiki Company was founded with an initial investment of $566. Its eight employees originally manufactured components for electric clocks... /Contax Contax Contax was a camera brand noted for its unique technical innovation and a wide range of Zeiss lenses, noted for their high optical quality. Its final incarnation was a line of 35 mm, medium format and digital cameras engineered and manufactured by Kyocera, and featuring modern Zeiss optics... |
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| Yashica Yashica Yashica was a Japanese manufacturer of cameras.-History:The company began in December, 1949 in Nagano, Japan, when the Yashima Seiki Company was founded with an initial investment of $566. Its eight employees originally manufactured components for electric clocks... Pentamatic |
T400-Y A |
External links
- Tamron official website
- Tamron Europe website
- Tamron USA website
- Tamron Canadian consumer website
- Tamron Hong Kong website
- Unofficial Adaptall-2 and SP Lens website
- Canon EOS System Overview: Tamron AF Lenses for Canon EF with technical data, comments and test references, including discontinued models