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 (from Taisei Optical).
In the fiscal year ending 31 December 2017, net sales totaled 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. Sony is a major shareholder in the company, with a 15.02% stake .
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. (presently Tamron USA, 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 (currently JASDAQ) 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 (UK) Ltd. is established in the U.K. 1997 May – Tamron Industries (Hong Kong) is established in Hong Kong. 1997 July – Tamron Optical (Foshan) 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 (Shanghai) 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. 2026 July – Sony made a non-binding proposal to acquire the remaining shares of Tamron and make the company a wholly owned Sony Group subsidiary. Tamron established a special committee of independent directors to evaluate the proposal; financial terms were not disclosed. 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 Sony E-mount, Nikon F-mount, and Canon EF-mount.
Designations Overall/General SP — ‘Super Performance’, professional lenses Di — ‘Digitally Integrated’, featuring coating optimized for digital SLRs, but still usable on 24×36 mm sensors (35 mm, ‘full’ or double frame) Di II — Lenses for APS-C sized sensors only Di III — Lenses for compact system cameras ZL — ‘Zoom Lock’
Optical technology ASL — hybrid ‘ASphericaL’ elements GM — ‘Glass Molded aspherical’ elements XGM — ‘eXpanded Glass Molded aspherical’ elements LD — ‘Low Dispersion’ elements XLD — ‘eXtra Low Dispersion’ elements XR — ‘eXtra Refractive index’ glass UXR — ‘Ultra-eXtra Refractive index’ glass AD — ‘Anomalous Dispersion’ elements LAH — ‘LD + ASL’ hybrid lens element ADH — ‘AD + ASL’ hybrid lens element HID — ‘High Index, High Dispersion’ glass [IF] — ‘Internal Focusing’
Coating technology BBAR — ‘Broad-Band Anti-Reflection’ coating BBAR-G2 — ‘Broad-Band Anti-Reflection Generation 2’ coating eBAND — nano-structured ‘Extended Bandwidth & Angular-Dependency’ coating AX — ‘Anti-reflectioneXpand’ coating FLR — ‘FLuoRine compensation’ coating
Autofocus/Electronic technology VC — ‘Vibration Compensation’ – in-lens image stabilization (mounts for camera systems with in-body image stabilization typically don't feature VC in the lens. In this case, the lens does not carry the VC designation for this mount.) USD — ‘Ultrasonic Silent Drive’ (AF lenses with this designation typically no longer carry the AF designation) PZD — ‘Piezo Drive’ (AF lenses with this designation typically no longer carry the AF designation) HLD — ‘High/Low torque-modulated Drive’ (AF lenses with this designation typically no longer carry the AF designation) RXD — ‘Rapid eXtra-silent stepping Drive’ (AF lenses with this designation typically no longer carry the AF designation) VXD — ‘Voice-coil eXtreme-torque Drive’ (AF lenses with this designation typically no longer carry the AF designation) OSD — ‘Optimized Silent Drive’ (AF lenses with this designation typically no longer carry the AF designation) DC — ‘DC Motor’ DSP — ‘Digital Signal Processor’ MPU — ‘MicroProcessing Unit’ DMPU — ‘Dual MicroProcessing Unit’
Weather-sealing technology MR — ‘Moisture-Resistant’ construction MP+DR — ‘Moisture-Proof and Dust-Resistant’ construction
Auto-focus lenses Lenses for 35mm SLR cameras
Tamron SP AF 14 mm 2.8 Aspherical [IF] (model 69E, variants 69EM) Tamron SP AF 90 mm 2.5 Macro (1:2) (model 52E, variants 52EM) Tamron SP AF 90 mm 2.5 Macro (1:2) (model 152E, variants 152EM) Tamron SP AF 90 mm 2.8 Macro 1:1 (model 72E, variants 72EM) Tamron SP AF 90 mm 2.8 Macro 1:1 (model 172E, variants 172EM) Tamron SP AF 300 mm 2.8 LD-IF (model 60E, variants 60EM) Tamron SP AF 300 mm 2.8 LD [IF] (model 360E, variants 360EM) Tamron SP AF 300 mm 2.8 LD [IF] (model 360EE)
Tamron AF 19–35 mm 3.5-4.5 (model A10, variants A10M) Tamron SP AF 20–40 mm 2.7-3.5 Aspherical-IF (model 166D, variants 166DM) Tamron SP AF 20–40 mm 2.7-3.5 Aspherical-IF (model 266D, variants 266DM) Tamron AF 24–70 mm 3.3-5.6 Aspherical (model 73D, variants 73DM) Tamron SP AF 24–135 mm 3.5-5.6 AD Aspherical [IF] Macro (model 190D, variants 190DM) Tamron AF 28–70 mm 3.5-4.5 (model 159D) Tamron AF 28–70 mm 3.5-4.5 (model 259D) Tamron AF 28–80 mm 3.5-5.6 (model 77D, variants 77DM) Tamron AF 28–80 mm 3.5-5.6 Aspherical (model 177D) Tamron AF 28–80 mm 3.5-5.6 Aspherical (model 277D) Tamron SP AF 28–105 mm 2.8 LD Aspherical-IF (model 176D, variants 176DM) Tamron SP AF 28–105 mm 2.8 LD Aspherical-IF (model 276D, variants 276DM) Tamron AF 28–105 mm 4-5.6 (model 79D) Tamron AF 28–105 mm 4-5.6 Aspherical [IF] (model 179D, variants 179DM) Tamron AF 28–200 mm 3.8-5.6 Aspherical (model 71D, variants 71DM) Tamron AF 28–200 mm 3.8-5.6 LD Super (model 171D, variants 171DM) Tamron AF 28–200 mm 3.8-5.6 LD Aspherical-IF Super Silver (model 271D) Tamron AF 28–200 mm 3.8-5.6 LD Aspherical [IF] Super II Macro (model 371D, variants 371DM) Tamron AF 28–200 mm 3.8-5.6 Aspherical-IF Super2 Silver (model 471D, variants 471DM) Tamron AF 28–200 mm 3.8-5.6 LD Aspherical [IF] Super (model 571D) Tamron AF 28–200 mm 3.8-5.6 Super XR Aspherical [IF] Macro (model A03, variants A03M) Tamron AF 28–300 mm 3.5-6.3 LD Aspherical [IF] Macro (model 185D, variants 185DM) Tamron AF 28–300 mm 3.8-6.3 LD Aspherical-IF Silver (model 285D) Tamron AF 28–300 mm 3.5-6.3 Ultra Zoom XR LD Aspherical [IF] Macro (model A06, variants A06M) Tamron AF 35–90 mm 4-5.6 (model 63D, variants 63DM) Tamron SP AF 35–105 mm 2.8 Aspherical (model 65D, variants 65DM) Tamron-F AF 35–135 mm 3.5-4.5 Tele-Macro (model 40D, variant for Minolta A-mount only) (1987-1988) Tamron SP AF 70–210 mm 2.8 LD (model 67D, variant 67DM) Tamron-F AF 70–210 mm 3.5-4.5 Tele-Macro (model 53D, variant for Minolta A-mount only) (1987-1989) Tamron AF 70–210 mm 4-5.6 (model 158D, variants 158DM) Tamron AF 70–210 mm 4-5.6 (model 258D, variants 258DM) Tamron AF 70–300 mm 4-5.6 (model 172D, variants 172DM) Tamron AF 70–300 mm 4-5.6 LD (model 372D) Tamron AF 70–300 mm 4-5.6 LD (model 472D) Tamron AF 70–300 mm 4-5.6 LD Macro 1:2 (model 572D, variants 572DM) Tamron AF 70–300 mm 4-5.6 LD Macro (1:2) (model 772D) Tamron AF 75–300 mm 4-5.6 LD (model 672D, variants 672DM) Tamron AF 75–300 mm 4-5.6 LD Macro (model 872D) Tamron AF 80–210 mm 4.5-5.6 (model 178D) Tamron AF 80–210 mm 4.5-5.6 (model 278D) Tamron AF 90–300 mm 4.5-5.6 (model 62D, variants 62DM) Tamron AF 100–300 mm 5-6.3 (model 86D, variants 86DM) Tamron AF 100–300 mm 5-6.3 (model 186D) Tamron AF 200–400 mm 5.6 LD-IF (model 75D) Tamron AF 200–400 mm 5.6 LD-IF (model 175D) v2
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 (model 272E, variants 272EE, 272EM/272ES, 272EN/272ENII, 272EP) Tamron SP 90 mm 2.8 Di VC USD Macro 1:1 / Tamron SP 90 mm 2.8 Di USD Macro 1:1 (model F004, variants F004E, F004N, F004S) Tamron SP 90mm 2.8 Di VC USD Macro 1:1 (model F017) Tamron SP AF 180 mm 3.5 Di LD [IF] Macro 1:1 (model B01, variants B01E, B01M/B01S, B01N)
Tamron SP 15-30mm 2.8 Di VC USD / Tamron SP 15-30mm 2.8 Di USD (model A012, variants A012E, A012M/A012S, A012N) Tamron SP 15-30mm f/2.8 Di VC USD G2 (model A041, variants A041E, A041N) Tamron SP AF 17–35 mm 2.8-4 Di LD Aspherical [IF] (model A05, variant A05M) Tamron 17-35mm f/2.8-4 Di OSD (model A037, variants A037E, A037N) Tamron SP 24–70 mm 2.8 Di VC USD / Tamron SP 24–70 mm 2.8 Di USD (model A007, variants A007E, A007N, A007S) Tamron SP 24-70mm f/2.8 Di VC USD G2 (model A032, variants A032E, A032N) Tamron SP AF 28–75 mm 2.8 XR Di LD Aspherical [IF] Macro (model A09, variants A09E, A09M/A09S, A09N/A09NII, A09P) Tamron AF 28–200 mm 3.8-5.6 XR Di Aspherical [IF] Macro (model A031, variants A031E, A031N, A031P, A031S) Tamron AF 28–300 mm 3.5-6.3 XR Di LD Aspherical [IF] (model A061, variants A061E, A061M/A061S, A061N, A061P) Tamron AF 28–300 mm 3.5-6.3 XR Di VC LD Aspherical [IF] (model A20, variants A20E, A20N/A20NII) Tamron 28-300 mm 3.5-6.3 Di VC PZD / Tamron 28-300 mm 3.5-6.3 Di PZD (model A010, variants A010E, A010S) Tamron 35–150 mm 2.8-4 Di VC OSD (model A043) Tamron SP AF 70–200 mm 2.8 Di LD [IF] Macro (model A001, variants A001E, A001N/A001NII, A001P, A001S)