Tamron released, the first time as a third party, E mount lens with 18-200mm Vibration Reduction

Tamron put on the market E-mount lenses for the NEX Series "18-200mm F/3.5-6.3 Di III VC (Model B011)" Sony mirror-less single-eye camera with "α" from December 15.

The telephoto lens that adopted E mount for the NEX series. In a model (27mm - 300mm, by 35m conversion) a large magnification model from 18mm of wide-angle lens to 200mm of the full- scale looking far, the brightness is F/3.5-6.3, prepared in two colors of black and the silver. In addition, it becomes the first product as the lens made in a third party by the licensing agreement with Sony.

It is realized in compact size, the filter diameter 62mm, the light weight of 460g of mass. For AF drive, adopted “a stepping motor” suitable for “contrast detection AF” adopted in the NEX series

I n this way the AF performance improvement is aimed at the time of animation photography

Moreover, it corresponds to "Direct manual focus" function that can fine-tune focus by manual after it focuses the camera in the automatic focus.

The stepping motor actuator can precisely control the angle of rotation of the motor, not through a reduction gear, to drive the lens directly for focusing, in excellently quiet.

Installed, camera shake corrective “ VC ( Vibration Compensation)” of the original development.

The new VC mechanism by the moving coil method is adopted, making a weight lighting

and compactification of the whole camera, realized.