Tamron new patent surfaced over the web that shows 10-400mm lens. The lens features F4.5-6.3 aperture and will also feature optical image stabilization.
Description, self-interpretation of the patent literature
- Patent Publication No. 2016-126295
- Published 2016.7.11
- Filing date 2015.1.8
- Example 1
- Focal length 103.00 247.29 389.05
- Fno. 4.51 5.81 6.53
- Half angle of 11.68 4.88 3.11
- Tamron patent
- Positive and negative positive negative
- Rear focus (Group 5)
- Anti-vibration (third group)
It’s look like Tamron is panning to add an affordable competitor of Canon 100-400 and Nikon 80-400mm in the market, let’s wait to see when the lens will actually arrive.
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