manufacturer of photographic equipment bags tamrac . tamron co. ltd. type public k.k. traded as tyo 7740 industry imaging founded saitama japan november 1 1950 headquarters saitama japan japan key people morio ono president & ceo products photographic lenses optical and other products revenue 56 650 million yen fy2010 number of employees 7 198 as of december 31 2010 1 website www.tamron.co.jp tamron head office in minuma ku saitama japan . tamron co. ltd. kabushiki gaisha tamuron 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 . sony corporation maintains an 11.38 % share hold in tamron making it the second largest shareholder below new well co. ltd. with 17.81 % as of july 2015 . 2 3 contents 1 history 2 products 2.1 photographic lenses 2.2 optical components 2.3 commercial and industrial use optics 3 list of photographic lenses 3.1 auto focus lenses 3.1.1 lenses for 35mm slr cameras 3.1.2 di lenses for full frame dslr cameras 3.1.3 di ii lenses for aps c format dslr cameras 3.1.4 di iii lenses for digital compact system cameras 3.2 manual focus lenses 3.2.1 adaptall 2 lenses and adapters 3.2.2 adaptall lenses and adapters 3.2.3 adapt a matic lenses and adapters 3.2.4 t2 lenses and adapters 4 see also 5 references 6 external links history edit this section may require cleanup to meet wikipedia s quality standards . the specific problem is notability of many items questionable please help improve this section if you can . june 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message 1950 november taisei optical manufacturing company founded . 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 % capitcal 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 . 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 . products edit photographic lenses edit the tamron 18 270 mm f 3.5 6.3 di ii vc pzd model b008 lens the tamron sp af 28 75 mm f 2.8 xr di ld aspherical if macro model a09 a full frame constant aperture lens mounted on a film camera . tamron has sold more than 5 million lenses as of september 2014 . 4 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 . 4 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 edit camcorder lenses digital still camera lenses cellular phone camera lenses commercial and industrial use optics edit 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 edit most current tamron lenses are available for nikon f canon ef minolta sony a mount and pentax k mounts . auto focus lenses edit designations di digitally integrated featuring coating optimized for digital slrs but still usable on 24 36 mm sensors 35 mm full or double frame 5 di ii lenses for aps c sized sensors only 5 di iii lenses for compact system cameras sp super performance professional lenses if internal focusing 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 zl zoom lock optical design ld low dispersion elements xld extra low dispersion elements xr extra refractive index glass ad anomalous dispersion lah ld asl hybrid lens element adh ad asl hybrid lens element hid high index high dispersion glass lenses for 35mm slr cameras edit tamron sp af 14 mm f 2.8 aspherical if model 69e variants 69em tamron sp af 90 mm f 2.5 macro 1 2 model 52e variants 52em tamron sp af 90 mm f 2.5 macro 1 2 model 152e variants 152em tamron sp af 90 mm f 2.8 macro 1 1 model 72e variants 72em tamron sp af 90 mm f 2.8 macro 1 1 model 172e variants 172em tamron sp af 300 mm f 2.8 ld if model 60e variants 60em tamron sp af 300 mm f 2.8 ld if model 360e variants 360em tamron sp af 300 mm f 2.8 ld if model 360ee tamron af 19 35 mm f 3.5 4.5 model a10 variants a10m tamron sp af 20 40 mm f 2.7 3.5 aspherical if model 166d variants 166dm tamron sp af 20 40 mm f 2.7 3.5 aspherical if model 266d variants 266dm tamron af 24 70 mm f 3.3 5.6 aspherical model 73d variants 73dm tamron sp af 24 135 mm f 3.5 5.6 ad aspherical if macro model 190d variants 190dm tamron af 28 70 mm f 3.5 4.5 model 159d tamron af 28 70 mm f 3.5 4.5 model 259d tamron af 28 80 mm f 3.5 5.6 model 77d variants 77dm tamron af 28 80 mm f 3.5 5.6 aspherical model 177d tamron af 28 80 mm f 3.5 5.6 aspherical model 277d tamron sp af 28 105 mm f 2.8 ld aspherical if model 176d variants 176dm tamron sp af 28 105 mm f 2.8 ld aspherical if model 276d variants 276dm tamron af 28 105 mm f 4 5.6 model 79d tamron af 28 105 mm f 4 5.6 aspherical if model 179d variants 179dm tamron af 28 200 mm f 3.8 5.6 aspherical model 71d variants 71dm tamron af 28 200 mm f 3.8 5.6 ld super model 171d variants 171dm tamron af 28 200 mm f 3.8 5.6 ld aspherical if super silver model 271d tamron af 28 200 mm f 3.8 5.6 ld aspherical if super ii macro model 371d variants 371dm tamron af 28 200 mm f 3.8 5.6 aspherical if super2 silver model 471d variants 471dm tamron af 28 200 mm f 3.8 5.6 ld aspherical if super model 571d tamron af 28 200 mm f 3.8 5.6 super xr aspherical if macro model a03 variants a03m tamron af 28 300 mm f 3.5 6.3 ld aspherical if macro model 185d variants 185dm tamron af 28 300 mm f 3.8 6.3 ld aspherical if silver model 285d tamron af 28 300 mm f 3.5 6.3 ultra zoom xr ld aspherical if macro model a06 variants a06m tamron af 35 90 mm f 4 5.6 model 63d variants 63dm tamron sp af 35 105 mm f 2.8 aspherical model 65d variants 65dm tamron f af 35 135 mm f 3.5 4.5 tele macro model 40d variant for minolta a mount only 1987 1988 tamron sp af 70 210 mm f 2.8 ld model 67d variant 67dm tamron f af 70 210 mm f 3.5 4.5 tele macro model 53d variant for minolta a mount only 1987 1989 tamron af 70 210 mm f 4 5.6 model 158d variants 158dm tamron af 70 210 mm f 4 5.6 model 258d variants 258dm tamron af 70 300 mm f 4 5.6 model 172d variants 172dm tamron af 70 300 mm f 4 5.6 ld model 372d tamron af 70 300 mm f 4 5.6 ld model 472d tamron af 70 300 mm f 4 5.6 ld macro 1 2 model 572d variants 572dm tamron af 70 300 mm f 4 5.6 ld macro 1 2 model 772d tamron af 75 300 mm f 4 5.6 ld model 672d variants 672dm tamron af 75 300 mm f 4 5.6 ld macro model 872d tamron af 80 210 mm f 4.5 5.6 model 178d tamron af 80 210 mm f 4.5 5.6 model 278d tamron af 90 300 mm f 4.5 5.6 model 62d variants 62dm tamron af 100 300 mm f 5 6.3 model 86d variants 86dm tamron af 100 300 mm f 5 6.3 model 186d tamron af 200 400 mm f 5.6 ld if model 75d tamron af 200 400 mm f 5.6 ld if model 175d di lenses for full frame dslr cameras edit tamron sp af 180 mm f 3.5 di ld if macro 1 1 model b01 tamron sp af 90 mm f 2.8 di macro 1 1 model 272e variants 272ee 272em 272es 272en 272enii 272ep tamron sp 90 mm f 2.8 di vc usd macro 1 1 tamron sp 90 mm f 2.8 di usd macro 1 1 model f004 variants f004e f004n f004s tamron sp af 180 mm f 3.5 di ld if macro 1 1 model b01 variants b01e b01m b01s b01n tamron sp 15 30 mm f 2.8 di vc usd tamron sp 15 30 mm f 2.8 di usd model a012 variants a012e a012m a012s a012n tamron sp af 17 35 mm f 2.8 4 di ld aspherical if model a05 variant a05m tamron sp 24 70 mm f 2.8 di vc usd tamron sp 24 70 mm f 2.8 di usd model a007 variants a007e a007n a007s tamron sp af 28 75 mm f 2.8 xr di ld aspherical if macro model a09 variants a09e a09m a09s a09n a09nii a09p tamron af 28 200 mm f 3.8 5.6 xr di aspherical if macro model a031 variants a031e a031n a031p a031s tamron af 28 300 mm f 3.5 6.3 xr di ld aspherical if model a061 variants a061e a061m a061s a061n a061p tamron af 28 300 mm f 3.5 6.3 xr di vc ld aspherical if model a20 variants a20e a20n a20nii tamron 28 300 mm f 3.5 6.3 di vc pzd tamron 28 300 mm f 3.5 6.3 di pzd model a010 variants a010e a010s tamron sp af 70 200 mm f 2.8 di ld if macro model a001 variants a001e a001n a001nii a001p a001s tamron sp 70 200 mm f 2.8 di vc usd tamron