Tamron 60mm f/2 Macro Announced
March 24th, 2009 Posted in Third Party Lenses
Looks good
Tamron 60mm f/2 Macro
Tamron has announced the development of a 60mm F2 macro lens that provides 1:1 magnification for APS-C sensors. The lens, called the SP AF60mm F/2.0 Di II Macro 1:1, will be available in Canon, Sony and Nikon mounts (with a built-in autofocus motor to allow AF to operate on the D40, D40X and D60). Its design, which incorporates two low dispersion elements to to compensate for various aberrations, lets you achieve 1:1 magnification at a working distance of 100mm. The F2 maximum aperture makes it a whole stop faster than other lenses in the same class. Price and availability will be announced later.
cr
March 24th, 2009 at 7:52 am
Sounds nice, would love a full frame equivalent.
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ms Reply:
March 24th, 2009 at 1:06 pm
+1… its a shame to see lenses like this in APS-C only…wtf!
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March 24th, 2009 at 7:56 am
I wonder why they made it f/2.0. the Canon f/2.8’s already have a pretty low DOF and require high stop and thus tripod to get a good macro. This would just make the job harder…
Obviously, there are uses for it, I am not saying that, but I hope it would be priced below $350 as to gain some advantage on Canon
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gwac Reply:
March 24th, 2009 at 8:35 am
The extra stop means it can double as a low-light/portrait lens.
The Canon version does get very good reviews – this one would have to be very sharp stopped down and usefully sharp wide open to make me consider it.
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john Reply:
March 24th, 2009 at 10:51 am
Yeah, under $350 with decent glass and I’d serious consider it. Sounds like a nice available light portrait lens.
Although f2 on a 60mm (96mm equivalent) could be painful to focus.
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March 24th, 2009 at 8:58 am
sounds great, but if it doesn’t have internal focusing like the canon, it will be a dud. the working distance isn’t long enough to accommodate a telescopic-focusing lens.
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March 24th, 2009 at 9:29 am
It has IF
Working distance is ~10cm
(from DPR)
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March 24th, 2009 at 9:37 am
I’m definitely considring it
A macro lens that will switch my 50 1.8 to…
If it will have good IQ, fast AF and a fair price i’m buying it!
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March 24th, 2009 at 10:46 am
In my country Tamron doesn’t have good service and as we know, sometimes their lenses need it… thus it’d have to be almost as cheap as 50/1,8 to make me consider buying it… but I doubt it would cost so little, i think it will cost similar to 90mm f2,8…
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March 24th, 2009 at 10:47 am
Unless it is priced very low, it would have a difficult time replacing my 100mm 2.8 which is full frame, and extremely good for a low cost lens. The Canon 60mm Macro also has a reputation as being excellent for the cost.
It seems that they are taking on a uphill battle.
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March 24th, 2009 at 1:17 pm
Im starting to get a bit pissed off wth all these crop sensor only lenes being releeased. As i have a 5D and 30D i want lenses that will work on both, so this lens does not interest me.
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Norbert Reply:
March 24th, 2009 at 1:49 pm
Totally agree. Waited years until the 5D2 to upgrade from my 350D. Waited for many lenses that are appearing now, after I changed to 35mm. ;)
Tamron should really release some new FF lenses, like a 24-70 version of their excellent and cheap 28-75.
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March 24th, 2009 at 3:01 pm
Ef-s = YAWN.
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gwac Reply:
March 24th, 2009 at 8:09 pm
If only I could be a member of the full frame elite like you, o great nick… alas I am bound to my lowly APS-C camera, for which I desire lowly EF-S lenses.
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March 26th, 2009 at 9:01 pm
Great news. I’m anxious to see some video podcast reviews of this lens in action by professional photographers.
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