Tamron announces the RF Tamron 11-20mm F/2.8 Di III-A RXD

[Richard-CN]

Tamron officially announced its first Canon RF zoom, the Tamron 11-20mm F/2.8 Di III-A RXD (Model B060). That's a mouthful.

Tamron announces the RF Tamron 11-20mm F/2.8 Di III-A RXD

Tamron officially announced its first Canon RF zoom, the Tamron 11-20mm F/2.8 Di III-A RXD (Model B060). That’s a mouthful. It’s for APS-C cameras, but you can still use it on a full-frame camera as…

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[Deleted member 392549]

Looks very good. Especially with the updates to the RFs camera lineup rumored for next year, this should be an attractive option for a lot of people.

I don't think 1:4 reproduction merits the term 'macro' though.

 

[koenkooi]

Looks very good. Especially with the updates to the RFs camera lineup rumored for next year, this should be an attractive option for a lot of people.

I don't think 1:4 reproduction merits the term 'macro' though.

I already have issues with 1:2 being called 'macro'

 

[koenkooi]

Now that we have decent zooms and primes for Tamron and Sigma, how about having something like the R8 in the RF-S lineup? Something that is compact, relatively cheap and has a useable e-shutter. Bonus points if the token EVF gets left out, I prefer no EVF over a horrible one, like the EVF on the M50.

 

[Maximilian]

Really welcome lens.
Will be interesting how this one compares to the 10-18 from sigma.
2 mm additional on the long end, bigger, heavier (more, better glass?).
No time to google, but has someone a comparison on other mounts?

Edit:
In the meantime, I found this comparison

Sigma 10-18mm F2.8 DC DN Contemporary Lens Image Quality

View the image quality delivered by the Sigma 10-18mm F2.8 DC DN Contemporary Lens using ISO 12233 Resolution Chart lab test results. Compare the image quality of this lens with other lenses.

www.the-digital-picture.com

 

[Deleted member 395378]

It will surely be a welcome addition to the third party APS-C glass lineup. Tamron makes nice zooms.
I don't think Canon needs to waste much time or money into designing lenses for its APS-C bodies.

 

[justaCanonuser]

I don't think 1:4 reproduction merits the term 'macro' though.

I agree, but this is quite common marketing bla blah, plus it is a wide angle lens. For typical macro photography motifs one needs more a short tele lens to get an appropriate framing. That said, it is a nice move by Tamron to offer such a lens for the RF-S system, it amends the choice of lenses very substantially.

 

[ashmadux]

No Stabilizer is.. Interesting.

With my 11-22 efm i can shoot rapidly and confidently get sharp results because the effective IS. I wonder about these newer ultra wides and if it's as early to get the same results.


I also wonder if these will be as sharp as that little marvel. I guess we will see. One day Cannon will have a RFS body that I will actually want and it's good to know there's at least one of the lenses that I need available and likely one of the sigmas that hopefully have more accurate auto focus.

 

[ashmadux]

Now that we have decent zooms and primes for Tamron and Sigma, how about having something like the R8 in the RF-S lineup? Something that is compact, relatively cheap and has a useable e-shutter. Bonus points if the token EVF gets left out, I prefer no EVF over a horrible one, like the EVF on the M50.

M62 body style would immediately make me interested in rfs. Until then it's nice to see the lenses are coming but nope. A mini SLR styled body is not what I want unless they remake the M50 style which is still nice and sleek to this day if it's more angular design. I don't know why they went with the ugly RFS body styles. The regression in design is sad, they can do so much more they just don't want to.

 

[EOS 4 Life]

No Stabilizer is.. Interesting.

I would like to see the Tamron 17-70mm f/2.8 Di III-A VC

 

[Maximilian]

No time to google, but has someone a comparison on other mounts?

Found this one at TDP (with a Sony Alpha 1),

Sigma 10-18mm F2.8 DC DN Contemporary Lens Image Quality

View the image quality delivered by the Sigma 10-18mm F2.8 DC DN Contemporary Lens using ISO 12233 Resolution Chart lab test results. Compare the image quality of this lens with other lenses.

www.the-digital-picture.com

Wide open at f/2.8
- it looks like the Tamron is slightly better at the wide end, esp. in the corners
- while the Sigma has slight advantages at 18 mm

So, for a travel zoom, I would take the smaller Sigma over the Tamron.
If I was for the max. IQ maybe I would tend towards the Tamron.

 

[Deleted member 387121]

I would like to see the Tamron 17-70mm f/2.8 Di III-A VC

Ditto!

Or the Sigma 17-70 f/2.8-4 from the DSLR days (although I think that ship has long since sailed).

 

[Deleted member 387121]

No Stabilizer is.. Interesting.

I agree. Same with the Sigma 18-50 f/2.8. Maybe they feel their "target customers" own IBIS bodies (Canon R7, Sony a6600/6700, etc.), so why make the lens more expensive? OTOH, Canon put optical IS into low cost EF-S kit lenses in the past, so I don't know how much cost it really does add.

Another thought is that perhaps this is another restriction from Canon: No full frame, no optical IS. We outsiders may never know.

 

[Skux]

Now that we have decent zooms and primes for Tamron and Sigma, how about having something like the R8 in the RF-S lineup? Something that is compact, relatively cheap and has a useable e-shutter. Bonus points if the token EVF gets left out, I prefer no EVF over a horrible one, like the EVF on the M50.

Yes please. Where is the no-EVF APS-C vlogging camera? Fuji has the X-M5, Sony has the A6700 (which has an EVF but is still tiny), Nikon has the Z30. It's baffling that Canon is not even trying to compete in this space.

 

[Walrus]

Ok Tamron, now give us that damn 35-150!

(yeeeees, I know, probably Canon will never allow that kind of fullframe stuff; but a man is entitled to have dreams)

 

[waldi72]

So there are now two major independent camera lens manufacturers offering lenses for the Canon R system. Where is the third one - Tokina? Has she dropped out of the race? I have a Tokina 11-20mm F/2.8 for DSRL APS-C and it is a very good lens, better than their 11-16mm and less prone to glare. I would like to see them offer lenses for Canon R in the future.

 

[koenkooi]

So there are now two major independent camera lens manufacturers offering lenses for the Canon R system. Where is the third one - Tokina? Has she dropped out of the race? I have a Tokina 11-20mm F/2.8 for DSRL APS-C and it is a very good lens, better than their 11-16mm and less prone to glare. I would like to see them offer lenses for Canon R in the future.

Voigtlander also makes RF lenses that are blessed by Canon, not sure if they are considered ‘major’.

 

[Deleted member 387121]

So there are now two major independent camera lens manufacturers offering lenses for the Canon R system. Where is the third one - Tokina? Has she dropped out of the race? I have a Tokina 11-20mm F/2.8 for DSRL APS-C and it is a very good lens, better than their 11-16mm and less prone to glare. I would like to see them offer lenses for Canon R in the future.

Voigtlander also makes RF lenses that are blessed by Canon, not sure if they are considered ‘major’.

There was also this rumor/speculation last month about Meike, although you may not consider them "major" either.

Is Meike gearing up to offer autofocus lenses for the RF mount? - Canon Rumors

Meike, a Hong Kong based manufacturer of cinema lenses, stills lenses and adapters at very affordable prices appears to be suggesting that they're going to be releasing APS-C autofocus lenses for the RF mount. Meike's first autofocus lens was announced in 2018 with their 85mm f/1.8. You could...

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[BurningPlatform]

I already have issues with 1:2 being called 'macro'

Well, with an APS-C sensor you crop the 1:4 "magnified" image by 1.6, so you get the same framing as with a full frame with 1:2.5 magnification. Worse than 1:2, I admit, but not far off.

 

[David - Sydney]

It is good that there are finally choices for wide angle RF-S sensors.
It made no sense to me that there were multiple crop sensor bodies released but no wide lenses at the time... it was the second lens that I got with my original R7 for landscape.
What still doesn't make a lot of sense is why Canon hasn't released a couple more repackaged EF-M lenses eg 32mm prime.