Everyone is announcing their new wares ahead of CP+ this month, the show begins on February 28, 2019. Tamron will be announcing two new lenses for the EF mount (and others) in the next few days.
The new Tamron lenses to be announced:
- Tamron 35-150mm f/2.8-4 VC USD
- Tamron SP 35mm f/1.4 USD
Tamron is apparently making some bold claims about the SP 35mm f/1.4 USD, claiming that it will be the best 35mm lens ever. Thankfully, we won't be waiting too long to find out if that's a legitimate claim or not.
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Maybe THE universal lens for ME because I like the longer focal lengths more but need sometimes more the "overview perspective". Hopefully it is FF so its a great universal zoom and some 55 ... 240 for APS-C.
Both Sigma and Tamron are actively going over the RF mount I'm told. I wouldn't expect anything for the EOS R from either company in 2019, unless they do some kind of development announcements. I believe the only third party to announce RF lens development is Venus Optics.
All the lenses Venus Optics make are manual so it won't be too difficult to reverse engineer mount dimensions and adopt their current E mount lenses to either RF or Z mounts.
On the other hand, 35-150 2.8-4 sounds great. As someone who carries either a 16-35 or a 24mm ts-e ii at all times for the majority of my shots, a 35-150 would cover the rest of my bases. I have a 24-70 2.8Lii but always felt there was too much crossover with the 16-35, and 70mm is a funny focal length. I'd happily trade it for a 28-85 2.8L !
There are SO many 24-70 and 70-200 models about that making an alternative makes sense (To me at least).
No we just need someone to make some affordable compact primes for the RF mount.
Well...a 35mm f1.4 will not be as compact as Tamron's current 35mm f1.8 which is already a great/fantastic lens - especially at it's price-point. But I bet the 1.4 could be good Astro lens...besides other applications.
But I'm with you - a bevy of f1.8 or 2.0 primes: 24mm, 35mm, 50mm, 85mm (probably not a priority for Canon at the moment because of the great adapter performance - especially with the enhanced version where you basically can add the RF functionality to any existing EF/EF-S lenses...
am i the only one who hates all these recent development announcements?
Never owned a Tamron lens before, but it could (if IQ is great) quickly change! Well done, Tamron!
I’m sure it does. When I use it, it makes my 5d4 seem “normal” rather than it’s real scale...