We told you before that Tamron didn’t want to release the planed in lens stabilized 14-150mm lens. This because also Panasonic is going the on sensor stabilization route. Well according to Digicameinfo and to one of our sources (Thank You) Tamron will soon announce the “Modified” non VC (non optical stabilized) 14-150mm f/3.5-5.8 Di III MFT lens.
The current VC version was listed at BHphoto (Click here). UPDATE: Has now been removed from BH.
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Hmm, given the excellent quality of the Panasonic 14-140 II that is priced around $600, this one is going to have to sell for very cheap (under $400) to find a market, methinks.
At 400$ I may consider buying it just for convenience. Bring it on Tamron, bring it on at an affordable price and you will sell many of them.
The exclusion of optical stabilization should give them some leeway. If the optical quality is OK they might steal some customers.
I’m guessing that’s why they dropped the VC. It’s to keep the price down.
So no use for video as GX7 doesn’t have IBIS for video, or any other panasonic?
OK I see 2 versions ..why doesn’t it have an VC switch?
Because the VC version will cost more, and nobody will pay for it. Panasonic already has a very good but expensive all in one stabilized zoom.
Hmm yes, I see this is £590 in UK ..it is too high…I can buy G6 with 14-140 as a kit for very similar amount.
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Is thisan asp-c lens converted for m43 mount like do samyang?
According to Tamron, their Di III lenses are specifically for mirrorless cameras. Last I checked they had only released E mount lenses.
With the range of this lense, I’d assume it’s a u4/3 specific lens.
I hope so. Thanks for your reply.
No no you are wrong. They just announced this same lens for Eos M 2 days ago.
According to Canon Rumors the EF-M lens is an 18-200. This one is a 14-150.
If Tamron plans on making native m4/3 lenses, they should focus on telephoto options, like a 100-400, for instance. A 14-150 is pointless, IMO, and when they end up selling very few of them (which seems inevitable), it’s only going lessen their incentive to make *any* lenses for this format in the future, which would be a shame.
A 14-150 lens can never be pointless for anyone
Indeed. If it turns out two-thirds or even half the price of the Panasonic, how can it be pointless.
Hope it will be cheaper compared to the Panasonic one, just like its APSC counterpart
Imagine. A 28-300mm lens that fits inside a waist pouch for travelling. Yowch! Possibly WITH the camera attached, if you have a Pen Mini or GM. If the quality is anywhere like the 28-75mm 2.8 constant aperture Tamron I have for the 5D, this would be a cracker for travel.
Вот мудаки!
Тамрон или Панасоник?
Тамрон. Додумались убрать стабилизатор из объектива 14-150. Ладно бы как Олимпус нахваливали внутрикамерный стабилизатор. Так нет, несколко лет пудрили мозги про “супер раскрутые стабилизаторы у тамрона”. И вот такое. Как-то привлекательность такого специфического объектива без стабилизатора резко упала. На фоне двух версий панаса, одного олимпуса и одного от лейки (4/3 правда) смысл в тамроне уж очень призрачный. Разе что они его в три раза дешевле продавать будут. Но кто-нибудь так думает?
I suppose you can just get the Panasonic version…
If the price is right, why not? Although would prefer 11-110/2-4, weather-sealed.
It seems small, they are normally cheap, this could wipe the floor. Unless you want the “noctiflux flavour” LOL.
LOL it has “pro” written on.. and “leica” LOL the sukkers…
What M4/3 needs is a 14-300. Just imagine, 28-600mm in a single lens! It’s possible! APS-C have 18-300 and 16-300 zooms!
15-200mm would be enough for a m4/3 travel zoom lens. But manufacturers seem stuck at 150mm for some reason or another.
Whoever tried GX7 IBIS knows Tamron is dead wrong. It’s nice that Panasonic has put IS in one of their bodies, but it’s worse than the one in first generation PENs. Anyway, releasing a lens with exactly the same FLs as the existing Olympus superzoom is pointless.
at longer focal lengths like 140mm I guess OS is more effective anyway… IMO Tamron didn’t expect Pana to release second version of their 14-140… it caught them by surprise and now they’re trying to somehow use their existing design
If it’s less expensive than the Oly and Pana?
10$ ?
What optical quality can be expected from this thing?
It should be good enough, by travel/hiking standards,
Else it will be better to carry two sharp, fast nonzooms, such as a 14mm plus a 45 mm (and crop if need be)
or Pana 14-140 v2