Tamron SP AF 70-300mm F4-5.6 DI VC USD Lens
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- F/32-45 minimum aperture
- ø62 filter diameter
- Full Time Manual Focus
- SP (Super Performance) series
- Vibration Compensation (VC) system
- Ultrasonic Silent Drive
- 24 Months Warranty with Maxwells International Australia
The Tamron SP 70-300mm F/4-5.6 Di VC, an SP (Super Performance) lens that is steadily becoming a field standard, is a sure choice for a two-zoom system. With its extra-low dispersion, combined with its F/32-45 minimum aperture and ø62 filter diameter, it's a go-to lens for smooth and adaptive images. Its unique, state-of-the-art in-lens image stabilization and Ultrasonic Silent Drive provide significant protection against blurring and lack of sharpness due to external factors. These features, together with its Full Time Manual Focus, make sure that your hand is the only direct external force to act on your camera. It is compatible with APS-C and Full Frame Sensor DSLR Cameras.
Product Features in Detail
Super Performance for Discriminating Shooters
Tamron SP (Super Performance) series is a line of ultra-high-performance lenses designed and manufactured to the exacting specifications demanded by professionals and others who require the highest possible image quality. In creating SP lenses Tamron’s optical designers put their foremost priority on achieving superior performance parameters—they are all designed to a higher standard with little regard for cost constraints. As a result, Tamron lenses bearing the SP designation feature impressive and innovative designs that have established an enviable reputation for excellence among those knowledgeable photographers that demand the very best.
Tamron’s Unique State-of-the-Art In-Lens Image Stabilization System
Handheld camera shake is the leading cause of blurry and un-sharp pictures. Several leading companies now make lenses with built-in optical image-stabilization systems that sense the amplitude and direction of the shake and compensate by moving optical groups within the lens. Tamron’s exclusive new Vibration Compensation (VC) system that’s built into the Tamron AF28-300mm F/3.5-6.3 XR Di VC LD Aspherical (IF) Macro and the Tamron AF18-270mm F/3.5-6.3 Di-II VC LD Aspherical (IF) Macro lenses performs a similar function, but it executes it much more effectively due to its innovative breakthrough design.
Ultrasonic Silent Drive
Tamron’s USD works with the high-frequency ultrasonic vibrations that are produced by a ring called a ‘stator’. Energy from the vibrations is used to rotate an attached metallic ring known as the ‘rotor’. Piezoelectric ceramic, an element that produces ultrasonic vibrations when voltage of a specific frequency is applied is arranged in a ring formation on the stator. This electrode configuration of piezoelectric ceramic causes two ultrasonic vibrations to occur in the stator.
By effectively combining these two ultrasonic vibrations, it is possible to convert the energy from the vibrations that produced simple motion into energy known as ‘deflective traveling waves’, which then moves around the circumference (rotation direction) of the ring.
With the USD, the friction between these deflective traveling waves created on the metallic surface of the stator and the surface of the rotor produce force, causing the rotor to rotate. The focusing ring lens, which is linked to the rotor, is thus moved, creating a fast and smooth auto-focus drive.
Extra Low Dispersion
A sophisticated XLD (Extra Low Dispersion) lens element made from specialized high-grade glass that has lower dispersive properties than standard LD lenses (where refraction causes the dispersion of white light into spectral hues). The dispersive properties of the XLD lens are at a level similar to fluorite, and in combination with LD elements make for an optimal optical design that delivers best in class resolution with advanced axial chromatic and magnification aberration correction - major inhibitors of image quality enhancement. The result is a lens that delivers sharp contrast and better descriptive performance throughout the entire zoom range.
Full Time Manual Focus makes fine tuning easy
All Tamron lenses have high autofocus precision and are designed to capture subjects easily in almost any situation, yet sometimes a photographer wants to fine tune and make adjustments on the fly. The integration of full time manual focus offers just that: instead of fumbling with switches, photographers can switch from autofocus to manual focus by simply adjusting the focus ring. This feature helps the lens produce impressive results even in telephoto situations where the depth of field is narrow.
Improved lens coatings for digital SLR cameras
By employing multi-layer coatings on cemented surfaces of plural elements and new multi-layer coating technology on ordinary elements, ghosting and flare due to reflections that occur when light enters through the front element and reflections from the mirror-like surface of a digital image sensor are reduced to the absolute minimum.
Macro of 1:2 in telephoto zoom range
Flipping a macro switch in the focal length range of 180mm to 300mm allows entry into the macro range, for photography as close as 95cm from the subject. In the macro range, one can take advantage of the telephoto effect and a maximum magnification ratio up to 1:2. (In normal shooting ranges, the minimum focus distance is 1.5m (59").) In addition, since the focal length in the macro range spans from 180mm to 300mm, zooming can also be used to adjust composition.
Designed for use on both digital SLRs and 35mm film cameras
The ultra-long telephoto zoom covering up to 465mm equivalent can be used on a digital SLR camera, while the wide-end 70mm can be used with a conventional 35mm film SLR camera for portraits and other moderately mid-range shots.
Sharpens edges by reducing 'colour fringing'
Chromatic aberration occurs when a lens element refracts different wavelengths of a ray of light – its rainbow colours – at very slightly different angles. This results in the 'colour fringing' that reduces the sharpness of an image. LD elements are made from special glass materials with extremely low dispersion indices (i.e. the refraction of a ray of light into rainbow colours is extremely narrow). Thus they effectively compensate for chromatic aberration at the centre of the field (on axis), a particular problem at long focal lengths (the telephoto end of the zoom range), and for lateral chromatic aberration (toward the edges of the field) that often occurs at short (wideangle) focal lengths.
| Model | A005 |
| Lens Construction (Groups/Elements) | 12/17 |
| Angle of View | 34°21'-8°15' |
| Diaphragm Blade Number | 9 |
| Minimum Aperture | F/32-45 |
| Minimum Focus Distance | 1.5m (59.05 in) |
| Macro Magnification Ratio | 1:4 (at f = 300mm: MFD 1.5m) |
| Filter Diameter | ø62 |
| Weight | 765g * (26.98 oz) |
| Length * | 142.7mm † (5.61 in) |
| Full Length ** | 151.1mm †(5.9 in) |
| Diameter | 81.5mm (3.21 in) |
| Accessory | Flower-shaped Lens hood |
| Mount | Canon, Nikon with Built-In Motor, ++Sony A mount |
* Length means the size from the head of the barrel to the flange of the mount.
** Full Length means the size from the head of the barrel to the end of the lens.
† Length and weight values given are for the Nikon mount. Specifications, appearance, functionality, etc., may be changed without prior notice.
++ The Sony mount does not include the VC image stabilization functionality, as the body of Sony digital SLR cameras include image stabilization functionality.
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Tamron SP 70-300MM F/4-5.6 Di VC USD
Flower-shaped lens hood
24 months warranty with Maxwells International Australia
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