Tamron

Tamron was founded in November of 1950 in Saitama, Japan. The company was established under the name Taisei Kagaku Kogyo Co., Ltd. with a start-up capital of 2.5 million yen. The Tamron brand wasn't registered until nearly a decade later in 1959. Today, Tamron manufactures precision optical equipment, and the company operates throughout three business segments: photographic lenses, optical components, and commercial/indu­strial-use optics. Sony is a major shareholder in Tamron, and the two companies have combined efforts on several Sony lenses for the Sony ? series of digital SLR cameras. Tamron's photographic lens division produces interchangeable lenses for both digital and film SLR cameras. These lenses include fixed focal wide-angle, telephoto and macro lenses, as well as zoom lenses and teleconverters. Tamron was the pioneer of the high-ratio zoom lens when it introduced the 28-200mm lens in 1992. The company also introduced the Adaptall series, which allowed lenses to function across different brands via interchangeable mounts. Tamron's current line of lenses is available for Nikon F, Canon EF, Minolta/Sony ?, and Pentax K lens mounts. Tamron's optical components division produces camcorder lenses, digital still camera lenses, and camera lenses for mobile devices. The company's commercial and industrial-use optics include camera lenses for surveillance, industrial vision, and image processing.