Tamron builds 'D40-friendly' 18-250

[Admin]

Tamron has announced a new version of its popular 18-250 superzoom with an in-built focus motor evidently aimed at users of Nikon's D40 and D40x DSLRs. These two cameras lack legacy lens support in the form of a mechanical focus coupling - an omission widely criticized due to the reduced range of available lenses. Other specs appear to be unchanged from the existing version. Due to go on sale in Japan on December 13th, pricing and worldwide availability are yet to be announced.

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[Messiah Khan]

And my prophecy has come true. I knew other manufacturers would start building AF/HSM type lenses. I suspect you will start to see even more Tamron lenses being compatible in the coming months. Good work Tamron.

 

[FranchiseJuan]

And my prophecy has come true. I knew other manufacturers would start building AF/HSM type lenses. I suspect you will start to see even more Tamron lenses being compatible in the coming months. Good work Tamron.

Before you get too excited, you should remember that Tamron does not have any kind of HSM/USM technology, and this will be the older, slower, more noisy kind of AF, though it is still AF, so you can use it.

 

[Joe T]

I guess its similar to what they put in the Canon versions.