Tamron has launched its annual monetary outcomes for 2024. In amongst the company enterprise converse is an fascinating firm pledge: to launch 10 new lenses per 12 months in 2026 and past. This may mark a big ramp-up in manufacturing from the 5 new fashions per 12 months launched previous to 2023, and it even beats Tamron’s unique projection for 2026 which was going to be 6-7 new lens fashions yearly.
Nonetheless, there is not any further element on what these new lenses could also be. We might hope a “new mannequin” means a novel lens and never merely a mount conversion of an present design. What we do know is Tamron is constant to provide lenses for Nikon Z, Fujifilm X, Sony E, and Canon RF – the 11-20mm F2.8 RXD being Tamron’s first lens for the RF mount. With Tamron simply beginning its Canon RF collaboration, we would not be stunned if a large proportion of its promised 10 new lenses in 2026 have been made up of RF-mount fashions. Alternatively, with Sony proudly owning a 14.99-per-cent stake in Tamron, there could also be a company incentive to deal with E-mount optics as nicely.
One other fascinating statistic revealed within the monetary outcomes publication is the proportion of its lens manufacturing that is made up from OEM optics. In 2023, round 38% of Tamron’s lens gross sales apparently got here from OEM, which we assume means lenses produced for different firms and bought underneath their model names. Examples of this would come with lenses just like the Nikon Z 17–28mm f/2.8, which is a re-bodied Tamron 17–28mm f/2.8 Di III RXD, and the Nikon Z 70-180mm f/2.8: a lens that is basically a Tamron 70-180mm f2.8 Di III VXD.
So after a number of years of many nice DSLR lenses being discontinued, the information that manufacturing of lenses for mirrorless cameras may very well be set to rise could be very welcome.