Tamron has launched a brand new firmware replace for its 35-150mm F/2-2.8 Di III VXD Sony E-mount lens. Firmware model 5, launched nineteenth February, accommodates the next advantages:
“AF efficiency throughout zooming is improved when capturing movies and nonetheless photos in AF-C mode. Moreover, with the Sony α9 III, when the main focus mode is ready to AF-S, DMF, or MF, the lens will help steady capturing at as much as roughly 120 frames per second.”
We have already seen Tamron launch firmware with the very same enhancements for lenses like its 50-400mm F/4.5-6.3 Di III VC VXD. Whereas any focussing enhancements are actually welcome, it must be famous that 120fps capturing appears as if it nonetheless is not supported in AF-C mode; the very focussing mode you are most probably to need when capturing a steady burst of stills. Granted, you will nonetheless be capable of monitor topics shifting throughout the picture body at a constant distance from the digicam, however you will not be capable of preserve focus of a topic like a bike owner or racing automobile that is approaching you. We suspect Sony remains to be reserving 120fps burst capturing with AF-C for its personal lenses, therefore why Tamron’s E-mount optics do not help it.
Tamron 35-150mm F/2-2.8 Di III VXD full overview
However this minor annoyance does not dampen our enthusiasm for the 35-150mm F/2-2.8 Di III VXD. Not solely does this lens have an exceptionally giant aperture for its focal vary (making it the quickest zoom lens in Tamron’s mirrorless lens line-up), its sharpness within the middle of body is so excessive it will probably rival even the perfect E-mount prime optics. Issue the standard construct, snappy AF, and Tamron’s truthful pricing, and the 35-150mm is one heck of a flexible lens.
To replace the lens’s firmware, take a look at the Tamron Lens Utility Obtain Web page on Tamron’s world web site.