Tamron Q1 financial report has been published. The operating Income increased significantly by approximately 1.7 times YoY with Significant record-high profits for the 1st quarter.
Tamron also stated that a total of 7 lenses will be launched in 2024. Two of them have been already announced:
I guess some of the five remaining lenses will be for Z-mount too!
Dpreview had a chat with all major manufacturers and asked them about their most important products in the past 25 years.
Nikon:
Nikon Z9: Because it’s a landmark in technology, pointing to the capabilities made possible by its parallel readout sensor.
This is what other manufacturers said:
Fujifilm:
Finepix X100: That was the first camera when we stepped up from selling point-and-shoot, entry-level compact cameras. This was our first attempt to do that, using the APS-C-sized sensor. X100 was a huge success, which gave us confidence. We wouldn’t be here if we didn’t have the X100,” he says Fujifilm’s “If that failed, we would have been in a very difficult position.”
Sony:
Sony RX1: The [Cyber-shot DSC-] RX1 is the beginning of our photography culture. Before that, we had launched RX100 series but still inside the world of Cyber-shot, kind of. RX1 is definitely a different world compared with our previous circumstances. That was a very memorable development period.”
Sony G Master lenses: From these G Master lenses, our technology improvement accelerated and our customers also changed. Customers rated our product highly and that’s become a very big motivation for our designers and our engineers. This generated a very positive momentum from this point onward.
Tamron:
Tamron 28-75mm F2.8 Di III RXD: That was a new concept because it was a fast lens, but we changed the focal length from 24mm to 28mm, and users accepted this concept. We knew that if we had a unique concept and we could let users know what that concept was, then people would understand. After that, we started to change, and we started developing unique lenses.”
Sigma:
Sigma 35mm F1.4 Art: If we’d failed with the launch of the 35mm F1.4, Sigma may not have survived until today. It was very fortunate that the customer received it very well and we could survive in the industry.
Sigma 18-35mm F1.8 Art: After we launched the lens, we realized that videographers and cinematographers really loved that lens. So with the introduction of this lens, we started getting interested in joining the cine lens business, so I love these two lenses.
OM System:
Olympus Camedia C-2000 Zoom: The change from film to digital left a big impression for me.
Canon:
Canon EOS Digital Rebel: It played a very important role in shifting [the market] from film to the digital DSLR,” says Go Tokura: “Since 2003, Canon has sold more than 1 million of them.
Panasonic:
Lumix DMC-G1: It was the first camera of its kind. Fifteen years ago, no professional photographer used mirrorless, but now almost all professional photographers use mirrorless.
The new Godox Lux Master Retro Camera Flash is now already in Stock at Amazon, BHphoto and Adorama.
Key Features:
A newly published Tamron patent confirms the Nikkor Z 180-600mm f/5,6-6,3 VR lens is actually a Tamron design. The following image shows the optical design from the patent compared with the official design of the Nikon:
Pretty obvious. The question now is what other Z mount lenses are actual Tamron designs?
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Thanks Alex B!
Mapcamera shared the list of the most sold 20 cameras during their fiscal year 2023 (April 1 2023 to March 31 2024):
With six camera Sony has the most products that made it into the top 20. Followed by Fujifilm with four and Canon and Nikon with three each. Ricoh has two cameras and Leica and OM one only.
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