SP 70-200mm F/2.8 Di VC USD G2 Model A025 All features overhauled to create an accomplished top-grade high-speed telephoto zoom lens All-new optical design – Any aberrations thoroughly compensated for resolving power enhanced across the entire zoom range – Minimum Object Distance MOD reduced from 1.3m A009 to 0.95m A025 – Fully compatible with dedicated tele converters – Excellent backlit performance through the application of eBAND Coating Improvements of individual functions – The VC system now achieves an image stabilization performance of 5 stops according to the CIPA standard when using VC MODE 3 and three situation-specific VC modes – Dramatic improvements in AF speed and responsiveness – Moisture-Proof and Dust-Resistant Construction adopted – Fluorine Coating applied to the front surface of the lens element External design fully overhauled – Uncompromising craftsmanship with careful attention to minute details based on the rigorous quality standards for the SP series – Functional beauty achieved by smoothly combining engineering and design aspects. Exquisite and high-grade design featuring a metal-based barrel All-new optical design achieving the highest-level performance The optical design has been completely overhauled in comparison with the previous model A009 and superior performance and resolution is now ensured across the entire zoom range. Outstanding optical performance that is uniform and well-balanced is maintained not only in the 70mm wideangle range but also in the middle focal ranges and the 200mm telephoto range. Using the A025 in combination with a dedicated tele converter attached makes it possible to fully enjoy ultra-telephoto photography while maintaining excellent optical performance. Improved depictive quality in the wide-angle focal range With transverse chromatic aberrations minimized improvements have been made in the periphery of the image plane on the wide-angle side. Its deliver the sharpness and high resolution in the periphery. Improved depictive quality in the telephoto focal range Deploying the LD lens element has minimized axial chromatic aberrations occurring on the telephoto side. The optical design of the new A025 consists of 23 elements in 17 groups. 1 XLD eXtra Low Dispersion and 5 LD Low Dispersion lens elements are used. The optimum deployment of both of these elements completely eliminates chromatic aberrations which tend to become particularly prominent in high-speed telephoto zoom lenses. The optical design was completely reworked to better accommodate the higher pixel-density digital cameras of the new era. Considering the need to also maintain excellent image quality when using a tele converter creative ideas have been incorporated to the utmost to consistently ensure high-level performance. As a result outstanding resolution and contrast reproduction performance is achieved across the entire zoom range. For the new A025 the designers placed importance on its spectacular background blur effects a significant factor comprising the depictive quality of a high-speed telephoto lens. Soft beautifully-tune d background blur effects bokeh worthy of a high-speed lens have been achieved as a result. With a shorter working distance possible it is easier to determine the composition in a location where there is no more space for the photographer to back up with the camera enabling close-up photography using a telephoto lens with much greater flexibility. Shooting at and around the minimum focus distance allows for close-up photographic expressions just like macro photography. eBAND Extended Bandwidth Angular- Dependency Coating is a nano-structured layer applied to the lens element surface. In addition to regular anti-reflection coatings eBAND Coating offers higher light transmission and significant improvements in anti-reflection characteristics particularly against angulated incident rays. Combined with BBAR Broad-Band Anti- Reflection coatings flare and ghosting are reduced to imperceptible levels. Improved VC Performance Function and Usability The incorporation of two micro computers has reinforced the control performance of Tamron’s unique VC system which now achieves an image stability performance of 5 stops according to the Camera Imaging Products Association CIPA standard for the A025 when using VC Mode 3. Even for telephoto shooting in low light which often tends to be affected by camera shake the photographer can now enjoy handheld shooting with a much greater
- Any aberrations thoroughly compensated for resolving power enhanced across the entire zoom range
- Minimum Object Distance MOD reduced from 1.3m A009 to 0.95m A025
- Fully compatible with dedicated tele converters
- Excellent backlit performance through the application of eBAND Coating Improvements of individual functions
- Dramatic improvements in AF speed and responsiveness
- Moisture-Proof and Dust-Resistant Construction adopted
- Fluorine Coating applied to the front surface of the lens element External design fully overhauled
- Uncompromising craftsmanship with careful attention to minute details based on the rigorous quality standards for the SP series