SP AF24-135mm F/3.5-5.6 AD Aspherical [IF]
Model 190D

High-power zoom with the outstanding performance appeal of the SP series

Covering everything from 24mm real wideangle through to 135mm telephoto, this lightweight, compact lens represents a new departure in the high power zoom lens concept, with outstanding optical performance characteristics of the SP series. The optical system incorporates a new AD (Anomalous Dispersion) glass element and four hybrid aspherical elements, resulting in ideal compensation of comatic aberration and astigmatism. The MOD (Minimum Object Distance) of the lens is 40cm over the entire zoom range. The 135mm telephoto achieves a maximum magnification ratio of 1:3.3, making macro photography possible. A zoom-lock feature is included for enhanced portability.

*SP: "Super Performance" – a line of high-performance lenses featuring high design specifications. In designing the SP series, the first and foremost priority is put on superior specifications and outstanding performance free from cost restraints. Therefore, SP lenses featuring impressive and innovative designs are concept models among Tamron lenses.

SPECIFICATIONS

NOMENCLATURE

Super Performance series

Tamron SP (Super Performance) series is a line of ultra-high-performance lenses designed and manufactured to the exacting specifications demanded by professionals and others who require the highest possible image quality. In creating SP lenses Tamron’s optical designers put their foremost priority on achieving superior performance parameters – they are all designed to a higher standard with little regard for cost constraints. As a result, Tamron lenses bearing the SP designation feature impressive and innovative designs that have established an enviable reputation for excellence among those knowledgeable photographers that demand the very best.

Anomalous Dispersion

AD glass is a special type of optical glass that is used to achieve more precise control of chromatic aberrations, thereby enhancing overall imaging performance. Glass of this type provides an abnormally large partial dispersion ratio (amount of diffraction) for light of specific wavelength ranges (colours) within the visible spectrum. By combining AD glass having these special characteristics with elements made of normal glass having different dispersion characteristics, it is possible to control the dispersion factors of a specific wavelength. This enhanced level of control results much lower levels of on-axis (central) chromatic aberration for telephoto lenses (or zooms used at telephoto settings) and a significant reduction of lateral (peripheral) chromatic aberration for wide-angle lenses (or zooms used at wideangle settings). Like LD glass, AD glass material is costly but provides clear, vivid image quality.

Aspherical

Tamron uses several hybrid aspherical lens elements in its lenses bearing the Aspherical designation. These innovative optics achieve the ultimate in image quality while producing lenses that offer remarkable zoom ranges in extraordinarily compact packages. These cutting-edge advances have advanced the state of optical design by virtually eliminating spherical aberration and image distortion from Tamron's high-power-zoom series.

As one hybrid aspherical lens element can take the place of multiple elements without compromising performance, remarkably compact long-range lenses can now deliver a uniformly high level of image quality across all focal lengths and apertures.

Internal Focusing

Tamron's internal focusing (IF) mechanism provides numerous practical benefits to photographers including:

• a non-rotating front filter ring that facilitates the positioning of polarising and graduated filters
• more predictable handling because the lens length does not change during focusing
• a much closer minimum focusing distance (MFD) throughout the zoom range
• improved optical performance by minimising loss of illumination at the corners of the image field (vignetting)
• suppression of other aberrations that become more troublesome at different focusing positions.

Specifications, design, product name and standard accessories may differ by country or area. While every effort has been made to ensure accuracy, these matters are subject to change by the manufacturer without notice or obligation.

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