Tamron Q1 Financial Results: “Slump in Sales” Because Of “Risks And Uncertainty Over The Policies Of The New US Administration”

By Louis Ferreira | Published: May 5, 2025



Tamron released their Q1 FY2025 financial results – here is the summary:

  • Sales decline in photographic products (Own-brand): Continued slump in sales in the US market, and reactionary decline in China market from high growth in 1Q, 2024.
  • Continuing geopolitical risks and uncertainty over the policies of the new U.S.
    administration have led to a widespread slowdown in overseas economies.
  • The JPY depreciation against USD, but appreciation against EUR.
  • Continuing higher material costs and rising labor costs due to inflation.
  • The market for interchangeable lens cameras and interchangeable lenses grew
    in both quantity and value, driven by steady demand for mirrorless cameras.

Tamron plans to launch six new lenses in 2025 (five more new lenses in addition to the Tamron 18-300mm f/3.5-6.3 Di III-A VC VXD):

  • Before 2023: approximately five new lenses per year
  • Initial medium-term management plan (2024-2026): 6 to 7 new lenses a year
  • New medium-term management plan (2024-2026): 10 new models a year starting from 2026

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Canon 9.5mm F2.8 and 11.7mm F2.8 Lens Patents Found

By Louis Ferreira | Published: May 2, 2025


Canon patents for a Canon 9.5mm F2.8 and 11.7mm F2.8 PZ lens have been found. You can check them out below:

overview

  • [Publication number] P2025070387
  • [Release date] 2025-05-02
  • [Title of invention] Optical system and imaging device
  • [Application date] 2023-10-20
  • [Applicant]
    [Identification number] 000001007
    [Name or company name] Canon Inc.
  • A small and lightweight wide-angle optical system is provided, in which optical elements such as an iris diaphragm, an ND filter, and a shutter are disposed in appropriate positions.
  • [Background Art]
    [0002]
    Imaging devices such as digital cameras, smartphone cameras, car cameras, and security cameras require small, lightweight optical systems with good optical performance over the entire angle of view. Smartphone cameras in particular often use small, fixed-aperture, single-focus optical systems that use plastic-molded aspheric lenses. In addition, they are required to be equipped with an iris diaphragm, ND filter, and shutter while being short in overall length, which is suitable for video imaging.
  • [0005]
    However, in the optical system of Patent Document 1, even if an iris diaphragm, an ND filter, and a shutter for video imaging are arranged near the aperture diaphragm so as to make the outer diameter of the lens device that houses them as small as possible, there is not enough space to arrange them. Furthermore, if they are arranged away from the aperture diaphragm, the outer diameter of the lens device becomes large.
  • The present
    invention provides a small and lightweight wide-angle optical system while arranging optical elements such as an iris diaphragm, an ND filter, and a shutter at appropriate positions.


Example 1

  • Focal length: 9.47
  • F-number: 2.88
  • Half angle of view: 47.57
  • Image height: 10.36
  • Overall length: 27.22
  • Back focal length: 7.41


Example 2

  • Focal length: 11.68
  • F-number: 2.88
  • Half angle of view: 41.11
  • Image height: 10.19
  • Overall length: 27.14
  • Back focal length: 7.56


Example 3

  • Focal length: 6.75
  • F-number: 1.85
  • Half angle of view: 46.56
  • Image height: 7.13
  • Overall length: 18.77
  • Back focal length: 3.35


Example 4

  • Focal length: 8.41
  • F-number: 2.88
  • Half angle of view: 50.47
  • Image height: 10.19
  • Overall length: 29.95
  • Back focal length: 7.16

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Canon 20-40mm F2.8 and 20-50mm F4 Lens Patents Found

By Louis Ferreira | Published: May 1, 2025


Canon patents for a Canon 20-40mm F2.8 and 20-50mm F4 lens have been found. You can check them out below:

overview

  • [Publication number] JP2025-68535 (P2025-68535A)
  • [Release date] April 28, 2025 (2025.4.28)
  • [Name of invention] Zoom lens and imaging device having the same
  • [Application date] October 16, 2023 (October 16, 2023)
  • [Applicant]
    [Identification number] 000001007
    [Name or company name] Canon Inc.
  • A compact zoom lens having high optical performance is provided.
  • 2. Description of the Related Art
    In a zoom lens used in an image pickup apparatus, if the mass or amount of movement of a lens group that moves during zooming, or the number of lens groups that move, increases, the zoom lens tends to become large.
  • However , the zoom lens of Patent Document 1 does not adequately correct
    the various aberrations that occur during zooming, and therefore there is a demand for a compact zoom lens with high optical performance.
  • SUMMARY OF THE PRESENT EMBODIMENT
    An object of the present invention is to provide a compact zoom lens having high optical performance.


Example 1

  • Focal length: 20.61-38.72
  • F-number: 2.90
  • Half angle of view: 43.64-29.19
  • Image height: 19.65-21.64
  • Total length: 130.70
  • Back focus: 31.45-40.28


Example 2

  • Focal length: 20.61-48.39
  • F-number: 4.10
  • Half angle of view: 43.69-24.09
  • Image height: 19.69-21.64
  • Overall length: 133.51
  • Back Focus: 12.18


Example 3

  • Focal length: 15.47-28.82
  • F-number: 4.10
  • Half angle of view: 52.36-36.90
  • Image height: 20.06-21.64
  • Overall length: 97.47
  • Back Focus: 11.75


Example 4

  • Focal length: 12.37-33.97
  • F-number: 2.35-3.60
  • Half angle of view: 44.47-21.96
  • Image height: 12.14-13.70
  • Overall length: 113.77
  • Back Focus: 11.50

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Canon 20-60mm F4 PZ, 18-45mm F4 PZ, and 16-35mm F4 PZ Lens Patents Found

By Louis Ferreira | Published: May 1, 2025


Canon patents for a Canon 20-60mm F4 PZ, 18-45mm F4 PZ, and 16-35mm F4 PZ lens have been found. You can check them out below:

overview

  • [Publication number] JP2025-68536 (P2025-68536A)
  • [Release date] April 28, 2025 (2025.4.28)
  • [Name of invention] Zoom lens and imaging device having the same
  • [Application date] October 16, 2023 (October 16, 2023)
  • [Applicant]
    [Identification number] 000001007
    [Name or company name] Canon Inc.
  • 2. Description of the Related Art
    In recent years, there has been a demand for zoom lenses equipped with an electric zoom function, as they are suitable for video shooting and the like.
  • [0005] It is preferable that
    the movable group in a zoom lens is small and lightweight, and that the amount of movement of the movable group is small. In the zoom lens of Patent Document 1, the first lens group is moved during zooming. The first lens group is relatively heavy, and moving a heavy lens group can degrade optical performance.
  • SUMMARY OF THE PRESENT EMBODIMENT
    An object of the present invention is to provide a zoom lens which has a high zoom ratio and high optical performance and can be equipped with an electric zoom function.


Example 1

  • Focal length: 20.60-48.50
  • F-number: 4.08-1.12
  • Half angle of view: 42.00-24.04
  • Image height: 18.55-21.63
  • Overall length: 125.00
  • Back Focus: 13.50


Example 4

  • Focal length: 24.72-48.50
  • F-number: 4.08-4.12
  • Half angle of view: 37.68-24.04
  • Image height: 19.09-21.64
  • Overall length: 118.16
  • Back Focus: 14.35


Example 5

  • Focal length: 24.72-58.20
  • F-number: 4.08-4.12
  • Half angle of view: 38.10-20.39
  • Image height: 19.39-21.63
  • Total length: 127.50
  • Back focus: 20.30


Example 7

  • Focal length: 20.60-58.20
  • F-number: 4.08-4.12
  • Half angle of view: 42.15-20.39
  • Image height: 18.65-21.63
  • Total length: 130.00
  • Back Focus: 13.50


Example 8

  • Focal length: 18.54-43.65
  • F-number: 4.08-4.12
  • Half angle of view: 45.15-26.37
  • Image height: 18.63-21.63
  • Overall length: 125.00
  • Back Focus: 13.50


Example 10

  • Focal length: 16.48-33.95
  • F-number: 4.08-4.12
  • Half angle of view: 48.64-32.51
  • Image height: 18.72-21.62
  • Overall length: 122.38
  • Back focus: 14.00

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Canon Cameras With Repair Period’s Ending Soon

By Louis Ferreira | Published: April 30, 2025


If you own one of the following cameras and might need to get it repaired, you should keep the following dates in mind.

SLR camera

  • EOS Kiss X80: April 2025
  • EOS Kiss X8i: August 2025
  • EOS 6D: September 2025
  • EOS Kiss X9: May 2026
  • EOS-1D X Mark II: July 2026
  • EOS Kiss X9i: November 2026
  • EOS 9000D: November 2026
  • EOS 7D Mark II: January 2027
  • EOS 5Ds: May 2027
  • EOS 80D: October 2027
  • EOS 5Ds R: August 2028

Mirrorless Camera

  • EOS M5: February 2026
  • EOS RP (Gold): June 2026
  • EOS M100: November 2026
  • EOS M6: March 2027
  • EOS Kiss M: November 2027
  • EOS Ra: January 2028
  • EOS M200 (Gold): March 2028
  • EOS M6 Mark II: March 2029
  • EOS R: November 2029
  • EOS R6: May 2030
  • EOS Kiss M2: June 2030
  • EOS M200: October 2030

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Canon RF 75-300mm f/4-5.6 Launched Overseas

By Louis Ferreira | Published: April 29, 2025


Canon launched a new kit lens overseas, the Canon RF 75-300mm f/4-5.6. This lens exists for EF mount as the Canon EF 75-300mm f/4-5.6, which you can still purchase, but you wouldn’t want to because it is not a great lens.

  • Соmрасt еntrу-lеvеl RF tеlерhоtо zооm wіth 75-300mm rеасh
  • f4-5.6 vаrіаblе ареrturе fоr сrеаtіvе bасkgrоund ѕераrаtіоn
  • 13 еlеmеntѕ іn 9 grоuрѕ fоr bаlаnсеd орtісаl реrfоrmаnсе
  • Ѕuреr Ѕресtrа Соаtіng rеduсеѕ flаrе аnd іmрrоvеѕ соntrаѕt
  • 7-blаdе сіrсulаr ареrturе dеlіvеrѕ ѕmооth, nаturаl bоkеh
  • 1.5m mіnіmum fосuѕ dіѕtаnсе fоr сlоѕе-uр tеlерhоtо ѕhоtѕ
  • DС аutоfосuѕ mоtоr fоr ассurаtе аnd rеlіаblе ѕubјесt fосuѕ
  • 507g lіghtwеіght buіld аnd 146.1mm lеngth fоr роrtаbіlіtу
  • 58mm frоnt fіltеr thrеаd fоr соmраtіblе ассеѕѕоrіеѕ

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