RustyRus wrote: gdanmitchell wrote: RustyRus wrote: snapsy wrote: RustyRus wrote:
Maybe I am the elephant in the room here-
Sony buying Tamron is of little concern/care. I don't buy third party AF lenses for any mount.
If Sony bought Voigtlander, that would be a different conversation-
Tamron also develops first-party OEM lenses for companies like Nikon and Sony.
Agreed-
To be fair though, its not a 3rd party lens anymore if Nikon is selling it as a Nikon lens and had a part of the process for developing it and AF algorithms etc-
If Tamorn won't make them anymore for Nikon, lots of other qualified companies that will.
And... a bun h of "OEM" lenses are not actually manufactured by the company whose name is on the lens. :-)
So what? That is literally what I just said that you are quoting me on- That is extremely common and again its still an OEM lens built to the spec of whatever the purchaser wants it to be-
Leica, Nikon, Zeiss, Canon, Fuji etc etc etc etc etc etc etc Have all done this and will continue-
So you are upset because… we agree?
;-)
Also, I’m not complaining about this reality — just making note of it since I suspect that a lot of people aren’t aware how widespread the practice is. (Not just in the photography biz either. Our brand name cars include a ton of parts not made by the brand, etc.)
Jul 31, 2026 at 03:05 PM
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