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Tamron’s New Tamron-Link Dongle
credits: Tamron
Tamron has announced Tamron-Link, a small Bluetooth accessory that plugs into the USB-C port built into many of its newer mirrorless lenses, letting you change lens behaviour wirelessly from a phone or tablet. You can think of it as a bridge between the lens and the Tamron Lens Utility mobile app, which now finally works on iOS and iPadOS as well. At launch, the dongle supports 16 Tamron lenses for Sony E-mount, Nikon Z-mount, and some APS-C Canon RF models, with more lenses (including the 28-75mm f/2.8 G2 for Nikon Z and the 35-150mm f/2-2.8 for Sony) expected to be added via firmware updates later this year.
Once connected, the app gives fairly deep control over how the lens behaves electronically. You can remap buttons, reverse the direction of the focus or aperture rings, switch between linear and non-linear focus response, and define how far a ring needs to turn. For video shooters, it goes a step further. You can store A/B focus points and set how quickly the lens racks between them, which makes repeatable focus pulls much easier without touching the barrel. You can also set electronic limits so rings do not overshoot.
Photographers get some useful tools too. The system allows very precise focus presets for time-lapses or astrophotography, where tiny adjustments matter and focus-by-wire can be frustrating. Firmware updates can also be installed wirelessly. Android users can still connect via cable without the dongle, but iPhone and iPad owners need Tamron-Link for mobile control. The dongle is priced at $50.
You can see full details on Tamron’s website here
ACR And Lightroom Compatibility Update
credits: Adobe
Another compatibility update for Adobe Camera Raw, Lightroom, and Lightroom Classic is here, adding support for several newly announced cameras and lenses. Among the newly supported bodies are the OM System OM-3 Astro and the Ricoh GR IV Monochrome, both extremely recent announcements, and in some cases not even widely available yet. That quick turnaround means early buyers won’t have to wait long to process their RAW files properly, which has often been an issue with niche cameras.
Lens support has also been expanded across a broad mix of brands, including Canon, Leica, Sigma, Sony, and Viltrox. Newly supported lenses include Canon’s RF 7-14mm f/2.8-3.5L Fisheye STM and RF 14mm f/1.4L VCM, Sigma’s 14mm f/1.4 DG DN Art for L-mount, the 28-105mm T3 full-frame cine lens, Sony’s updated FE 28-70mm f/3.5-5.6 OSS II, and several ultra-wide Viltrox primes. These profiles allow the software to automatically correct distortion, vignetting, and chromatic aberration based on each lens’s design.
The update also includes the Leica Noctilux-M 35mm f/1.2 ASPH., Leica’s first 35mm lens to carry the Noctilux name, as well as support for several recent smartphones, including models from Oppo and Xiaomi released in China late last year. As usual, the complete compatibility list can be found on Adobe’s official support pages.
You can see the list on Adobe’s website here
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