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Tamron has announced a firmware update for its 70-180mm F2.8 Di III VC VXD G2 lens, which adds support for the Sony a9 III’s 120fps mode. However, unlike many first-party Sony lenses, Tamron only supports shooting at 120fps in the single AF, direct manual focus, or manual focus modes. It does not support doing it in continuous autofocus.
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Realistically, this limits its usefulness; there likely aren’t many situations where you’d need to capture images at extremely high speed but not need autofocus tracking. However, if you do run into one, this lens can now support it. We’ve seen this restriction before: it’s present on several Sigma lenses.
The firmware update does bring some AF-C improvements. The company says its autofocus while zooming should also be improved.
The update can be downloaded and installed using Tamron’s lens utility.
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Tamron updates its 70-180mm F2.8 G2 to support Sony’s 120fps mode – with a catch