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Sell the Tamron and buy the Sigma equivalent. It's covers the same range (70-200mm), is just as fast (constant f2.8) and is cheaper. It performs incredibly well on both my A6000 and A7ii with the LA-EA4 adapter. Some say the build quality is not as good as the Tamron or Sony equivalent lenses but I haven't had any quality issues with it.

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Hey guys,

 

I have a Alpha a7r and the Tamron AF 70-200 F/2.8 (IF) MACRO 77 mm dia A001 and it does not function with the LA-EA4 adapter but all my other lenses work fine.

 

The other lenses I have are the Tamron macro 90mm, Tamron 70-300mm and they both work absolutely ok.

 

Can someone please tell me how to resolve this, cause this is stupid and extremely frustrating.

 

I now have a lens that does not function with the camera.

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Apparently it depends a lot on the version of this lens

Tamron at some points changed some chips and/or programation inside those chips 

 

the result is it is not usable on LA-EA4  (or 2) with AF

I mailed tamron, they have nothing to say about it ...

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Food news

 

Tamron told me it does not work and that there was no solution

However at a store I have been given the company name that make tamron after sale

 

They changed the pcb and the connector

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Food news

 

Tamron told me it does not work and that there 

was no solution However at a store I have been

given the company name that make tamron

after sale

 

They changed the pcb and the connector

Yummy .... I guess :-)

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Food news

 

Tamron told me it does not work and that there was no solution

However at a store I have been given the company name that make tamron after sale

 

They changed the pcb and the connector

Would you be able to give more information? Which store did the work and are they able to do the modifications for other customers?

 

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