Nikon Z8 Firmware 3.00 Issue With Tamron Lenses

2 Jul

Written By MJ

Just like to inform Z8 users out there who are using native Z-mount Tamron lenses that there is an issue with the newly released Z8 FW3.00 with said Tamron lenses.

With the new firmware installed, there have been numerous complaints and feedback regarding Tamron lenses not being recognized by the camera body at all.

Tamron has issued a notification regarding this issue at their official support site here.

Some users have found that by turning off the newly added “Focus Limiter” function, it solved the issue and the Tamron lenses would work as normal, but if you are worried about other functions breaking with the Tamron lenses (like custom Tamron button functions and such), I think it might be safer to just stick with FW 2.10 first until Tamron release firmware updates for their lenses.

I will update this page again when more information becomes available either from Tamron or Nikon.

** Update 3/7/2025

It seems that for the Tamron 35-150/2-2.8, as long as you’re running on firmware 2 on the lens, the lens works without issues on FW3.00 Z8 as long as custom functions are not mapped to the lens via Tamron Lens Utility and the Z8’s new focus limiter is turned off.

I suppose this should be the case for the other Z-mount Tamron lenses too, but I do not own them to test out.