pKai wrote:
...I'm sure there are some cases -- weight and size limited situations -- where the Tamron could be the only option even for one with access to large primes...
I'm surprised no one else commented on these fine images.
Lots of detail in the Iris...
Impressive using the 5dIII, a little about how you attained these, handheld, tripod etc
IndyFab wrote:
I'm surprised no one else commented on these fine images.
Lots of detail in the Iris...
Impressive using the 5dIII, a little about how you attained these, handheld, tripod etc
I agree. He's got lots of VERY GOOD images posted. I wonder what the keeper percentage is.
The more I see examples from this lens the more I'm impressed. Sure, it's not completely sharp wide-open, but it's still usable. The f/7.1 to f/11 range seem to be it's sweet area, so in good light and with proper technique I am certain this lens will deliver the goods at a very high level.
All for about $1100. If that's not value, I don't know what is.
IndyFab wrote:
I'm surprised no one else commented on these fine images.
Lots of detail in the Iris...
Impressive using the 5dIII, a little about how you attained these, handheld, tripod etc
Any BIF
Thanks! These were shot handheld from my van. The NWR is an auto tour route, and you have to stay in your car except for a few designated areas. These were actually shot almost straight up thorugh my sunroof
The biggest drawback I found was a bit of a slow autofocus, especially at full 600mm, when trying to track a few raptors in flight. I only saw a few though, so I didn't have much of a chance to sus it out on BIF. On slower birds, it worked fine.
I did manage to get this guy as he left his tree after seeing me Tamron test 3 by lennycarl08, on Flickr
lenny, thanks for the fast response.. you got game sir.. nice work.
Any glitches with the VC, here is someone commenting on there experience, by the way, he's got game to.. quite talented tog
Now, the VC... Well, like I said, it's weird. Right now about 60-70% of the time it produces "normal" amount of initial jump, similar to other large stabilized lenses I have or had in the past. But the other times the VC clunks (louder noise than the noise during the "normal" operation), jumps enormously, definitely looks like some kind of malfunction to me, however it does work every time it does stabilize the image. It's odd. I think I know how it's supposed to work, and it shows that 60-70% of the time, but I just can't comprehend the more aggressive behavior the rest of the time. Even the disengagement of the VC is weird sometimes. Another thing that also happens sometimes about 10-15 seconds after taking the shot, is that another noise the VC makes. I was thinking perhaps it's a similar system to Sigma's smaller OS systems, where the system is always on, sort of in a standby mode (going to "stabilize" mode at half-press), and it only turns off after about 1 minute of no activity (soft click on these Sigma lenses). But AFAIK, all large lenses have a different system, which isn't on all the time. It engages when half pressed then a few seconds after the shot it disengages. So I don't know where to put those occasional sounds the VC makes.
So this alone is a reason to send it back.
Owners manual has a little blurb about the VC 'jump' that is to be expected by the lens. Mine seems normal and it may depend on what you hear whether the VC has spooled down to stop or whether you are catching it and spooling it back up again perhaps?
Still can't get good weather and ISO's to shoot and analyze sharpness but this one is encouraging
Chickadee shot through window glass, so take it for that.........as well as the Sparrow
If you're not too tired of viewing images from the Tamron 150-600 I just received mine and did a series of images showing the same subject at different focal lengths from 150mm to 600mm.
