shadow9d9 wrote:
Not if the image is from Seoul or Busan it won't...and it isn't like only one object is in focus and everything else blurred and unrecognizeable.
With a place as busy as seoul, it is really nice to be able to isolate a little. Otherwise, it gets samey.
That’s the essence of the place…being busy. That’s what I want to document. I can use different compositions if I want to isolate parts of the scene. I travel with 3 primes that are not 1.4 allowing me to travel quite light.
Does fredmiranda.com have a "copy and paste" a post feature? Nahhh... I didn't think so.
As a Tamron 28-200 fanboi, allow me to expound on its virtues of being a just right combination of speed, weight / size and especially length. Forget what you know about other (lousy) native super zooms that start at 24mm. If you are not speed obsessed and can deal with f/5.6, may I point you at the Tamron 25-200 and Sigma 20-200, neither of which I (will ever) own, but are superb by all accounts if you want to tradeoff speed for width. Know how you shoot to make that choice.
And then for the big boys, there may be some compelling reasons such as width, incognito factor and price to go with the Tamron 35-150 over the excellent 50-150GM. I am not a portrait shooter, personally couldn't shoot an event with 50mm as the widest FL and don't shoot indoor sports, but if I did any of those, a 50-150 would certainly in my stable. The Tamron is a great event lens (for me) and has been fun to take on the road a couple of times this year.
That said, my travel kit is the 28-200, 14GM and i35-or-35. It just gets the job done. For me. Your choices may vary - see commentary above. I am heading to Sardinia in less than a week with this kit and I am leaving the 35-150 at home. In South Korea, I don't think people care that you are toting a big expensive white thing around, but going forward for other trips, it could flag you as a wealthy visitor to target.
Newenglandrocks wrote:
Does fredmiranda.com have a "copy and paste" a post feature? Nahhh... I didn't think so.
As a Tamron 28-200 fanboi, allow me to expound on its virtues of being a just right combination of speed, weight / size and especially length. Forget what you know about other (lousy) native super zooms that start at 24mm. If you are not speed obsessed and can deal with f/5.6, may I point you at the Tamron 25-200 and Sigma 20-200, neither of which I (will ever) own, but are superb by all accounts if you want to tradeoff speed for width. Know how you shoot to make that choice.
And then for the big boys, there may be some compelling reasons such as width, incognito factor and price to go with the Tamron 35-150 over the excellent 50-150GM. I am not a portrait shooter, personally couldn't shoot an event with 50mm as the widest FL and don't shoot indoor sports, but if I did any of those, a 50-150 would certainly in my stable. The Tamron is a great event lens (for me) and has been fun to take on the road a couple of times this year.
That said, my travel kit is the 28-200, 14GM and i35-or-35. It just gets the job done. For me. Your choices may vary - see commentary above. I am heading to Sardinia in less than a week with this kit and I am leaving the 35-150 at home. In South Korea, I don't think people care that you are toting a big expensive white thing around, but going forward for other trips, it could flag you as a wealthy visitor to target. ...Show more →
With the A7R6 diffraction starts somewhere between f/5.6 and f/8.0. This doesn’t establish an absolute barrier to shooting, but does start to negate the advantages of the high megapixel full frame format. That said, the Tamron seems to be a very good value.
I’ve recently been traveling to Japan and South Korea in that they are relatively safe travel destinations. I would have to do a good bit of homework prior to heading to Europe. The same with my own country in that there are areas to avoid. I think that a black film ‘M’, or a compact digital would be in order while traveling elsewhere. Now, the downside of both South Korea and Japan is that there is a bit of sense that personal privacy extends into public areas, so I have a number of images of people walking away and few faces.
chez wrote:
That’s the essence of the place…being busy. That’s what I want to document. I can use different compositions if I want to isolate parts of the scene. I travel with 3 primes that are not 1.4 allowing me to travel quite light.
I didn't mean busy in terms of people. It actually really isn't busy, outside of a few touristy neighborhoods..but even then, 3 streets over and you have it absolutely all to yourself.
And if you meant not in terms of people, but as in busy in terms of things... sure, sometimes, but there is still plenty of photo opportunities that would benefit from isolation.
If this were a first trip, then I'd understand better... but revisiting for a second time should allow for more creative experimentation imo. It is kind of the nice thing about returning to places.
shadow9d9 wrote:
I didn't mean busy in terms of people. It actually really isn't busy, outside of a few touristy neighborhoods..but even then, 3 streets over and you have it absolutely all to yourself.
And if you meant not in terms of people, but as in busy in terms of things... sure, sometimes, but there is still plenty of photo opportunities that would benefit from isolation.
If this were a first trip, then I'd understand better... but revisiting for a second time should allow for more creative experimentation imo. It is kind of the nice thing about returning to places.
I understand. I try to isolate via composition rather than blurring out the background.
