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Nice shot burnzz!

Kimmmmmmmmmmmm wrote:

Wallpaper wrote:

Kimmmmmmmmmmmm wrote:

anyone have experience with tamron lenses and liked them? im interested in this lens for  travel.
it has a better zoom range than the competitor nikon lens(18-200mm) and that Vibration Compensation (VC) mechanism fancy pants
what do you think? the Tamron AF18-270mm F/3.5-6.3 Di II VC lens
http://www.tamron.co.jp/en/news/release_2008/0730.html and the adorama link http://www.adorama.com/Als/ProductPage/ … viewHeader

It sounds nice to have, but DONT DO IT. Extreme zooms have terrible performance in terms of aperture, bokeh, and sharpness. Plus, they make you lazy. Granted, if youre only doing snaps for 4x6 prints it really wouldnt matter, but you most likely will be very disappointed by its performance

lazy? i just dont want to bring a slew of lenses down the river with me. my 'go to' for wide to tele right now is a quantaray 18-200 3.5-6.3. What would you recommened then instead?

Lazy as in composition. When you have that much zoom at your fingertips, you just tweak the zoom ring till all the stuff is in your frame, and click. Lesser zooms and primes force you to move around to find the best angle for a picture. Added to the fact that super zooms have absolutely terrible performance in terms of sharpness, CA and light. If you insist on a super zoom, I would go for the Nikon, which is atleast decently sharp. Otherwise, a separate wide (~18-55) and tele (~55-250) would be your best bet. Im not sure what Nikon offers in that range, but I know the Canon variants arent very expensive at all.

these bastards (sorry - this pair) have been living under my rose bush, and shitting on my drive way - so i chased 'em to my neighbor's yard

Just picked up my dad's cheapy point-and-shoot camera, (Nikon D700? I think that's it anyway) and took this photo. Surprised at how it came out.

Florida. Awesome Place. White beaches!

thanks BLdw, you've given me an idea for the next flickr project . . .

Last edited by Superior Mind (2010-05-17 21:53:21)

I HAZ A BEE. Excited about this one, been looking for one of these guys for a while

Only cropped out a bit in the upper right, but not much. Single shot, no stack

As close as i could come tonight. Bldw, yes - Rays.



some CS5 work - the Kennecot copper mine

Last edited by burnzz (2010-05-20 12:53:11)

Wallpaper wrote:

Nice shot burnzz!

Kimmmmmmmmmmmm wrote:

Wallpaper wrote:

It sounds nice to have, but DONT DO IT. Extreme zooms have terrible performance in terms of aperture, bokeh, and sharpness. Plus, they make you lazy. Granted, if youre only doing snaps for 4x6 prints it really wouldnt matter, but you most likely will be very disappointed by its performance

lazy? i just dont want to bring a slew of lenses down the river with me. my 'go to' for wide to tele right now is a quantaray 18-200 3.5-6.3. What would you recommened then instead?

Lazy as in composition. When you have that much zoom at your fingertips, you just tweak the zoom ring till all the stuff is in your frame, and click. Lesser zooms and primes force you to move around to find the best angle for a picture. Added to the fact that super zooms have absolutely terrible performance in terms of sharpness, CA and light. If you insist on a super zoom, I would go for the Nikon, which is atleast decently sharp. Otherwise, a separate wide (~18-55) and tele (~55-250) would be your best bet. Im not sure what Nikon offers in that range, but I know the Canon variants arent very expensive at all.

thanks for the advice... you were right(i searched quality of superzoom).. and i don't want to cut quality i want to improve.
hah i got a Manfrotto  3-Section Carbon Fiber Tripod to take for night photography(it was time, my 1986 aluminum one sux) and am going to stick with the tamron 3.5 18-200 for now. also picked up a Lowepro LOSS102B SlingShot 102 AW Camera Bag .. this looks badassss for on the move. lowepro just released a bag that looks like a purse too.. when it goes on sale in us im getting it cause i NEEED that for shows/bars
i'd be hot to get a long distance and a wide prime lens. i've been using a $200 nikon 1.8 35mm the past few months and love the f out of it for low light. learning alot.

Wallpaper wrote:

Cool light Burnsie. Clouds are a little blue though

sad clouds are sad

Kimmmmmmmmmmmm wrote:

hah i got a Manfrotto  3-Section Carbon Fiber Tripod to take for night photography(it was time, my 1986 aluminum one sux) and am going to stick with the tamron 3.5 18-200 for now. also picked up a Lowepro LOSS102B SlingShot 102 AW Camera Bag .. this looks badassss for on the move. lowepro just released a bag that looks like a purse too.. when it goes on sale in us im getting it cause i NEEED that for shows/bars

i've got the lowepro 200 (it fits my lenses ) and a carbon fibre tripod - my wife has exactly the camera bag you're talking about, i'll post pics when i get home . . .

That's what I thought..

also ctrl + alt + e = é, as in touché.

Otherwise you're just commenting on his rear.

Last edited by Finray (2010-05-21 13:04:33)

burnzz wrote:

what's wrong with that? i can crack a walnut with these cheeks . . .

Lol'd. "why cant a straight guy tell another guy his booty is fly?"

Bee wing: