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The filter on the pancake makes it look huge!  :o imagine if it had a hood too... :)

Ha Ha ... the hood that Canon sells for the 40mm STM is a joke!

It really is.  I don't even know if it is deep enough to provide any kind of protection, much less shading!

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thanks for the review. btw, I recently saw your pic in Popular science magazine ..congrats ;)

Thanks, I knew that was coming out, but haven't gotten a copy yet myself.

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6D Sample Images / Re: Anything shot with a 6D
« on: Today at 12:48:29 PM »
First time making pizza at home.



Nice shot.  Good color and nice, smooth bokeh

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If you are interested in reading Alien Skin's little feature on me and my use of Exposure in my workflow, have a look here:

http://blog.alienskin.com/dustin-abbott

Love the software, by the way....

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Boo! You only tested the 40mm at one focal length???? Incomplete review!

Yeah, sorry about that 8)  I'll try to milk more focal lengths out of it the next time.

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Do not overestimate Tamron's weather sealing. My recent experience tells that both sealing against dust and humidity are close to none.

Would you care to elaborate? I have shot with the Tamron in pretty extreme conditions (from -40C to 40C) and in snow, rain, freezing rain, etc... without any kind of issue.  I am interested to hear why you would make such a statement.

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These are roughly the same size mounted on 6D bodies, right


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you have the 40mm pancake dont you?
can you do a head to head 40mm wide open comparison between the 2?

i would love a zoom in this range with IS that was as good across the frame as the 40mm

obviously this is only a 1 copy compare and yours seems to be a good copy but it would be
good to see in some context


I can do that.  It may be a week or so before I can get around, but I can do some 100% crop comparos.


cool thanks whenever you have time :)


Here is the review, as requested

http://www.canonrumors.com/forum/index.php?topic=15415.0

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Here's an "infrared" style approach to the scene above:


As Time Passes... by Thousand Word Images by Dustin Abbott, on Flickr

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6D Sample Images / Re: Anything shot with a 6D
« on: June 17, 2013, 11:17:07 AM »
I gotta say, the 6d handled admirably as a wedding camera, a very nice companion camera to a 5d3.  It even handled the dancing parts of the reception quite well (I did switch to the 5d3 as the dancing kicked up a notch, and not even because I thought the shots were bad, but because the 5d3's servo mode is better).

I have yet to get the images off the memory cards, but have previewed a bunch using the wifi ap, so, here are a few unedited jpeg wifi transfer images!

Thanks for the good report.  I've done a few weddings with mine, and have another next weekend.

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The images look nice.  With your comments in mind, I would say that this looks like a fairly niche lens.  Good focal length for sports, but heavy for portraiture and too short for serious outdoors/wildlife work.  If someone is earning money from shooting sports, however, this seems like a nice addition.

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Yes, I know this seems like an odd comparison, but a few readers have asked for a comparison between these two lenses...and so I have.  If you are interested, take a look at the link below:

http://www.dustinabbott.net/2013/06/tamron-24-70-vc-vs-canon-40mm-pancake/

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