Re: Tamron 150-500mm f/5-6.3 VC on Thursday

9VIII said:

While I really doubt this will outperform the 400f5.6+1.4xTC, having autofocus at that focal length would be nice, even if it isn't good enough to track a bird.

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It would surprise me if the centre 1/3 of the Tamron frame at 600mm when stopped down to F8 is at least as sharp as the 400f5.6+TC @ F8. We are now comparing a 20 year old prime + TC to a current zoom. Lens technology has changed over the past 20 years.

You also gain IS and AF with the Tamron.

Hubby and I make an annual trip (pilgrimage) to Crescent Heads a surf spot north coast, NSW Australia. Not much around except school vacation time.
This year we stayed two weeks, two long weeks of nil surf he was a bit grumpy, but I spent countless hours on top of the rocky headland watching
for humpback Whales and saw dozens while I waited for them to show there was a Sea Eagle family to watch for, if I did not have a reasonable lens on my
camera I would have not seen as much of these wonderful animals. One look at these photos and I am right back on the headland salt breeze in my face.
Memory still works

ryllz75 said:

All thanks so much for all of your feedback....! I truly appreciate and will end up keeping the 70-200 2.8 MK II.

another quick question.. since I have the Sigma35 1.4 and Canon 50 1.2.. Do you guys think that selling off the 50 1.2 and replacing it with the 85mm 1.2 is a worthwhile move? Again the sole purpose of wanting the 85mm 1.2 is for portraiture... im thinking that the 35mm and 50mm is so close FL wise that i can probably lose the 50mm and replace it with the 85mm. Again if you have experience on both would love to hear from you!

As for the sigma 35mm 1.4, i just got that a month ago and crazy in love with it. It actually has been my lens of choice for environmental portraiture..

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It depends. The 50L is a lens for 50mm freaks and the 85LII will suit better for portraits. I tend to find 85mm still to short for a tight portrait and too long for a wider portrait.

puntti said:

It's definitely not firmware. CreationHeart did you notice any symptoms similar to this before it died? https://vimeo.com/76656998

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i have not noticed any errors prior it's just a one off silent death. After heart surgery with a donated heart from japan my 1Dx is surviving fine now.

this will be an amazing lens for low light photogs, will be available in eos m mount + fuji-x and others!

http://www.fujirumors.com/worlds-fastest-lens-for-fuji-x-mount-announced-the-ibelux-f0-85/

http://kipon.com/en/articledetail.asp?id=60

Well at infinity in the mid-ranges it's not extreme corners and not even close to ok. If one wants to save the corners with this one it seems you'll have to focus a bit past center's infinity and sacrifice the middle some. Here is a 50mm example at F4.

100% crops. Number 1 is from the center and 2 with it reframed to the upper left corner....so that closer tree is actually even further out in the frame. Yet once it is in the corner the closer tree gets better as the further stuff goes to hell. The field curvature is just bending back towards the camera a good bit. Does it both sides like that and from other reading it sounds like just design related.

http://www.extremeinstability.com/1.jpg
http://www.extremeinstability.com/2.jpg

But again, on number 2 that is the furthest upper left corner. The tree is pretty dang great for extreme corner, but alas infinity areas have gone to hell out there. If you focus using the corner out there you can pull them in good but you then sacrifice the middle sharpness.

Starting to think this lens isn't out of whack and that is just how it is using it at infinity.

More talk on it here: http://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/52164436 THink that was the place I saw someone setting their afma purposely off a hair to help the corners.

mackguyver said:

$2,080, but wow f/0.85 - check it out:
http://kipon.com/en/articledetail.asp?id=60

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Thank you very much, Dear mackguyver
Sound great, But we must wait next 5 Years for MK III improvement ( For $ 2,000+)---But If the Chinese people sell for 600 to 800 US Dollars at Amazon, That will fly off the Shelves like Hot Cake.
Have a great weekend.
Surapon

fantastic Neuro!, Thanks!

Wow, Wow, Wow-----I learn some thing great and some thing new in this post to day. Thanks you very much.
I need to learn " HOW ITs WORK" , to understand the end result, not just try, try and try---I must know the theory " WHSAT, HOW and WHY ?" too
Thank you so much.
Surapon

Arctic Photo said:

Hmm, I am just about to pick up one of those. But as it's the first negative experience I've heard of I won't heditate.

I hope you'll get a good one when you get it changed.

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I have a 2x III that I bought at Adorama. I have used it on a 5D II, 1Dx, and a 1Ds III, and without any problems at all. Actually, this summer I shot it with the new 300L on a 1Dx, and it worked like a charm. I think the OP just got a bad copy and should get it replaced.

Thanks Neuroanatomist that is just what I was looking for mini ball recommendations. Novoflex Neiger 19 looks interesting.

Rienzphotoz said:

cayenne said:

I believe all MBP models since 2011...have the RAM soldered in place at the factory and are no longer user reachable/update able...you have to max it out at order time.

HTH,

cayenne

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Not from 2011, I think its from 2013 ... I had replaced my 8GB ram with 16 GB ram for my 13 inch MacBook Pro, 2.9 GHz, mid 2012 model.
I cannot upgrade RAM on my 2013 Retina model now, as it is soldered.

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Hey cool, thanks for the clarification!!

C

Marsu42 said:

ajfotofilmagem said:

Can any of you imagine what reason a lens 10mm (APS-C) is more expensive than a 14mm (full frame)?

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Probably supply (new product = small quantities) & demnand (as there's only this 10mm aps-c prime), plus a price premium added for early adopters?

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Price premium added to cover the R&D cost. Early adopters are simply those who pay for the R&D. The price only drops once the up front cost for designing and developing the lens by the company are covered.

Good decision. As long as you have no need for video, I'd never buy a rebel again.

Useless expensive butt ugly junk.

I hate it.

purry said:

I want to get some photos of the sky during the upcoming meteor shower this friday I have a 60D with a 50 mm 1.8 and a 24-105 f4 will my lenses be able to get good photos during the night? First time ever attempting astrophotography

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it's probably a good idea to start out with wide FOV. I personally think the Rokinon 14mm 2.8 is really good lens start with. With what you have, it will be difficult for you to get well exposed low noise static star shots .. Play around with both if it's your first time out but... I would go with the 50 atF2.2 though and just go for star trail long exposure(s) and hope to catch some meteors!.. Ideally, more short exposures stacked together is better than one longer one. Star trails or not.... So keep that in mind if you're up for editing later. It's something I'm just getting into myself.... and beware the astro bug bite

The first thing I'd do is see if AFMA fixes it. If not, then if I were sitting on a lens that wasn't under warranty, I'd be tempted to try adjusting it myself, under the assumption that the service place probably adjusted it wrong (or not at all) or that one of the screws was loose and the repair person didn't take the appropriate steps to get the lens to stay in adjustment. A quick Google search returned this hit:

http://canonrepair.wordpress.com/2013/01/01/adjusting-the-coaxiality-of-the-3-lens-group-in-an-ef-24-105-is-usm-lens/

It describes how to do a partial disassembly of the lens to adjust the 24-105's alignment.

If you decide to go that route, I'll throw in a helpful tip that I got from a musical instrument repair person: Nail polish is a good way to make tiny screws stay in position.

dgatwood said:

Does anybody build a full-frame point-and-shoot? Because that's what would probably be ideal for someone like that—a camera that's simple to use, but has a big enough sensor to be mindless in auto mode even when taking shots indoors in crappy light.

I was shooting photos of our wind ensemble dress rehearsal last week, and my jaw hit the ground when I realized that my old crop body used to struggle to get usable photos of folks in the seating area with the house lights on, and my 6D didn't even flinch with the house lights off, lit only by the stage bleed. It is nice not feeling like I'm limited by my gear for a change—no more constant dud shots because of having to use too slow a shutter speed.

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There is, it's called the Sony RX-1. More or less P&S size/shape, although fixed 35mm prime, it does have a FF sensor and has gotten pretty good reviews, in general. Problem is cost, >=$2k. OP's budget is $500ish. Plus "it doesn't zoom" will mean the Mom likely won't like it because it's not at _all_ what she's used to.

jeffa4444 said:

A pro intimated to me that has seen / used the camera that its a 45MP sensor. He put it in a way that didnt infringe his NDA.

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That's a spicy little tidbit. Keep us posted.

I got a new 85mmf1.8 to go with my, also new, 6D, and yesterday I took a stroll down two streets in downtown Pretoria. to test the is combination and see how it would work in the type of location that I usualy lookout for...more images and info can be seen here at . . .http://thelazytravelphotographer.blogspot.com/2013/12/blue-is-colour.html

Ruined said:

RLPhoto said:

Get the 17-40L. I'm awaiting the same 14-24L or 16-35L III. I bump the ISO a bit and it get the job done.

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You really think a 16-35 iii is coming anytime soon? With the II, they already increased the front element size to require 82mm filter... If one does come out w/ lots better quality I assume it will require 86mm filter or not take filters.

14-24 that does not take filters I could see, though, since that is something Canon does not have and it would be a good match for a competitor.

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I can wait. My 17-40L is doing fine until then.

Hey SIGMA, what's up ?

Could you please come with this 24-70 f/2 OS soon ?
I'm waiting for you.

A huge SIGMA 35 fan.

As a teacher I find that one of the beauties of teaching is when the student has learned all they want to learn from you and moves on. Perhaps you know more than they do, but their path will eventually leave yours as they search for whatever else they need to know and wherever else they need to go.

mrsfotografie said:

Dylan777 said:

candc said:

http://www.dpreview.com/previews/nikon-df/6

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Fuji seems to be on the right track with retro design. Can't wait for ff x series.
Df is too bulky with too many buttons.

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In fact it looks like it could be painful in use. Big, heavy, bulky and look at that grip.... :-\

It's not 'retro' design but 'reverse' design (reverse as in backward).

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"retrograde".

Hi all,

I'm a long-time lurker, new to the forum, first post.

I recently purchased Canon 1.4x and 2.0x v.3 extenders (both from Amazon). The 1.4x came packaged sideways in the circular foam insert. Everything else about the packaging looked normal, and the extender did not look used. The 2.0x extender was packaged as you would expect, with the barrel oriented up and down, to fit in the circular foam.

Has anyone else seen this? Is the sideways orientation normal for the 1.4x v.3? I've searched and found nothing. The couple of unboxing videos I've seen were of the 1.4x v.2, which was packaged differently.

Thanks!

RC Brown