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Finally put the Tam 150-600 to the test... Hummingbirds and Lizards!
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And so it begins.
Welcome to the club. It's a great club to be in.
I was with a group of birders today, and several had the older 100-400 Canon IS lens. They all oooh'd and ahhh'd at my Tammy, esp. after I showed them a few shots I took with it while they were hammering away with their "mid" tele's. LOL.
Since I got my 150-600, I've completely lost interest in any other telephoto lenses, at any price range. I don't want Tamron to know this, but I gladly would have paid 2-3x as much for this lens, considering what it can do.
Enjoy yours. The more you learn it, the better it gets!
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Originally posted by Coup de Grace View PostThey look awesome, how in the heck did you spot them hummers sitting on a limb we have them little dudes all over the place but I can never see them land.
Originally posted by npe001 View PostAwesome pictures! I have never seen that kind of lizard before.
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Originally posted by ahlongslide View PostThat is impressive! I'll have to look into the 150-600.
And here I was thinking I was set on the 100-400mm L...
In fact, since owning this Tammy, I've completely lost all interest in any other long telephoto lenses. Any 600mm prime would be 2-3x as large and heavy. This lens is so portable once the lens shade is reversed and it's collapsed, it's crazy.
As far as "learning it" I mean that it takes some time to become intuitive with the controls. Grabbing the zoom ring, switching on and off the focus limiter or VR, etc. Knowing where to locate the tripod ring (or remove it)...
At first, the lens seemed heavy and cumbersome to me. Now, it seems like an extention of my arm and I can get an image many times faster.
This one is from my back yard the other day. I had less than 2 minutes to run to my car, pull that lens and camera and snap a few shots of this Cooper's hawk before she flew.
IMG_6041 by johnmagera, on Flickr
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What is the price of that lens?
After having used this lens for several months, I would not feel bad at all paying $3K for it. It's that good.
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Good point Hillary. I found the same thing and I shoot nearly everything at f/8 now. The VR allows me to hand-hold at speeds down to 1/125 sec. and sometimes even 1/60, so I can usually keep the ISO within reason.
Having said that, I'm not afraid to shoot this lens at f/6.3 or 7.1 I've taken some outstanding photos at 6.3, but if you pixel-peep, you can see it sharpen up a hair at f/8.
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