Let's talk lenses folks. It was 104 on my way home from the camera store today.......and I bought it. Doesn't look so cool in my back yard and it is way too hot to go out and play with the new Tamron 10-24 right now. So I took one, and only one, shot of my garden that you usually see bits and pieces of.
So, what do all of you do. I am trying to make up my mind if I would use this enough to justify the expense and my local camera guy will let me take this back before two weeks. So I am doing a trial run. Wish it wasn't so stinking hot. I am incredibly impressed in that I can almost see behind me - but I'm not sure I do enough landscape/architecture to make it worth it.
How many lenses do you all walk around with??
@jayberg I love my macro lens. I use it the most of anything. But I'm trying to jump start myself in another direction and learn something else - and I love the guy at my local camera shop and he is a good salesman. But I miss a zoom factor on this even when I know that is not what it is for.
Cathy, it is 101 in Atlanta right now. But the good news is it only feels like 100 - LOL! Ok, let's talk lenses. First, congrats on your new Tamron. I have four lenses for my Nikon - 18-55; 55-200; 35 mm prime f/1.8 and 70-300 with macro capability. All are Nikkor except the 70-300, its a Tamron. 75% of the time, the 55-200 stays on the camera. It has VR (vibration reduction), which is the greatest advance ever for a telephoto lens - I can shoot at 200 mm handheld and get razor sharp images. It is perfect for portraits, close ups and telephoto work. I am really into close-ups now and I love this lens. The 18-55 is used for car shows and landscapes so it stays on about 15% of the time. I bought the 35 mm prime for low light indoor shooting without flash, but I only use it 5% of the time. It is super sharp but I'm not in love with its focal length. The 70-300 takes great portraits but it does not have VR so at any focal length greater than 135 mm, I have to use a tripod, so it gets used 5% of the time.
It's wonderful when you get more in the photo, eh ; ) I have 3 lenses (my 18-55, a 100 macro, and a 55-250 lens. I wish I had saved my money to get the macro with image stabilization.
I know nothing about lenses Cathy, I only have a P&S but this looks a good range to me, see how you go on with it, 2 weeks is a long time to try it out...very generous of him!
I'm a newbie to the photography world so I'm just going to learn from you folks! I like the picture -- and your yard looks phenomenal by the way! Love the flower beds!
Love your garden. Lots of lovely flowers! I have a 35-70 & a 70-300 lens and I recently got a screw on filter for wide angle capability because up to now, I haven't really needed one. It was a lot cheaper than a lens and all I can get at the moment but hope to get a macro lens next and then a proper wide angle. Great that the man gave you a 2 week trial though! Wouldn't get that here, for sure! Just see how you go on in that time.
I have the same lens , but made by Tokina. I've used it indoors as well - when you want to document some of the fabulous details in your church, for example.
@soboy5 Did you take that many on vacation with you?? I think my camera bag will hold one on the camera and the two more - but so much money in one place! I got this because of a trip to the mountains in the fall and our expected trip to Maui in January. I want those great shots of sunsets you got in Tulum. I use my 18-270 a lot inside and out. But I am in love with the macro for so many of my flowers. So we beat steamy Atlanta today in the heat.
@cindymc And I see so many patches of brown in the grass. We don't treat the grass in the back because of chemicals and dogs. The flowers are doing well and you can see the expansion garden in front of our old garage.
@marlboromaam It is a learning process for sure. Wish the grass was greener - and it isn't on the other side either with this heat. I'm worried about the holiday and firecrackers.
@tishpics Toy is exactly the right word. @jesperani You will love a macro. It is an immediate result where the wide angle isn't as impressive to me which is why I need to make my mind up if I would use it enough. @windridge I need to figure out if I am going to stop with two or invest in this one. My camera guy says this is it. @timandelke Elke I never even thought of that. Bless you!! That is why I asked to get the ideas I don't know about. I think I was too late for the hunt. I can't find a line to sign up on. So I'll watch this one and see if I can figure it out.
@cdonohoue Cathy, I only took the 18-55 and the 55-200 on vacation. That way I had every focal length covered from 18-200 without duplication. I read on Ken Rockwell's excellent website to never take duplicate focal lengths with you on a trip or on a shoot. And I follow his advise often. An 18-270 is the perfect travel lens, if I had one of those, that would be the one that would stay on my camera on vacation and I'd leave the rest of them home. Yes, you give up some sharpness with a superzoom but you gain a whole lot of flexibility. It was 104 in Atlanta today but the good news was that due to the lower than normal humidity, it only felt like 103 - LOL! What it really felt like was an oven - hideous.
@jesperani You will love a macro. It is an immediate result where the wide angle isn't as impressive to me which is why I need to make my mind up if I would use it enough.
@windridge I need to figure out if I am going to stop with two or invest in this one. My camera guy says this is it.
@timandelke Elke I never even thought of that. Bless you!! That is why I asked to get the ideas I don't know about. I think I was too late for the hunt. I can't find a line to sign up on. So I'll watch this one and see if I can figure it out.