spring love
In a spring fever I headed off to a local camera store to lift the spirits after all the recent snow and rain and generally dreary weather. A few dollars later I emerged triumphant clasping a Tamron AF 18-270mm F/3.5-6.3 Di II VC LD...no trip to the doctor required.
Tested this out around town today and it's so much sharper than the 18-135mm kit lens that I bought with my D80 several years ago.
Here's Mr & Mrs Cardinal on my deck sharing their dinner. It's true love. I know they've been together for 7 years at least. They are so sweet.
If you like the techie stuff I shot this at the maximum focal length of 270mm at an aperture of f/6.3. Not quite with the sun directly in front of me but pretty close, so the exposure was adjusted down -1.3. I'd expect the sharpness to fall off a little at the maximum focal length but I was pleased with what I got at 200 ISO and with the camera set on aperture priority / matrix metering. Next time I'll shoot on shutter priority as these birds move around quickly.
spring love
In a spring fever I headed off to a local camera store to lift the spirits after all the recent snow and rain and generally dreary weather. A few dollars later I emerged triumphant clasping a Tamron AF 18-270mm F/3.5-6.3 Di II VC LD...no trip to the doctor required.
Tested this out around town today and it's so much sharper than the 18-135mm kit lens that I bought with my D80 several years ago.
Here's Mr & Mrs Cardinal on my deck sharing their dinner. It's true love. I know they've been together for 7 years at least. They are so sweet.
If you like the techie stuff I shot this at the maximum focal length of 270mm at an aperture of f/6.3. Not quite with the sun directly in front of me but pretty close, so the exposure was adjusted down -1.3. I'd expect the sharpness to fall off a little at the maximum focal length but I was pleased with what I got at 200 ISO and with the camera set on aperture priority / matrix metering. Next time I'll shoot on shutter priority as these birds move around quickly.