28- 300 walk around: Hi Rob, hope you find me here. I got this lens to cut down on the amount of weight I haul around. We went to Oregon this last spring and I didn't want to take a...

Erv Loc: Medina Ohio

Hi Rob, hope you find me here. I got this lens to cut down on the amount of weight I haul around. We went to Oregon this last spring and I didn't want to take a lot of gear on the plane. What question do you have?
It is one of the best lenses I have that does everything and does it well. I have other lenses that are better for what they do. But to take a lens or lenses that do what the 28-300 does I would have to carry 3-4 lenses. In my kit I now take the 17-55 and the 28-300 and maybe the 10.5 to play with.
Erv

Robmax14 Loc: Buffalo, NY

Erv wrote:

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Thanks, Erv. I was just wondering if the 28-300 lens would be a good all around lens for me. I really liked my 28-200 but I was use to that. Just not used to changing lenes.

Erv Loc: Medina Ohio

I love this lens and it is always on the camera. So far it has done everything I have wanted it to do. Where it has it's draw backs for me is inside the house. It is just not wide enough to take pictures in a small room. I have 30 or so old Nikon lenses from my film days and around 28 I have been collecting when I got my F5 and F6 and now the D300s. It makes for a nice walk not to carry so much gear.
Erv

Robmax14 wrote:

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Erv Loc: Medina Ohio

The 28-300 does everything and is very sharp for this type of lens. You saw some of my pictures. If you would like to see a few more just let me know. It focus pretty close and does not lose any quality.
Erv

Robmax14 Loc: Buffalo, NY

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Thanks for your reply, Erv. I'll figure it out. LOL! Where did you get your 28-300, if I can ask?

Robmax14 Loc: Buffalo, NY

Erv wrote:

The 28-300 does everything and is very sharp for this type of lens. You saw some of my pictures. If you would like to see a few more just let me know. It focus pretty close and does not lose any quality.
Erv

Thanks for all the advice, Erv.

Erv Loc: Medina Ohio

I suport my local camera store here in Medina. It is Dodds. They alway treat me pretty good. They just moved down to Medina a few years ago. But I use to go up to Cleveland. They have had a store there for a long time. You can find them at a better price some where else, but you can't get good service from the net. I can walk in and ask to see a lens and go home with it. If I like it I go back and pay for it. I keep them for about a week to see if I like it. Can't get that to many places now days.
Erv

Robmax14 wrote:

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Erv Loc: Medina Ohio

The first few weeks with this lens was pretty weird. I was about ready to take it back. I could not get a sharp picture or good contrast to save me. I put it on the tripod and it turned sharp, go figure, ha. It took me a few days to figure out how to hold it and set up the camera to make it a great lens. But some of my other lenses have had to train me too. So if you get one, give it some play time.
Erv

Erv wrote:

I suport my local camera store here in Medina. It is Dodds. They alway treat me pretty good. They just moved down to Medina a few years ago. But I use to go up to Cleveland. They have had a store there for a long time. You can find them at a better price some where else, but you can't get good service from the net. I can walk in and ask to see a lens and go home with it. If I like it I go back and pay for it. I keep them for about a week to see if I like it. Can't get that to many places now days.
Erv

Robmax14 wrote:

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I suport my local camera store here in Medina. It ... (show quote)

Dria Loc: Ohio

Robmax14 wrote:

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Is "Delaware Camera Mart" still in Buffalo/Tonawanda--they were always good price wise and knowledge wise.. plus they had lots of lenses in stock to try on your camera to see if you liked it.
I miss them since I moved to NW Ohio

Robmax14 Loc: Buffalo, NY

Erv wrote:

I suport my local camera store here in Medina. It is Dodds. They alway treat me pretty good. They just moved down to Medina a few years ago. But I use to go up to Cleveland. They have had a store there for a long time. You can find them at a better price some where else, but you can't get good service from the net. I can walk in and ask to see a lens and go home with it. If I like it I go back and pay for it. I keep them for about a week to see if I like it. Can't get that to many places now days.
Erv

Robmax14 wrote:

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I suport my local camera store here in Medina. It ... (show quote)

Great customer service.

Robmax14 Loc: Buffalo, NY

Dria wrote:

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Delaware Camera is still there, I'll give them a try, so you're from the Buffalo area?

Dria Loc: Ohio

Robmax14 wrote:

Dria wrote:

Is "Delaware Camera Mart" still in Buffalo/Tonawanda--they were always good price wise and knowledge wise.. plus they had lots of lenses in stock to try on your camera to see if you liked it.
I miss them since I moved to NW Ohio

Delaware Camera is still there, I'll give them a try, so you're from the Buffalo area?

I lived in Sanborn,NY until 2002--My hubby worked for SGL Carbon in Niagara Falls until they closed in 2002... then he was offered a position here in Ohio..had to move for food!
We still go back to Niagara a couple of times/year to see family.
The guys at Delaware camera mart are the ones that got me hooked on the Canon EOS line way back when it was film :)
I have the newest edition Tamron 28-300 for my 60D

Kenpa Loc: Las Vegas Nevada

Let me ask you. How sharp is your Tamron 28-300? Does it give strong contrast? I assume it is auto-focus what is the maximum aperture to low light focusing?

Dria Loc: Ohio

Kenpa wrote:

Let me ask you. How sharp is your Tamron 28-300? Does it give strong contrast? I assume it is auto-focus what is the maximum aperture to low light focusing?

mine is f3.5-6.3.. not a great low light lens.
I bought it for daytime sports distance..
It takes a good picture reasonably sharp slightly soft after 250mm (without sharpening) even at 250+ I can still crop or enlarge by 30% and have good quality... NOT good enough for portrait quality though.
For me this lens is a "it is what it is" type of thing.
I have a Canon 24-105 f4 "L" with superb quality but not the reach... I don't wan to pay $2000 for a 2 month/year baseball lens.

Robmax14 Loc: Buffalo, NY

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Lots of good stuff here. Thank you all for jumping in. Rob