Tamron 150-600 vs cold
Jan 9, 2015 16:17:05 #
Grabbed the camera and headed down to my blind this morning. It was 17° F out there and I wanted to see how the lens would work. Not a lot of activity but did capture a few birds -
Photos cropped - no other processing done
I noticed the first 7 shots were blurry - made no changes but allowed the system to acclimate to the cold - the rest were sharp.
Total time outside - 1.5 hours.
I normally put the system in a plastic bag when I return to the house but the wind grabbed the bag and it ended up in the snow so didn't use it. I brought the system in the house and watched for fog on the lens and camera lcd and was pleasantly surprised (and impressed) to see none.
All photos were shot at 600mm.
Photos cropped - no other processing done
I noticed the first 7 shots were blurry - made no changes but allowed the system to acclimate to the cold - the rest were sharp.
Total time outside - 1.5 hours.
I normally put the system in a plastic bag when I return to the house but the wind grabbed the bag and it ended up in the snow so didn't use it. I brought the system in the house and watched for fog on the lens and camera lcd and was pleasantly surprised (and impressed) to see none.
All photos were shot at 600mm.
Sparrow 1
Sparrow 2
Sparrow 3
Sparrow 4
Woodpecker 1
Jan 9, 2015 16:30:09 #
Good sharp shots, Dave. Some people (non owners, lol) claim that the Tamron is soft at 600mm. Your shots prove otherwise. I am also pleased with my results at 600mm. I don't have your 'cold' problems over here though, lol. :-) :thumbup:
Jan 9, 2015 16:42:36 #
Thanks Dook -
I haven't tried the full spectrum of the aperture to see what the pic's will look like. I suspect that they might get soft when I'm out of the "sweet spot" settings - these were shot f6.3, f7.1 and f8 - when it warms up a little I'll go out and play with it some more...
I haven't tried the full spectrum of the aperture to see what the pic's will look like. I suspect that they might get soft when I'm out of the "sweet spot" settings - these were shot f6.3, f7.1 and f8 - when it warms up a little I'll go out and play with it some more...
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Jan 10, 2015 10:15:59 #
rkeele wrote:
Great shots. Too cold for me.
Thanks for looking and the comment -
Coffee takes the chill off ;)
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Jan 10, 2015 15:21:35 #
ebbote wrote:
Excellent series Dave.
Thanks ;)
Jan 10, 2015 15:21:51 #
creativ simon wrote:
Good cold set Shellback :thumbup:
Thanks ;)
Jan 10, 2015 15:23:50 #
ka3ciz11 wrote:
Were they shot in manual or maybe aperture priority?
A couple in App priority and a couple in Shutter priority -
Jan 10, 2015 15:24:22 #
Shellback wrote:
Grabbed the camera and headed down to my blind thi... (show quote)
:thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: very nice Dave I've used mine in the cold with good reults
Jan 10, 2015 15:38:46 #
J-SPEIGHT wrote:
:thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: very nice Dave I've used mine in the cold with good reults
Thanks ...
Very pleased it's not a "fair weather" lens ;)
Jan 11, 2015 08:00:59 #
Shellback wrote:
for the money a very good lensThanks ...
Very pleased it's not a "fair weather" lens ;)
Very pleased it's not a "fair weather" lens ;)
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