28- 300 walk around (Page 2): I liked my Tamron 28-300 but wanted more on the wide end. So I bought a Tamron 18-250. It has a motor and a metal mount that my older 28-300 does not...

TJ28012 Loc: Belmont, NC

I liked my Tamron 28-300 but wanted more on the wide end. So I bought a Tamron 18-250. It has a motor and a metal mount that my older 28-300 does not have. It is my walk-around lens but I kept the 28-300. Still happy with both.

Jaime Loc: Los Angeles

Recently went to Europe and took the 28-300 and my 24-70 2.8 for lowlight. I found that the 28-300 was wonderful with the VRII and didn't even put the 24-70 on the camera. Check out the Europe pics from my link below and you'll see what I mean. All taken with the 28-300.

Dria Loc: Ohio

Jaime wrote:

Recently went to Europe and took the 28-300 and my 24-70 2.8 for lowlight. I found that the 28-300 was wonderful with the VRII and didn't even put the 24-70 on the camera. Check out the Europe pics from my link below and you'll see what I mean. All taken with the 28-300.

WONDERFUL photos!
I especially like your photos of the tiny kitten :)

picturedude Loc: Yosemite natl. park, Ca.

I am very pleased with my Tamron 28-300. It has never let me down. I also had the Sigma 170-500 lens but was never impressed with it. I ended up selling it.

GeneS Loc: Glendale,AZ

I had a Quantaray 28-300mm 3.5-6.3 For minolta/sony which I used a lot until I got my sony 16-50mm and the sony 70-300 G lens. The auto focus worked really well on my Sony a33 .Just listed it on ebay since I got my new lens
The Quantaray 28-300 was made by Sigma,their gold addition with a 72mm filter

silveragemarvel Loc: Keller, Texas

Hello Erv,
I bought the Nikon 28-300mm a few months ago for my D300s mainly for the longer telephoto than the 18-200mm. Also, there were many positive reviews. I saw the close-up photo of the cropped penny in another topic and it made me start to second guess my need for a macro lens like the older Nikkor 105mm AF-D. What are your thoughts for close-ups between the 18-300 and the 105? Thank you.

Erv Loc: Medina Ohio

I think you meant the 28-300 for micro. It focuses pretty close but no where near what a true micro lens does.But it is sharp enough you can crop and get the same thing as micro most of the time. Nikon only made one zoom that did micro. 70-180 4.5-5.6. I have it and love it. But don't go look at the prices on ebay!! I also have the 105 and use it to get really close for bugs and other stuff. Did you see my snow flake pictures? Those were with the 70-180. If not I can post a few here. I also had a link it read (car windows.) It was frost on the windows I took with the 28-300. I can post those too if you missed them. I guess if you want true micro shots the 105. If you are just playing and get sharp shots the 28-300 will do 80%. I use all my lenses just playing. If you want to see a few pictures with some of them just shoot me your email. Be glad to send a few.
Erv
schacht@zoominternet.net

silveragemarvel wrote:

Hello Erv,
I bought the Nikon 28-300mm a few months ago for my D300s mainly for the longer telephoto than the 18-200mm. Also, there were many positive reviews. I saw the close-up photo of the cropped penny in another topic and it made me start to second guess my need for a macro lens like the older Nikkor 105mm AF-D. What are your thoughts for close-ups between the 18-300 and the 105? Thank you.

silveragemarvel Loc: Keller, Texas

Hi Erv,

I am thinking of shooting bugs (and flowers) and obviously want the sharpest photos I can get. I believe I saw those snow flake pictures but you can send them and anything else you feel appropriate (to silveragemarvel1@gmail.com). I "grew up" with the old 55mm f3.5 pc nikkor on a Nikon F, so getting close-ups are always on my agenda. Thank you.

bull drink water Loc: pontiac mi.

for walk around i use a sony zeiss 16-80mmf 3.5-5.6. if i had used foresight i would have sprung $1700 foe the sony zeiss 24-75mm f2.8 constant apature.if i was walking around in a scenic area i would switch to something bigger.

Erv Loc: Medina Ohio

You can't beat good glass. I learned long ago to save and get the best. The biggest problem here is they keep making them better. When I put on some of my older lenses that I thought at the time were good glass, the newer lenses tend to blow them away. But that is if you look really close. My only other hobby is camping with the wife. And that fits in perfect with photography.
I work with hand tools for my job, so the back of the truck has around $1800 worth of tools in it all the time. When I am out shooting, I take a lot of gear. I figure I take around $12,000 in lenses and other stuff to play with. But I still play with all my lenses. Some folks say I am nuts, but hey. You have to play as hard as you work, right? I am always cleaning the sensor because I change lenses a lot.
Erv

The2000Yankees Loc: Santa Paula, CA

Hi Erv, I suppose your favorite is the 28-300mm. My fave is the 18-200mm f3.5/5.6G VR. I find it more versatile and almost as sharp as my 50mm 1.4G. With it's biggest aperture being 3.5, it's quite fast and light weight for a lens with VR motor in it and the VR lets me take photos hand held as low as 1/8s speed. Although I treasure my 50mm, I hardly use it for 2 reasons - 1. I want to keep it clean and sharp. 2. With the 18-200mm, I hardly ever need to change lenses.

If I am taking sport photos I only carry the 70-300mm f4.5/5.6 G VR lens, which actually cost less than half (almost a third) of the price of the 18-200.

Erv Loc: Medina Ohio

The 28-300 stays on the camera all the time. It goes every where I go. I have way to many lenses and sometimes it is hard not to take to much gear,ha. I went to Oregon last spring and took 8 lenses. I used 3 of them while I was there.
Erv

The2000Yankees Loc: Santa Paula, CA

Erv wrote:

The 28-300 stays on the camera all the time. It goes every where I go. I have way to many lenses and sometimes it is hard not to take to much gear,ha. I went to Oregon last spring and took 8 lenses. I used 3 of them while I was there.
Erv

You are absolutely right. I keep most of my stuff in my Jeep. That way I'll have them with me anytime I need them. I also keep a large combat knife in case someone gets any ideas.

Erv Loc: Medina Ohio

The2000Yankees wrote:

Erv wrote:

The 28-300 stays on the camera all the time. It goes every where I go. I have way to many lenses and sometimes it is hard not to take to much gear,ha. I went to Oregon last spring and took 8 lenses. I used 3 of them while I was there.
Erv

You are absolutely right. I keep most of my stuff in my Jeep. That way I'll have them with me anytime I need them. I also keep a large combat knife in case someone gets any ideas.

My 45 work better! :-D
Erv

The2000Yankees Loc: Santa Paula, CA

Erv wrote:

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