Posts for: zzzynick
Dec 4, 2018 06:00:38 #
Tom V is correct they are heavy, I have my 393 attached to a Bogen Monfrotto 3046 which weighs a ton by its self.
I really like the 3046, I am 6'1" and so many tripods are just to short for me. I think it goes uo to 8'. I like the crank handle it locks it in. I think it could stand steady in hurricane winds.
I am 65 years old and semi hadicapped, my backpacking days are long gone. These days, my idea of roughing it, is a Hotel without room service.
I have a old V-8, all wheel drive Mercury Mountaineer, named after Sir Edmund Hillary, that I can take anywhere. Eddie just goes.
I set up the tripod to my height, attach the camera and lay down in the back on some padding. When I see something I want to shoot, open the hatch extend the legs and a couple of minutes I ready to shoot.
I wanted sturdy. I want to feel that my Canon 1Ds Mark III and my 100-400 mm are not going to come crashing down. I think this combanation is good for around 40 pounds.
I really like the 3046, I am 6'1" and so many tripods are just to short for me. I think it goes uo to 8'. I like the crank handle it locks it in. I think it could stand steady in hurricane winds.
I am 65 years old and semi hadicapped, my backpacking days are long gone. These days, my idea of roughing it, is a Hotel without room service.
I have a old V-8, all wheel drive Mercury Mountaineer, named after Sir Edmund Hillary, that I can take anywhere. Eddie just goes.
I set up the tripod to my height, attach the camera and lay down in the back on some padding. When I see something I want to shoot, open the hatch extend the legs and a couple of minutes I ready to shoot.
I wanted sturdy. I want to feel that my Canon 1Ds Mark III and my 100-400 mm are not going to come crashing down. I think this combanation is good for around 40 pounds.
Dec 4, 2018 05:33:03 #
rmorrison, I will try harder to be as perfect as you seem to be
Dec 3, 2018 15:49:30 #
Bored huh? Me too. Time to scrounge up weird stuff to shoot.
I thinking filling water balloons with a little food color and breaking them in the tub.
I thinking filling water balloons with a little food color and breaking them in the tub.
Dec 3, 2018 15:44:27 #
It was my first L lenes. I loved it. The macro switch was cool.
Dec 3, 2018 15:41:57 #
I have had a couple of them, they were disappointing and reside in a drawer.
However The SMDV works great. It's around 60 dollars and worth every cent.
I think I found it on ebay,
However The SMDV works great. It's around 60 dollars and worth every cent.
I think I found it on ebay,
Dec 3, 2018 15:37:09 #
I had one, same problem. It makes a great door stop now.
I bought a Monfrotto 393 from ebay for a hundred dollars.
I bought a Monfrotto 393 from ebay for a hundred dollars.
Dec 3, 2018 15:26:56 #
Tamron's G2 is like Canons II, it is the second generation.
I copied this from the net.
Another G2 style lens that I’ve actually been using longer than the other two is the Tamron 90mm SP f/2.8 Di VC Macro. I’ve shot almost every blog product on this website with this lens, and it is my go-to product photography lens. Since I’ve been shooting with it for over a year, I figured it was time for a proper review. I hope you enjoy, and are as pleasantly surprised as I was.
Tamron 90mm f/2.8 Macro
Pros
Extremely sharp
Great build quality
Weather sealed
Great image stabilization
Nice manual focus ring
Renders colors pleasantly
Priced well compared to the Canon 100mm f/2.8L Macro
Cons
Slower AF performance at close distances and in continuous AF
Build Quality and Ergonomics – Tamron 90mm f/2.8 Macro
Keeping in line with the rest of their SP G2 lenses, the Tamron 90mm macro also features a nice quality build and ergonomic feel. Unlike many other luxury lenses, this lens is made of mostly metal and high-quality materials, but remains relatively light at the same time. As with other Tamron lenses, I wish they made the lens hood out of a different material, as the plastic is prone to marks and scratches, unlike the rest of the lens. Coming in at 1.34 pounds, it easily beats other portrait lenses in weight. Handholding this lens is no issue all. Its filter size is very small at 62mm, and using a step-up filter for your existing filters should be a breeze.
I copied this from the net.
Another G2 style lens that I’ve actually been using longer than the other two is the Tamron 90mm SP f/2.8 Di VC Macro. I’ve shot almost every blog product on this website with this lens, and it is my go-to product photography lens. Since I’ve been shooting with it for over a year, I figured it was time for a proper review. I hope you enjoy, and are as pleasantly surprised as I was.
Tamron 90mm f/2.8 Macro
Pros
Extremely sharp
Great build quality
Weather sealed
Great image stabilization
Nice manual focus ring
Renders colors pleasantly
Priced well compared to the Canon 100mm f/2.8L Macro
Cons
Slower AF performance at close distances and in continuous AF
Build Quality and Ergonomics – Tamron 90mm f/2.8 Macro
Keeping in line with the rest of their SP G2 lenses, the Tamron 90mm macro also features a nice quality build and ergonomic feel. Unlike many other luxury lenses, this lens is made of mostly metal and high-quality materials, but remains relatively light at the same time. As with other Tamron lenses, I wish they made the lens hood out of a different material, as the plastic is prone to marks and scratches, unlike the rest of the lens. Coming in at 1.34 pounds, it easily beats other portrait lenses in weight. Handholding this lens is no issue all. Its filter size is very small at 62mm, and using a step-up filter for your existing filters should be a breeze.
Dec 3, 2018 15:20:34 #
What do you not understand?
Tamron makes Sp-G2 Canon mount lenses.
Do you drool when you eat, can you tie your own shoes? Are you able to find your way home from the Store?
What is your Problem?
Tamron makes Sp-G2 Canon mount lenses.
Do you drool when you eat, can you tie your own shoes? Are you able to find your way home from the Store?
What is your Problem?
Dec 3, 2018 09:24:33 #
Tamron SP 70-200mm f/2.8 Di VC USD G2 Lens for Canon EF
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cedymock, you are getting annoying, this is off of B&H's site, give it up, you are wrong
Now go away
B&H # TA7020028SPC MFR # AFA025C-700
Tamron
Best seller
Tamron SP 70-200mm f/2.8 Di VC USD G2 Lens for Canon EF
Tamron SP 70-200mm f/2.8 Di VC USD G2 Lens for Canon EF Front Lens Element View
Show More
360° View
Customer Photos
In Stock
Order now to ship today
Free Expedited Shipping
Includes Free Value: $59.00
Tamron TAP-in Console for Canon EF Lenses
Product Highlights
EF-Mount Lens/Full-Frame Format
Aperture Range: f/2.8 to f/22
cedymock, you are getting annoying, this is off of B&H's site, give it up, you are wrong
Now go away
Dec 2, 2018 12:16:19 #
Dec 2, 2018 12:12:12 #
I was thinking of buying a ring light or flash.
I am OCD and I have to research anything I buy.
When I say research, I mean, every youtube video ever made. Every printed article about it on the net. I am not kidding.
My conclusions were, they are junk. Watch the Angry Photoprapher's take on them.
Okay, now what?
I can't stand light reflections in the closeup macro shots I take. Drives me crazier than I already am.
Google is my friend, I googled macro lighting. Read every damn thing there.
I ended up buying 3 soft box lights and stands. One is a boom stand. I got them from Amazon for around 60 dollars.
They are not professinal grade, buy they work. I did buy different led bulbs, I got some 5,200 k ones. The ones that look like bubls, the curly ones have poisionious gases in them. I found that out trying to figure out the right bulbs to use.
What works for me, may not for you, but it something to think about.
For outside work, I use a Canon 580 EX flash with a diffuser.
I am OCD and I have to research anything I buy.
When I say research, I mean, every youtube video ever made. Every printed article about it on the net. I am not kidding.
My conclusions were, they are junk. Watch the Angry Photoprapher's take on them.
Okay, now what?
I can't stand light reflections in the closeup macro shots I take. Drives me crazier than I already am.
Google is my friend, I googled macro lighting. Read every damn thing there.
I ended up buying 3 soft box lights and stands. One is a boom stand. I got them from Amazon for around 60 dollars.
They are not professinal grade, buy they work. I did buy different led bulbs, I got some 5,200 k ones. The ones that look like bubls, the curly ones have poisionious gases in them. I found that out trying to figure out the right bulbs to use.
What works for me, may not for you, but it something to think about.
For outside work, I use a Canon 580 EX flash with a diffuser.
Dec 1, 2018 22:49:54 #
I know what I own. You should do a little reasearch, before you show you have no clue.
There is a G2 35mm, a 45 I own that one and I own the 90 mm I am trying to sell.
There are more, and there are more coming.
There is a G2 35mm, a 45 I own that one and I own the 90 mm I am trying to sell.
There are more, and there are more coming.
Dec 1, 2018 15:46:19 #
Dec 1, 2018 15:43:08 #
You might want to re -think that.
I just copied this from the net.
"Keeping in line with the rest of their SP G2 lenses, the Tamron 90mm macro also features a nice quality build and ergonomic feel. Unlike many other luxury lenses, this lens is made of mostly metal and high-quality materials, but remains relatively light at the same time. Coming in at 1.34 pounds, it easily beats other portrait lenses in weight. Handholding this lens is no issue all. Its filter size is very small at 62mm, and using a step-up filter for your existing filters should be a breeze".
The new Sp G2's have a bronzish/ silverish? color strip at the bottom of the lens.
the older Tamron's have a goldish stripe on the lens barrel.
I just copied this from the net.
"Keeping in line with the rest of their SP G2 lenses, the Tamron 90mm macro also features a nice quality build and ergonomic feel. Unlike many other luxury lenses, this lens is made of mostly metal and high-quality materials, but remains relatively light at the same time. Coming in at 1.34 pounds, it easily beats other portrait lenses in weight. Handholding this lens is no issue all. Its filter size is very small at 62mm, and using a step-up filter for your existing filters should be a breeze".
The new Sp G2's have a bronzish/ silverish? color strip at the bottom of the lens.
the older Tamron's have a goldish stripe on the lens barrel.
Dec 1, 2018 14:32:16 #
I have a mint condition, Canon mount, Tamron G2 90 mm for sale.
I am asking $500.00, that includes shipping. And the paypal fee's. .
It is tack sharp. Google the reviews, it holds up against the Canon 100 mm L. Some reviews claim it is sharper.
The Tamron Vibration Control, VC, is outstanding and gives you a 3.5 stop advantage for hand held shots.
For some unknown reason[even to me] I think I have to have a 180 mm macro.
I am married and if I buy a 180 mm without selling this lens first...
My dear sweet wife, will kill me dead, no joke, I ain't kidding ya, graveyard dead
So somebody please save a life [mine] and buy this lens.
The shots I have included, are of the actually lens and some shots have taken with it.
Thanks for taking the time to read this ad.
I am asking $500.00, that includes shipping. And the paypal fee's. .
It is tack sharp. Google the reviews, it holds up against the Canon 100 mm L. Some reviews claim it is sharper.
The Tamron Vibration Control, VC, is outstanding and gives you a 3.5 stop advantage for hand held shots.
For some unknown reason[even to me] I think I have to have a 180 mm macro.
I am married and if I buy a 180 mm without selling this lens first...
My dear sweet wife, will kill me dead, no joke, I ain't kidding ya, graveyard dead
So somebody please save a life [mine] and buy this lens.
The shots I have included, are of the actually lens and some shots have taken with it.
Thanks for taking the time to read this ad.
