Why I chose Tamron 150-600 over Sigma Contemporary & Sigma Sport
May 11, 2017 16:49:12 #
My Tamron 150-600mm lens arrived today from Buydig. Even though I was expecting a one-year warranty, registration with Tamron indicates that I have a six-year warranty. Can't argue with that.
May 11, 2017 18:55:22 #
russelray wrote:
My Tamron 150-600mm lens arrived today from Buydig. Even though I was expecting a one-year warranty, registration with Tamron indicates that I have a six-year warranty. Can't argue with that.
With all of Tamron lenses you get 6 years. Best in the market....Rich
May 11, 2017 19:25:08 #
bigwolf40 wrote:
With all of Tamron lenses you get 6 years. Best in the market....Rich
Not if you buy grey market. It's iffy, then. I bought in the United States from a store based in the United States but the company said that the warranty was 1 year. Turns out that the warranty is, indeed, 6 years, and with the 2 years and 1 months additional that I paid $37.49 for, that's 8 years and 1 month. I suspect I'll upgrade before then........
Jun 14, 2017 18:05:24 #
Jun 24, 2017 23:16:41 #
Several people asked me to report back once I started using the Tamron 150-600 G2.
I was having great success with stationary flowers and birds, not so much with birds in flight. I was pretty sure it was me and not the lens or the camera because I had seen great pictures from the lens, from the camera, and from the lens/camera combination. So I set out to learn what I was doing wrong. It came down to what I had always done throughout my 41 years taking pictures: using spot focus and single picture shooting. Once I switched to using all 19 points in the autofocus, using AI Servo tracking, and using continuous burst mode, suddenly I started getting decent pictures. That led me to my ultimate goal with birds in flight: hummingbirds.
Forty years ago my wise old grandmother had hummingbird feeders in all the trees in her yard. Even after sitting in the yard quietly so the hummers would think I was nothing more than a statue, I still couldn't get good pictures. The digital generation wasn't helping me simply because I didn't know how to use what the digital generation was giving me. Now I do.
So yesterday morning at sunrise I went to the hummingbird/butterfly garden in San Diego's Balboa Park. I didn't even have to wait for the hummers to show up. They were already there. I just had to point and shoot, letting the camera do what it is designed to do. Here's my best shot of the day. Ultimately it will be made in to Photographic Art.
I was having great success with stationary flowers and birds, not so much with birds in flight. I was pretty sure it was me and not the lens or the camera because I had seen great pictures from the lens, from the camera, and from the lens/camera combination. So I set out to learn what I was doing wrong. It came down to what I had always done throughout my 41 years taking pictures: using spot focus and single picture shooting. Once I switched to using all 19 points in the autofocus, using AI Servo tracking, and using continuous burst mode, suddenly I started getting decent pictures. That led me to my ultimate goal with birds in flight: hummingbirds.
Forty years ago my wise old grandmother had hummingbird feeders in all the trees in her yard. Even after sitting in the yard quietly so the hummers would think I was nothing more than a statue, I still couldn't get good pictures. The digital generation wasn't helping me simply because I didn't know how to use what the digital generation was giving me. Now I do.
So yesterday morning at sunrise I went to the hummingbird/butterfly garden in San Diego's Balboa Park. I didn't even have to wait for the hummers to show up. They were already there. I just had to point and shoot, letting the camera do what it is designed to do. Here's my best shot of the day. Ultimately it will be made in to Photographic Art.
Nov 19, 2017 23:49:09 #
LVP
Loc: Seekonk, MA
It is an issue if you start out intending to return the item.
Kind of abusing the return policy.
quote=markngolf]It's not always "buyer's remorse", that results in a return. I purchased a Wacom tablet (B & H) with hopes of using it. I have slight Parkinson's in my right hand. I tried it for a week and discovered I was not able to effectively use it. Do you feel I should have kept it? If B & H (or others) felt their return policy was being abused or not a profitable practice, they would not offer the return of merchandise. It is not necessarily an issue of "morality".
Mark[/quote]
Kind of abusing the return policy.
quote=markngolf]It's not always "buyer's remorse", that results in a return. I purchased a Wacom tablet (B & H) with hopes of using it. I have slight Parkinson's in my right hand. I tried it for a week and discovered I was not able to effectively use it. Do you feel I should have kept it? If B & H (or others) felt their return policy was being abused or not a profitable practice, they would not offer the return of merchandise. It is not necessarily an issue of "morality".
Mark[/quote]
May 8, 2021 06:15:19 #
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