Long time ago, in the galaxy far far away, no lah. Last week closed a deal with one of nice lelonger, I sold my Kyosho SuperTen GP with Futaba 3DPF at only RM444.11, it’s a steal, lucky you dude. Originally there are three things I want to do with the money, 1. For my passion of great sound quality, I want to get myself a Creative XMOD for my notebook, 2. Something new for my 350D, be it a lens or a flashgun or 3. Save the money. Obviously the last one is the better and obviously it’s also the less fun one. After window shopping at MIR FTZ, Photokaki, Fotopages Malaysia, ShutterAsia and et cetera, decided to get myself the Tamron AF70-300mm F/4-5.6 LD Macro 1:2 after reading the review at http://www.amazon.com/. It’s a bit misleading though, after I’m back home only I realize that the actual model is Tamron AF70-300mm F/4-5.6 LD Macro 1:2 and not Tamron AF70-300mm F/4-5.6 Di LD Macro 1:2 as advertised.
Last Saturday night, the night Shawal get kicked out from reality TV program called fantasy (fantasy and reality, which one dude?), we (nadiah included) went to NZ Curry house to meet brother Raddy, impatiently to test out the lens, eventually bought it later. Impatiently because it’s already 11:30, Raddy suggested us to meet on Monday night instead, but waiting for Monday means waiting for another 5 days until the weekend arrive. SMS Raddy about the possibility to meet on the same night, he’s OK with it, we met, I got myself the lens and few hundreds RM less in my pocket.
The lens focal length, 70mm-300mm on my APS-C sized sensor is approximately at 112mm to 480mm. The macro (1:2) works from 180mm to 300mm, taking close range photo a bit hassle or near impossible. This is not the IF model, so it extends when focusing and zooming. Fully extended, I’m feel like a paparazzi already. At 300mm, pretty much I can be little paparazzi >:)
At 70 mm.
Fully extended, and this without the lens hood which add another approx 3cm.
We initially want to play around with this new lens on Sunday, the mothers day, but it was rainy day, we went back home and eventually have to wait for another weekend after all. I’ll update with more samples later.
The first picture I took using this lens, at NZ Wangsa Maju, hand held at 70mm F/4 1/60sec ISO-1600.
The Eye at 209mm F/5 1/200 sec ISO-1600. Some PP applied.
Few more samples after the jump.
Some kind of tree in front of my house, Macro switched on at 259mm F/5.6 1/500 sec ISO-250.
Nadiatul Qistina, No PP at 70mm F/4 1/200 sec ISO-1600.
I cannot give any conclusion yet due to no extensive test on the lens yet, however I’m pretty much happy with the lens. I read few articles about understanding the lenses and bokeh in DCM My and FMDC forum. I’ll share a bit later, from my understanding. Chiaow….
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jeles3!
aku body pun tak dapat lagi ni..
huu
Hummm…. memang jeles amat….
Apapun, kamu dilanda penangan DSLR nampaknya….
mohdismail,
angkat second jerkk nih, masih budak baru blaja he2x…
Azhar Ahmad,
Ya, sekali sudah kena, kepala otak ini membayangkan aksesorinya jekk… adess… hobi ini agak mahal kosnya, harap2nya berbaloi lah hehe…
dah kluar $ tu, kenalah carik jalan untuk tambah $ pulok
aiyark…best nye..ble lah aku nak ada gaknye
aku tgh kumpul duit nak angkat nikon plak..
wah..nice nice..hurm..i wonder how much you spend on that thing ^_^6
this lens is in super-zoom lens, it’s not suitable for indoor photography, hence not suitable for lomography :-p
i bought it at, ermmm… a price i sold my kyosho + 2 parkson vouchers value :p
i can see that its not for lomo..obviously*rolleyes..
if i bought it..i dun think it fits my actionsampler..although..it might fit my newly repaired conventional slr..huhuhu !!
lol..you and the voucher thing..how i’d love to get my hands on those vouchers..
wow! actionsampler. i tot it was a toy, lol. just like a toy camera my uncle use to buy from Mekah, insert a round film with pictures and view using the camera, not take using it. do they have digital version of actionsampler, i hate film -_- so, you must already know the 10 rules about lomo he2x. And about the vouchers, as i said, no i won’t give it to you :-p
*bleh !! lol..gee..well..sometimes..people just cant appreciate something so simple which can produce such interesting pictures knowing that it comes from their own work and not digitally modified using the computer for them effects huh ? thus depicting it as just a toy with no usage of it..aint it ? ;p lol..
nah..i prefer conventional ones to the digital..the excitement and eagerness of getting the film developed and the pictures is the true meaning of photography for me..in fact..i’m looking around for a new conventional DSLR..know where i can get one ? 0_-
lol..and owh..i think i said “how i’d love to get my hands on those vouchers” and not “how i’d love to get my hands on your vouchers” right ?
lol !!
owh, that was long time ago, the time where all we can afford for camera was a cheap no brand 35mm film that was bought for school project. the time where digital camera not invented and i don’t even heard the term of lomography yet. And i do have respect for them you know. Film is interesting, it doesn’t have white balance issue. Try YL Camera at Pudu plaza, the have used and new, D and C SLR.
hmm..like we all can afford a digital..honestly..i didnt know that mine was a lomocam till like early last year and i’ve had it with me for like more than 3 years..haha !! :p
YL Camera ? Someone told me about a second hand shop in Ampang Park selling those cams..you know anything about that shop ? owh yea..how long have you been into photography ?
the shop at ampang park is j-one located at ground floor. you can email them at j_one@streamyx.com.
i’ve been into photography since i bought the first camera, if i’m not mistaken hanimex with external flash. but then, i cannot turn it into hobby as it’s very expensive to us back then. we only use the camera on special occasions such as hari raya and carefully choose picture to take. now that i’m working and earn money myself, i put aside some saving every month for photography, but i’m into digital. starting with Minolta DiMage 2megapixel, then powershot g5, sony dsc p200 which i still use and 350D. now collecting lenses and flashgun(s). ngengee… what about you?