Ahaks since my kind of poison is wierd one. Macro photography really bleeds out money If stick to shooting people a 50mm prime is already sufficient.

thanks for the PP achew.... nice one indeed :-)

sure or not uzu?? u have tried 135mm for portraiture or not??

millenia3000: The Minolta 28-75mm F2.8, is mostly good but I've seen one bad copy at YL Camera. The Tamron has far more variance. It is the same size as your Tamron 17-50mm F2.8 if you're okay with that size (I find it a big largish.)

My Minolta 24-105mm F3.5-4.5(D) is so-so wide open (weak at the corners) but good at F8 onwards; hence it is a budget studio champion. I don't know how the 24-85mm/28-105mm/28-85mm/24-50mm fare since I haven't used them for group shots on FF.

The (D) stands for Distance Integration meaning it has 8 pins and supports ADI flash. The earlier Minoltas without the (D) do not. All Sony lenses have (D) except the Sony 16mm F2.8 Fisheye, 20mm F2.8, 28mm F2.8, 135mm F2.8/T4.5 STF and 500mm F8 AF Reflex.

Well if follow this thread 'NOT-YET' attitude sure can try first . Btw wheres your [WTS] a700 .

wahhhh... for real?!! dayum! congrats first! hahaha... waiting for macha poison from you now... hehehe...

guys ..

any1 owning tamron 70-200? .. .. how is it if compared to sony 70-300G? I know, most of people will answer something like this, "depends on ur use. Indoor, outdoor, etc" .. I am asking about the color, sharpness, IQ for both of them .. which 1 is worth my money? .. ..

thanks in advance ..

my dream 70200 lens too! also want to know the comment! hehehe... does it hunt in low light?

Seng Kiat: Both worth of your money.. However, if you like a bit light lens, then the G, if you want to go to 2.8 then Tamron. However, one of my friend who own the G has compared both on the spot, he said to me, the tamron is more sharp then the G.

Some sample taken with Tamron 70-200 2.8









Sample below is taken with Tamron TC 2x..noticed not much IQ drop even with TC





This post has been edited by Ranceed: Nov 24 2009, 01:57 PM

oh my... love the bokeh! I'm hooked!

Braynumb : Low light i can say, it can performed. Hardly it hunt. Maybe sometimes if with confusing light. Something about Sony and Tamron that can click together. The speed, if it zoom below 135mm, i can say it can match the Sony and sigma. Above 135mm, it still faster than my Sony 18-250mm.

wah.... if tammy is sharper than sony then for the price of sony 70200 2.8 i can get 2 lens la if top up a bit. tammy 70200 2.8 and another one is UWA, maybe 10-24 or 11-18. nice!

Hallo... how are everyone on this rainy day again... hehehe.. been behind the scene for a while.. but now got something to ask to all masters... I know that we need a drybox to keep our photo gears in... by my problem is.. I dont want to get one.. reason.. SCARED to leave the gears at home in case theft pecah masuk my house then all gone habis i wor..... therefore I've been carrying it here n there in a good bag with lots of silica gel. Since its not a good method to keep it.. can anyone suggest me how to go about it tak???

Thanks in advance

uh... Buy a Safe and convert it to a drybox?

achew: Of course we do!



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that is one hell of a strong poison
drooling just by looking at those whiteys

why sigma and tammy doesnt come with white 70200 btw? i looks much better

Suchap69: The tamron is sharper then the Sony 70-300 4-5.6 G that is price of RM25xx.

mie_75 : i'm using Wonderful Electronic Moisture Absorber II. You can go to shashinki.com to see what it is..

Seng_Kiat: The Tamron 70-200mm F2.8 is pretty fast on the A700 onwards. There is one at Leos Trading, Ampang Park.

Personally I say it is pretty darn sharp. It has excellent longitudinal chromatic aberration correction.

http://www.glaringnotebook.com/zimages/bsst3big.jpg
Left to right: 70mm, 135mm, 200mm. Top: Tamron 70-200mm F2.8; bottom: Sigma 70-200mm F2.8 EX DG HSM II.

http://www.glaringnotebook.com/zimages/bsst4big.jpg
Same thing; top is Sony 70-200mm F2.8G SSM; bottom is Minolta 80-200mm F2.8G HS APO.

More details here:
http://www.glaringnotebook.com/default.asp?id=1243

ahhh looks good... very handy indeed so i just pun it in my bag la eh ... then when it turns pink... just recharge it.. how many of that u put in your bag??

THANKS FOR YOUR HELP!!



This post has been edited by mie_75: Nov 24 2009, 02:31 PM

its gonna rain...

Ahaks bokehmon also into water droplet ya .