Alot of saving, working, freelancing, selling off unused stuff......... you get the picture la

I lust after the 90mm for some time d, and I really need my own wide angle to use instead of borrowing from people all the time.

This is not it yet, still got another to complete the lot. What do you think between these two lenses?

Nikon 55-200 VR

Tamron 70-300 VC

Sharpness is the same according to DXO.

Just thinking whether should spend the extra for FF compatibility and better AF+VC+build only.

This post has been edited by gunzerdude: Jun 4 2013, 11:12 PM

Had that last time before it got stolen at kanching falls

Price difference is the issue really, cheapest price i got was RM1800 vs RM1290 for the tamron.

Btw the lens gave me this before it's gone for good.

Nah, it's alright, what's gone is gone, at least I still have myself to get better replacements.

Using D7k atm.

55-300 or 55-200? AF big difference between those two lols

The 55-300 is slower, front element rotates too And boy is the lens heavy, not so different from the 70-300 really (comparing weights)

This post has been edited by gunzerdude: Jun 5 2013, 12:30 AM

Photo from SP90 VC taken this morning, damn this lens is sharp, wait till I start slapping teleconverters and extension tubes on it like I used to do.



This post has been edited by gunzerdude: Jun 5 2013, 08:45 AM

Why vertical? weird feeling looking at this one.

3 of a kind

D700.......0

Finally had a chance to test out the Tamron 90 VC + 2x teleconverter

F/11 (F/22 effective) aperture with flash



This post has been edited by gunzerdude: Jun 10 2013, 01:49 AM

My house full of weird critters at night

Midnite spam

Yup, looks blur but i'm actually focused on the eye, the AF on this lens is awesome~

Yet another one comes to visit me

My 80x80 ezy softbox finally arrived from china!!

Why D5200? Use a cheaper body and invest the extra money in lenses better what. Try a D3100/5100 instead. Use the extra 1K you save for a better lens like a Tamron 17-50 F/2.8

Any specific reasons???

The controls aren't improved, it's just mostly a higher megapixel sensor and more AF points.

Considering your budget is around 3K, it's even possible for you to get a D7000 and a tamron 17-50 for around 3.4K which is vastly better than a D5200.

For a D5100+17-50 combo. The price averages around 1.5K for the body+1K for the lens.

About 900 bucks savings which you can use to get an additional lens like a 35/50 1.8G.

New extension tubes arrived today, can play extreme macro again!

All shot at F/32 for the results without any cropping (Lazy to do focus stacking )

90mm VC without any attachments



With 64mm worth of extension tubes



Add on a 2x teleconverter

Is your shutter speed high enough?
For kit lens, optimum aperture is around F/8-F/11, personally I find the kit lens quite sharp if used properly with high enough shutter speeds to avoid blur and also optimum apertures.

Also your 24megapixel sensor is quite demanding on lenses,
can expose flaws in cheaper lenses and also place more demands on shooting skill

This post has been edited by gunzerdude: Jun 20 2013, 06:06 PM

Experimenting with picture controls right now

So far I find that on my D7K that this set of picture controls gives me color that is very close to what I perceive with my own eyes.

Neutral

+ 6 Sharpening
+ 1 Contrast
- 1 Brightness
+ 1 Saturation
- 1 Hue

Anyone got a better experience tuning their own picture controls? Cuz this is my first time fine tuning it to get more accurate colors.

This post has been edited by gunzerdude: Jun 20 2013, 06:53 PM