Tamron 150-600mm G2 lens
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One thing to keep in mind. Tamron really opened up wildlife photography for regular folks like me when they introduced the AO11 150-600mm. I immediately was addicted and I still love that lens even though it is beat to hell and full of dirt and ash.
I am sure some people feel differently about it but it means a lot to me.
I am sure some people feel differently about it but it means a lot to me.
O
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Love your attitude, don't loose your passion and don't catch GAS disease, Tamron and Sigma both have kept the big guys honest, as you say they have grown the market massively as they gave the people what they wanted and needed at an affordable price.
My first long lens was a 150-500 Sigma I still have on the shelf, it brought so much joy and just delivered.
Wild life photography is beautiful, Steve dose real justice to the whole subject especially in teaching the skill set, his focusing techniques and refinements are practical, real and work....hats of to him, love the site and the community.
Sadly in Oz we don't have as much wild life like in the States, we have, crocodiles, snakes spiders kangaroos Koala bears you love to cuddle, Emues, Dingos that are spars, but other than crocodiles only in the far north we don't have any real predators on land, well, we do have some serious politicians LOL, yes we have killer white pointers and monster tiger sharks the largest in the world I am told, we do have lots of shark attacks on surfers and swimmers. we are a country of wild extremes, fire heat dryness floods, we are totally surrounded by oceans, we are an island far far away.
Australia is an island almost as large as the United states but we have only 25 million people in total.
Stay passionate in what you do and love, its refreshing to see.
Oz down under
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Rustic land
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I have a Tamron 100-400 a very underrated lens, it is lighter and sharper in the center at 400mm than the G2 , I had the opportunity to use the g2 for just over two months and can say that as far as IQ goes the 100-400 seems just that bit better, I did enjoy the extra reach of the 600 but it wasn't enough to make me ditch the 100-400 and buy a G2
Hermann
Active member
I also use the 100-400, mainly because it's smaller and lighter than the G2. Weight matters a lot to me because I almost always also carry a scope+tripod. It's sharp, the only real weakness is some flare when shooting against the light. I found I had to fine tune it pretty carefully on my DSLR bodies though; it needed something like +7 at 400mm. Anyone using it on Nikon mirrorless bodies needs to make sure they've got the latest firmware update.
Lisa
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Hi .... I have the G2 also. I like the way it focuses pretty fast and I have gotten some great shots with it. Problem is I am 74 and this lens is becoming a burden for me to carry.
Most of my shots are birds, some in flight. But now I face the problem of not being able to hold the camera steady so I've been using a tripod and shooting from my car. I'm getting to be an OLD lady, but don't want to give up my photography...lol BTW, this is my first time to comment on BGF.
Most of my shots are birds, some in flight. But now I face the problem of not being able to hold the camera steady so I've been using a tripod and shooting from my car. I'm getting to be an OLD lady, but don't want to give up my photography...lol BTW, this is my first time to comment on BGF.
I know someone who uses an Olympus OM-D EM 1 with a 300mm f2.8 lens and a 2x teleconverter hand held and the results are outstanding. It is half the size and more than than half the weight less than his Nikon full frame camera with a 500mm f4 lens.
Lisa
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That sounds interesting. I will have to research that! Thanks for the comment.
Dan291
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Welcome Lisa.
I retired as an RN a year ago. I often had patients in their 80’s and 90’s who, unsurprisingly as I was the only white-haired male nurse, would ask my age. When I replied 67, they would wave their hand saying, “ahhh... you’re just a kid”.
I have a Sigma 60-600 Sport that I mostly use on a tripod/monopod. At 6’2”, I can hand hold it, but I’ll wind up with a left arm like Popeye. (Not like a 600 f/4, I know, but that’s a problem I have to wish for). I have the knees of a linebacker. That doesn’t limit how far I walk, but I am pretty choosy about the angle of slopes. Good shooting.
Larry Shuman
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I know this will cause good deal of heartburn with everyone. I stay away from tamron because they do not have the same research and development that Nikon does. Their first 150-600 was clearly soft at 600mm. Really why bring it out knowing its soft at 600. I have a nice collection of nikon equipment and glass so I haven't ever considered tamron. My only 3rd party lens is the Sigma 800mmF5.6 which I've had for 19 years. Yesterday I used my 200-500 on local eagles and it did fine in the very cold breeze. After all I have used my Nikon equipment is weather ranging from -12F to 97F and they all worked perfectly. I'm not sure if tamron or any other could have worked.
I'm no Olympus fan boy, but 3 members of my camera club have them and their images are truly outstanding. One of them tells a story about his other club where there is a member who at 80+ has given up photography as he has Parkinsons and can no longer hold a camera steady.
They had a guy visit their club to demo some Olympus kit and he gave the guy with Parkinsons a camera and asked him to take some shots. His results were perfect and he has bought an Olympus and has taken up photography again.
I've got Nikon kit. Been using Nikon since I first went digital 20 years ago and it is part of me. In 2018 I got the urge to find out what all this mirrorless was about so I got a Fuji XT-1 and loved it. Loved it so much I sold it in 6 months, but only as I found a new XT-2 that someone bought as a 2nd camera and never used. Lst September I added n XT-4 to my Fuji kit. Much as I regard my nikon as my main and 'proper' camera, I use the Fujis a lot more.
Meant to mention here that this was not due to a miracle! It was due to the great stabilisation offered by the Olympus body/lens combo - and I think it was not one of the top/flagship cameras either.