The Photography Thread

[arian29]

In my last trip i really felt the need for a little more zoom. There were place across trhe river which i wanted to shoot but was restricted to the 55mm length. Changing between the 18-55 and the 55-200 was a real tedious thing. I am now thinking of buying the sigma 18-125 as it seems to have better reviews than the 18-105. It would cost me around 25k. Other option is the 18-200.

 

[thetechfreak]

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[sujoyp]

@arian if thats the case get a 55-300 ....a superzoom lens like 18-125 is not much recommended as people say it have poor quality..
@25k u can get Nikon 70-300VR which is much much better lens.

@techfreak ur 2nd pic is out of focus it seems

 

[thetechfreak]

A few more, taken a while back

Which one is best?


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[abhidev]

^ i liked the second one...good shots

 

[arian29]

nice shots @thetechfreak..

i was wondering why a macro lens is cheaper than its normal counterpart. The tamron 18-270 macro is 30k where as the 18-270 normal is 40k.. a differance of 10k ?

@sujoy the 55-300 wont solve the prob as the issue is not just zoob but the overall coverage.. i am mostly into landscapes so i dont use high zoom as often. so i am looking for a versatile lens 18-XX

 

[sujoyp]

Arian see the tech specs properly...u r just considering it like intel=amd coz both r prossesor

Ok let me tell u ..the macro on tamron lens is for close focus ...it can go upto 1:3 ... Wich is not too good...even 50mm goes upto that ...which is ok for butterflies but not for insects...that lens have micro motor in lens like cheap 70-300 di ld which is not a ultrasonic lens like afs...and creates sound as well as slow
Tammy 18-270 pzd is having ultrasonic motor and focus much better...its one of superzoom i may consider someday...its just great but also costly...it have

Btw didt u hear the rumor that nikon is relesing a 18-300 vr lens soon

Nice one techfreak..i will vote for 3

 

[nac]

Techfreak, All the 3 are equally good in my view.

 

[arian29]

Guess ill be going for the 18-200.. confused between tamron, sigma or tokina.. OR maybe ill get the 55-300 and use the rest of the money to buy a monopod..

 

[thetechfreak]

Thanks a lot abhidev,nac, sujoyp

 

[sujoyp]

monopod??? u have tripod?? if no then get a tripod 1st ....

if u can just get tammy 18-270 pzd ...its good or get nikon AFS 18-200 VR ..

Check every spcs in those superzoom lenses like OS, VC, VR in sigma, tamron,nikon
see that it have HSM, USM and AFS for sigma,tamron and nikon
check more details

 

[kjuvale]

Here are some pics from me after long time:
First image is stitched from 14 shots.
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ETH building, Zürich by digitman2006, on Flickr

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Jungfraujoch train by digitman2006, on Flickr

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Bern by digitman2006, on Flickr

 

[sujoyp]

wow kapil they r pro like superb

 

[arian29]

great shots @kjuvale .. like the 2nd one
@sujoy.. i ordered the tamron 70-300 vc

 

[kjuvale]

Thnaks Sujoy and arian29

 

[abhidev]

here is a video I took...man its really difficult to stay still without a tripod...

[YOUTUBE]C32o9owgQRo[/YOUTUBE]....

 

[sujoyp]

Arian congrats ....is it tamron 70-300 vc usd ...whats the cost

Abhidev get a minimum budget tripod for all this..

 

[arian29]

Flipkart.com: Tamron SP AF 70-300mm F/4-5,6 Di VC USD (for Nikon Digital SLR) Lens: Lens

the reviews were really good.. the 18-270 didn't have great reviews go finally decided toi get the 70-300

 

[sujoyp]

It cost 27k then y didnt u get nikon 70-300 afs vr ...i thought tammy would be cheaper

In anycase superzoom lens like 18-200,18-270,etc dont have great reputation even if u get nikon or canon one

 

[rhitwick]

Tried to capture lightning shot...

among 300 shots this one is good
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Bolt_From_The_Blue by rH1twick, on Flickr