[wim]

Hi Wolf,

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Thanks B! I will immediately change the spelling <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />[/quote]

Funny, I saw it too, but I just read an article by one of the people who originally defined the word, saying that it shouldn't matter as a bouquet is nice to look at, and that languages change all the time. He was specifically referring to the French bouquet, BTW. He also mentioned that the word bokeh is partly a word derived from English anyway, as in, it was taken over by the Japanaese from the English, and now it comes back with another part added in a new meaning <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />.

I took the Tamron out for a walk today, but the rain cut my plans short <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/angry.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' /> I must say that I find it heavy and long and the hood almost doubles the length of the lens. Obviously a lens for specific use only, allthough I do not doubt that you can get good portraits from it. The AF was "gearing" a little too much for my liking, never seemed to be able to make up its mind. There is an animal park not far and I will try to make a visit tomorrow or Monday.

That would make excellent use of its possibilities.

Must say I find the 16-85 excellent as an everyday use lense.

When you say that you shoot all macro handheld, what kind of sharpness do you expect or get?

Provided you get fast enough shutter speeds, i.e., approximately 1 / ( (FL * cropfactor) * (1 + macro magnification factor) ), or use a flash. And all this as long as you don't move out of DoF when taking the picture. Considering a human body sways easily an inch each way between AF or MF and actually pressing the shutter button, it requires very good technique to get a lot of keepers with handheld macro, even when using a flash.

I seem to be able to crop 100% and still have good sharpness, but it disappears quickly when you move towards 200% Is this normal?

Yes. You are enlarging each pixel to 4X its size that way, or something like 5 by 3 20 inch screens stacked next and above each other for the whoel picture. That will affect apparent sharpness, certainly when looking at it from average screen viewing distances. In short, nothing to worry about. Personally, I think you shouldn't go above 50% to see the impact of an image, higher magnifications are only needed for postprocessing, and even then only rarely.

I must say the 85mm or 105 mm Nikons with VR sound tempting! Wim, you shoot landscapes all the time. Do you also mostly shoot handheld?

Yes, these days I mostly do. But that is more because I am always in a hurry. When going out for landscapes (or macro) I always have a tripod with me. I have a carry bag for my preferred outdoors tripod, and sling it over my shoulder, head down so it is not in the way (although in that case one needs a bag that ties up the tripod very well indeed, to prevent it from falling out <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />). This tripod in its bag is standard equipement in my car boot, so I can take it out whenever I need it when roaming about.



With longer lenses and in not very bright conditions I always use it, BTW.

I wish you all a nice Sunday's shooting.

Thank you, and you too!

Kindly Loup [color="#0000ff"]d'Azur[/color]!

Show off! <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' /> <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' /> I hope you are still enjoying your holiday, however <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />.



Warm regards, Wim