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Long time lurker: Love the 'zone. Request for a review. 150-600mm? Please
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Long time lurker: Love the 'zone. I'm a newb forumwize but i'm Requesting a review. Either tamron or sigma 150-600mm!

 

It's weird neither has been reviewed yet but let's make it happen!

 

THank you and dankAHshunH!

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    Lenstip has very detailed reviews of the 150-600mm trilogy...... the Tamron and the two Sigmas......

 

   A comparison between them is clear to make there!

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Two of the 150-600 are now 3rd and 4th in line.

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   The Sport?.......and........the Tamron?
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Quote:The Sport?.......and........the Tamron?


Yes, my spouse told me to get rid of these bins. They occupy too much space ... ;-)
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Could be worse. Imagine you have to carry them...

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Quote:Yes, my spouse told me to get rid of these bins. They occupy too much space ... ;-)
 

 Is the space in  Australia or Germany.....Vis à vis duty?

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The space is in Oz
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Quote:Yes, my spouse told me to get rid of these bins. They occupy too much space ... ;-)
Thank God you're not collecting dem Canon Big Whites like a few folks over at FredMiranda.com forum do...  Rolleyes
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Comment on the Tamron's VC at 600mm.....

 

....... As has been said, the Tamron's VC stabilizing system has it's faults at the long end.......shots taken at 1/1600 sec. are invariably blurred with the VC system "on", so I switch it off!...... but using shutter speeds of 1/125-320 sec.the VC produces perfectly sharp results with no trace of shake/movement ( given a statistical 80% success rate). 

  

 I know it is recommended to not use VC at higher shutter speeds......and the system operates at high(ish)  frequency.....nonetheless it does seem strange that at the relatively high shutter speed of 1/1600 sec. the VC manages to make consistently blurred images.

  During a series of hand held bird shooting I was getting a very good success rate of sharp images with the VC "on" compared to results with it "off" at 600mm @ 1/320 sec.

  Overall I would say that apart from the viewfinder image jumps a little, it stabilizes pretty well, the biggest problem is remembering to switch it off again when shooting high shutter speeds and when panning...... a link to an indicator in the viewfinder would be a clever touch......as has the K3's VF hand symbol.

  


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