Tamron 150-600mm F5-6.3 ultra-telephoto zoom

[Turbonetics]

taken during one of my bird hunting walks...shot at 600mm

Nice shot..from Bidadari?

 

[Fable]

taken during one of my bird hunting walks...shot at 600mm

:thumbsup:

 

[J-Chan]

Some smaller birds


Yellow-vented Bulbul by J-Chan, on Flickr



Pacific Swallow by J-Chan, on Flickr



Crimson Sunbird by J-Chan, on Flickr

 

[v0857]

Nice shot..from Bidadari?

thanks, yes Bidadari

:thumbsup:

thanks.

 

[v0857]

Great shot of the Bulbul J-Chan!

 

[Turbonetics]

Some smaller birds


Yellow-vented Bulbul by J-Chan, on Flickr



Pacific Swallow by J-Chan, on Flickr



Crimson Sunbird by J-Chan, on Flickr

YVBB looks good.
Pacific Swallow seems to be shot too far to retain better details?
Crimson sunbird looks pretty near but seems to be shot under poor lighting(shade) so can't see much details?
Care to share on your shooting environment?
Anyway,Crimson Sunbird is a very tricky bird to shoot.

 

[J-Chan]

YVBB looks good.
Pacific Swallow seems to be shot too far to retain better details?
Crimson sunbird looks pretty near but seems to be shot under poor lighting(shade) so can't see much details?
Care to share on your shooting environment?
Anyway,Crimson Sunbird is a very tricky bird to shoot.

Thanks. Didn't want to crop in the Pacific Swallow shot since I thought it showed quite nice 'bokeh'. The Crimson Sunbird was under quite heavy shade in the late evening, think it was shot at ISO10000, max aperture of f/6.3 can be limiting.

 

[richiemccaw1]

Good one with the bulbul shot, J-Chan =)

 

[Turbonetics]

Thanks. Didn't want to crop in the Pacific Swallow shot since I thought it showed quite nice 'bokeh'. The Crimson Sunbird was under quite heavy shade in the late evening, think it was shot at ISO10000, max aperture of f/6.3 can be limiting.

Thanks for sharing.
Anyone can advise on the lens Minimum Focus Distant(MFD)?

 

[richardlim31]

Some smaller birds


Yellow-vented Bulbul by J-Chan, on Flickr



Pacific Swallow by J-Chan, on Flickr



Crimson Sunbird by J-Chan, on Flickr

oh very nice :thumbsup::thumbsup:

 

[v0857]

Thanks for sharing.
Anyone can advise on the lens Minimum Focus Distant(MFD)?

MFD 2.7m

 

[Turbonetics]

MFD 2.7m

wow,that's very short.
is it the same throughout the whole zoom range?

 

[PhotoTime]

I can feel that the poison and virus is going very deep into my body.

 

[daredevil123]

When is the Nikon version coming out???? when???

 

[richiemccaw1]

Trying to get you to switch over to Canon.

 

[daredevil123]

Trying to get you to switch over to Canon.

Never.....

Then again, I remember saying I will never go birding long time ago...

 

[Joshelerry]

Some more shots ..


EOS-1402-NATURE-EcoGreen-010 by Joshelerry, on Flickr


EOS-1402-NATURE-EcoGreen-024 by Joshelerry, on Flickr

 

[richardlim31]

Some more shots ..


EOS-1402-NATURE-EcoGreen-010 by Joshelerry, on Flickr


EOS-1402-NATURE-EcoGreen-024 by Joshelerry, on Flickr

nice shots thanks for sharing.

 

[Joshelerry]

Some comments after using this lens for Chingay, Airshow and some birding...
These are some added remarks and those common Pros/Cons like low light etc I suppose you can figure it out by the specs and those professional reviews available on the website

Pros
- versatility of the zoom makes this really a GREAT USABLE lens! ...
- Good built quality, though its plastic. There is a latch to lock the zoom in eventuality of wear and tear though at new condition the zoom is pretty stiff
- IQ for this price range is good ... see photos sent by various people as good comparison
- AF at 600mm is slightly better only than using 2x tele converter at maximum range example 70-200 with 2x at 400mm

Cons
- There is some lack of contrast at 500-600mm zoom range but I normally shoot RAW and touch up with software
- No bag that should comes with this item??

 

[Joshelerry]

Some of my airshow shots at this forum

http://www.clubsnap.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1371828

Feel free to comment/critique, thanks!