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As I mentioned in the Friday thread this week, I got a new (to me) Tamron 150-600mm f5-6.3 zoom lens for my camera, something I've been wanting for years. It was very lightly used, and Adorama was having an early Black Friday sale last week, so I got it for about 70% off the retail price. (This week, they're selling the same model used for about 25% off the retail price.) In hindsight, I could have bought a compact camera with a larger optical zoom range for about the same amount of money, but I'm old school and like using my +10 year old Nikon D5000 DSLR.
Anyway, here are a few test shots I took this afternoon.
Sandia Peak from my front yard, about 6.3 miles away according to the distance measuring tool on Google maps. This is with the zoom at 150mm.
Here's the same shot with the zoom at 600mm. Not crystal clear by any means, but there's over 6 miles of atmosphere between here and there.
A random bush in the yard at 150mm zoom.
Same bush at 600mm zoom.
One of our roadrunners sunning itself in the yard across the street at 600mm zoom.
And the roadrunner's mate in our yard, in the shade. I was probably about 25-30 feet away. The zoom was somewhere in the middle...I just adjusted it to frame the shot.
And a full-sized sample from the above photo. Pretty good detail for shooting in the shade.
All in all I think I'll be happy with this lens. Next up: Either elk hunting at Valles Caldera or bird hunting at Bosque de Apache. Either place should yield some good photos.
Anyway, here are a few test shots I took this afternoon.
Sandia Peak from my front yard, about 6.3 miles away according to the distance measuring tool on Google maps. This is with the zoom at 150mm.
Here's the same shot with the zoom at 600mm. Not crystal clear by any means, but there's over 6 miles of atmosphere between here and there.
A random bush in the yard at 150mm zoom.
Same bush at 600mm zoom.
One of our roadrunners sunning itself in the yard across the street at 600mm zoom.
And the roadrunner's mate in our yard, in the shade. I was probably about 25-30 feet away. The zoom was somewhere in the middle...I just adjusted it to frame the shot.
And a full-sized sample from the above photo. Pretty good detail for shooting in the shade.
All in all I think I'll be happy with this lens. Next up: Either elk hunting at Valles Caldera or bird hunting at Bosque de Apache. Either place should yield some good photos.