New Lens, First Shots

[existence02]

Just playing with a new lens I picked up today. An older lady here in town sold a Tamron AF 70-300mm f4-5.6 Di LD Macro 1:2 lens for only $5. Looks like brand new. Came with a lens hood and UV filter. She had both a speedlight and a 50mm 1.8, but had already sold them before I got there, probably just as cheap. Just wanted to share a few of my first shots with the lens from this afternoon.

 

[Bad Andy]

What a great buy.

 

[WesVFX]

what a steal!!! Great photos!

 

[Goontz]

$5?! Damn! Great find!

 

[tom beard]

Great shots. Nice lens. You need to drop by her house and give her an extra few bucks.

 

[boogschd]

$5 :/


holy schmet ...

 

[Samanax]

Wow...you got an astoundingly good deal.

That first shot is really nice...could crop off a bit from the top...but all three images seem slightly OOF (out-of-focus) or don't have enough DOF (depth of field).

 

[AUZambo]

I think you paid too much....nice pictures though!

 

[choudhrysaab]

Damn ... how come I never find such great deals?
The pictures don't look that sharp for some reason, unless you applied softness in PP.

 

[Ron Evers]

The pics look soft to me but for the price great.

 

[existence02]

The pictures are a little soft because I missed my focal point. These were the best of the bunch. If I posted the full resolution shots you'd see that the daisy I missed the focus on both sides of the flower's petals and hit the focus on the capitulum. Should have used a wider aperture to help with the depth of field and probably gotten a sharper image. Oh well they were really just test shots. Looking forward to getting out and actually using the new lens.

 

[Plato]

Make her day. Give her a big sloppy kiss!

 

[Fox_Racing_Guy]

Divorce sale? 1 time I purchased a 4 month old Ducati motorcycle for $50..

 

[ocular]

It's hard to get sharp images with the tamron 70-300mm :meh: