Suddenly the lens i regretted now i Appreciate...

[Photo Lady]

WOW to find out it was just me.. i have truly learned so much here.. i tucked this lens back in the box a few years back...... shortly after i purchased it new.. Tamron SP 70-300 mm.. was a disappointment ... not anymore.. i started practicing with it yesterday and i found out the problem with this lens was me......my settings.. working like a charm now for a Tamron lens.. some examples..what do you think? Sometimes it is all in the settings..

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[Original katomi]

Nice pics

 

[Derrel]

It's generally regarded as quite a decent 70 to 300 mm zoom.

 

[Photo Lady]

Nice pics

thank you

 

[Jeff G]

Looks like you've gotten it squared away, glad you didn't get rid of it before you were ready for it.

 

[Photo Lady]

Looks like you've gotten it squared away, glad you didn't get rid of it before you were ready for it.

yes wow so shocked..

 

[Photo Lady]

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It's generally regarded as quite a decent 70 to 300 mm zoom.

i never knew... what was i thinking.. oh well at least i know now. Very happy with it..

 

[PJM]

Very nice! I'm curious about what the bad settings were and how you changed them.

 

[Photo Lady]

Very nice! I'm curious about what the bad settings were and how you changed them.

All i remember is when i used the lens i had to manually focus it..and i tried numerous times.. it would be awful.. i would try over and over changing the settings to no avail... i would manually focus on a subject that was still and sometimes get a good photo ...but i hated using it.. then through practice of using my tamron 18-400mm i set and reset different settings until i was totally in focus automatically..it wasn'st until yesterday that i took the tamron 70-300 mm out of the box and set my camera until it just worked so good..i was shocked.. i knew so little back then about camera settings... i quess that my settings were just not where they are now..today i just changed a few things and wow i heard the motor...focus ..everything worked great... i am so happy... i think i learned so much here even if i cannot explain it fully in photographer terms.. i think a whole new world is opening up... lol I understnd so much more now and expect quality...

 

[Flying Panda]

Photo Lady, I can relate but my resurrection from storage was a camera. Like you I blame myself. It is almost like glass, plastic, and metal has to "age" so it gets better!
BTW - Don't forget to give your Sheltie a free get out of jail card!

 

[Derrel]

Well, the expression " live and learn " has been around for long time. I guess you learned a good lesson and in the process realized you have a pretty good lens. I find a 70- 300 is actually a very useful lens... I own two of them,one fairly old, and the other relatively new.

 

[SquarePeg]

So awesome!

 

[Photo Lady]

Photo Lady, I can relate but my resurrection from storage was a camera. Like you I blame myself. It is almost like glass, plastic, and metal has to "age" so it gets better!
BTW - Don't forget to give your Sheltie a free get out of jail card!

My sheltie is a collie.. he is free to go now..lol... and he thanks you for taking care of the bail ... I still cannot believe this lens works like a charm now. hope your enjoying your camera too

 

[Photo Lady]

So awesome!

thank you.. all because of you with the weekly forum.. or i would have never bothered trying it...

 

[SquarePeg]

So awesome!

thank you.. all because of you with the weekly forum.. or i would have never bothered trying it...

That’s really great to know. Some weeks we get almost no participation and I wonder if people are bored with it.