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by ImNoAnsel
Fri Jan 08, 2010 7:39 pm
Forum: Lens Lore
Topic: prime or zoom for a900 landscape ?
Replies: 9
Views: 4466

Re: prime or zoom for a900 landscape ?

Thanks everyone for your advice. It seems I will be staying with zooms and a choice between sony and tamron 28 -75 - I will try to find examples to test in a shop to see what I would prefer to use.
by ImNoAnsel
Thu Jan 07, 2010 10:44 am
Forum: Alpha A-mount System
Topic: a700 to a900 any tips/surprises ?
Replies: 6
Views: 3838

a700 to a900 any tips/surprises ?

I have recently moved from a700 to a900 and was wondering if people had any tips or had any surprises in the same move, e.g. the way you take photos or the subjects, or the post processing, or ..., I have just upgraded my ballhead and those files are big in photoshop ! Cheers Roy
by ImNoAnsel
Wed Jan 06, 2010 8:37 pm
Forum: Lens Lore
Topic: prime or zoom for a900 landscape ?
Replies: 9
Views: 4466

Re: prime or zoom for a900 landscape ?

David - thanks for the pic, no flare at all and a very nice view - frustrating that I have to work and there are many closed roads between me and the snowy scenes - hopefully I can get out this weekend ! The tamron seems like such a good deal - I just feel there must be a catch :) - do you know if t...
by ImNoAnsel
Wed Jan 06, 2010 8:25 pm
Forum: Lens Lore
Topic: prime or zoom for a900 landscape ?
Replies: 9
Views: 4466

Re: prime or zoom for a900 landscape ?

Thanks for the replies - Kevin I read the article and the tamron seems a better lens than the Sony, and a very good deal if you get a good copy. Very interesting that people say it is better to get a lens repaired than get a swap, I guess QC in production is not as good as QC in repair. Surprisingly...
by ImNoAnsel
Wed Jan 06, 2010 5:30 pm
Forum: Lens Lore
Topic: prime or zoom for a900 landscape ?
Replies: 9
Views: 4466

prime or zoom for a900 landscape ?

Hi All, Sorry if this has been covered before - I have just got a a900 and a sal 20 2.8 (shop bargain from a person moving to canon) and would like advice on lenses for 24 or 28 to approx 70 - as I have already have the 70300G. I shoot landscapes so expect to use f8-11 - but I like shooting into the...