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Tamron SP 60-300 macro abilities
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 22, 2013 11:09 am    Post subject: Tamron SP 60-300 macro abilities Reply with quote
Here are some sample pictures taken with the Tamron AD2 (23A) SP 60-300 f:3.8-5.4 in its Macro position.
Camera : Canon 5D Mark II.

The lens :
http://www.adaptall-2.org/lenses/23A.html

1/ Iso 200 ; 1/125s ; +1 ev


2/ iso 200 ; 1/15s ; +1 ev


3/ iso 200 ; 1/15s ; +1 ev


4/ iso 800 ; 1/30s ; 0 ev


5/ iso 800 ; 1/100s ; 0 ev


6/ iso 800 ; 1/40s ; 0 ev


So, this is a really very versatile lens, usable in many different situations.

Last edited by Olivier on Sat Aug 09, 2014 10:34 pm; edited 4 times in total


PostPosted: Tue Jan 22, 2013 11:18 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Very nice indeed!


PostPosted: Tue Jan 22, 2013 12:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Some more samples, also indoor.

1/ iso 800 ; 1/15s ; 0 ev


2/ iso 800 ; 1/40s ; 0 ev


3/ iso 1250 ; 1/20s ; 0 ev


Last edited by Olivier on Sat Aug 09, 2014 10:36 pm; edited 2 times in total


PostPosted: Tue Jan 22, 2013 1:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Quite impressive, better than I expected anyway.


PostPosted: Tue Jan 22, 2013 1:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
SonicScot wrote:
Quite impressive, better than I expected anyway.


Yes, I must get mine out of hibernation! Smile


PostPosted: Tue Jan 22, 2013 2:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
DigiChromeEd wrote:
SonicScot wrote:
Quite impressive, better than I expected anyway.


Yes, I must get mine out of hibernation! Smile

It could be a good idea. Wink


PostPosted: Wed Jan 23, 2013 10:36 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
These are very nice samples from this lens.Did you have to do much PP in the white flower images?


PostPosted: Wed Jan 23, 2013 11:14 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
mo wrote:
These are very nice samples from this lens.Did you have to do much PP in the white flower images?

Hello Moïra ! Very Happy
It's nice to read your words.

No, I didn't have to do much PP in the white lily pictures.
Just WB correction and adjust the levels.
Then, export from raw to jpeg using LightRoom possibilities : resizing and standard sharpening for screen.
What kind of PP had you in mind for the whites ?

Is everything's okay for you ?
No dust storms, big fires, flood or anything like that ?
Here I wondered where was winter. Now It's here with snow and low temperatures (under 0°C up to -10°C sometimes during night).
Unfortunately we still have grey skies. In the last 10 days, we had some sun only yesterday morning.
On sunday snow felt gently all day long from 9 am to 6 pm...

Have a very nice week.


PostPosted: Wed Jan 23, 2013 12:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Hi Olivier
The only issues for me are the occasional high temperatures of 40+ Sad .

I asked about the PP on the whites because the whites look very good...much better than what I can do. Cool I try and keep as much detail/texture on the leaves of the white flowers but lose out in the overall brightness of my image...you have kept a nice balance of both.


PostPosted: Wed Jan 23, 2013 1:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
mo wrote:
Hi Olivier
The only issues for me are the occasional high temperatures of 40+ Sad .

I asked about the PP on the whites because the whites look very good...much better than what I can do. Cool I try and keep as much detail/texture on the leaves of the white flowers but lose out in the overall brightness of my image...you have kept a nice balance of both.

Oh, I see.

The white lilies were by the window and light was not very hard (grey weather...).
On the 5D Mark II there are 4 metering modes using 35-zone TTL full-aperture metering
• Evaluative metering (linkable to any AF point)
• Partial metering (approx. 8% of viewfinder at center)
• Spot metering (approx. 3.5% of viewfinder at center)
• Center-weighted average metering

I used last one which gives a good average exposure on the whole image. It seems Canon is the sole brand to have this feature.
Others like Nikon, Pentax, Sony, Olympus, use the 3 first ones.

Depending on your camera, you should try the different metering modes.
Else, if it doesn't act correctly, you can use the metering lock button (AE lock ?) on an average zone of the picture you want to capture, reframe and shoot.

What camera do you use ?
Smile


PostPosted: Wed Jan 23, 2013 5:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Beautiful lilies you got there, very nice series.

Lens performs quite good, did you use a tripod? cause i can see a bit of movement blur in some of them so I believe the lens can produce even sharper images (part of my work is to do macro photography of lilies and i got this little blur very often). Number 2 and number 5 are spot on though.

Unfortunately I had to leave my copy in my father in law's house in spain!!


PostPosted: Wed Jan 23, 2013 5:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
inombrable wrote:
Beautiful lilies you got there, very nice series.

Lens performs quite good, did you use a tripod? cause i can see a bit of movement blur in some of them so I believe the lens can produce even sharper images (part of my work is to do macro photography of lilies and i got this little blur very often).

Unfortunately I had to leave my copy in my father in law's house in spain!!

Thank you. Smile

Sorry. I should have mentionned this point : all pictures handheld. No tripod used.
This is not a fast lens, so there could have some blur and, yes, the lens can be even sharper... Wink
I've added the iso and shuter speed in the pictures posts.

Last edited by Olivier on Wed Jan 23, 2013 11:13 pm; edited 1 time in total


PostPosted: Wed Jan 23, 2013 9:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Yes i thought so.

It is not a fast lens indeed and also a bit heavy but for the price you can't go wrong, i got mine for 2 GBP.

Again, very nice results even more as it was handheld, as Mo said beautiful white.

Thanks for sharing


PostPosted: Wed Jan 23, 2013 10:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I use the Pentax K200D,I rarely use the features on the camera...but I am starting to want too. Very Happy Now that I am beginning to understand their reasons for being there. Rolling Eyes Wink


PostPosted: Wed Jan 23, 2013 11:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
mo wrote:
I use the Pentax K200D,I rarely use the features on the camera...but I am starting to want too. Very Happy Now that I am beginning to understand their reasons for being there. Rolling Eyes Wink

Same as you Moïra before I read interesting books about my camera and discover what some setups were there for. Smile


PostPosted: Thu Jan 24, 2013 7:01 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Good images. When the CA is not present, it's a fantastic lens.


PostPosted: Thu Jan 24, 2013 7:17 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
You're right, Martin.
It's quite prone to chromatic aberrations.


PostPosted: Thu Jan 24, 2013 9:42 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Beautiful pictures! It seems like a very good lens. I quite like the macro function on my Tamron SP 35-210mm as well.


PostPosted: Thu Jan 24, 2013 5:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Very exquisite macro shots!


PostPosted: Thu Jan 24, 2013 6:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Thank you both. Smile

Diddy, any pictures from your (26A) SP 35-210mm ?

adaptall-2.org tells us that the 60-300 macro ratio at 60mm is 1:1.55, 35-210's is 1:3.8.
Min focus in macro mode for the 60-300 is 0.3m at 60mm, 35-210's is 0.3m at 35mm.

http://www.adaptall-2.org/lenses/23A.html
http://www.adaptall-2.org/lenses/26A.html


PostPosted: Sat Jan 26, 2013 6:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Olivier wrote:
(...)

adaptall-2.org tells us that the 60-300 macro ratio at 60mm is 1:1.55,
Min focus in macro mode for the 60-300 is 0.3m at 60mm,

http://www.adaptall-2.org/lenses/23A.html

Nice pictures Olivier.
People have to realize that it is really a short macro focusing distance with a long and heavy lens.
(even if a big 5D helps)


PostPosted: Sat Jan 26, 2013 10:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
You're right JC
(Jean-Claude ?)

At infinity length 6,3" (16,15 cm).
Weight 870gr

I like Leonard's sentence in your signature. Smile


PostPosted: Sun Jan 27, 2013 4:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Olivier wrote:
Thank you both. Smile

Diddy, any pictures from your (26A) SP 35-210mm ?

adaptall-2.org tells us that the 60-300 macro ratio at 60mm is 1:1.55, 35-210's is 1:3.8.
Min focus in macro mode for the 60-300 is 0.3m at 60mm, 35-210's is 0.3m at 35mm.

http://www.adaptall-2.org/lenses/23A.html
http://www.adaptall-2.org/lenses/26A.html


I posted some months ago some macro shots here taken with the 35-210mm SP lens:
http://forum.mflenses.com/viewtopic.php?t=51469

The 60-300mm lens looked first quite interesting to me as well, but then on adaptall-2.org they say that it has mediocre corner image quality. Does your experience with this lens reflect this?


PostPosted: Sun Jan 27, 2013 6:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Olivier wrote:
You're right JC
(Jean-Claude ?)

At infinity length 6,3" (16,15 cm).
Weight 870gr

I like Leonard's sentence in your signature. Smile

The other one, Jean-Christophe Wink

Another sentence then :
« L’œil, qu’on appelle fenêtre de l’âme, est la principale voie par où le sens commun peut considérer, largement et dans leur splendeur, les œuvres infinies de la nature. L’oreille vient ensuite, qui s’ennoblit à écouter le récit de ce que l’œil a vu. »
Leonard de Vinci


PostPosted: Mon Jan 28, 2013 10:35 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Thank you Jean-Christophe. Smile

Diddy, I experience vignetting with the 5D at 60mm and quite a lot of CA.
Else, I don't find borders are so mediocre. They are less sharp than center, for sure, but not that bad.
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