Martins site » macro http://www.dmldata.se www.dmldata.se Mon, 24 Jan 2011 20:12:04 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Photo club meeting tonight! http://www.dmldata.se/photo-club/ http://www.dmldata.se/photo-club/#comments Mon, 31 May 2010 14:44:03 +0000 martin http://www.dmldata.se/?p=512 One of the highlights of the month tonight; the photo club meeting! Tonight we will visit one of the members’ workplace, a marine laboratory, and see how he makes his beautiful macro shots, as well as look at another members’ underwater photos. Cool! This is why I really like being a member of

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]]> 2010-05-03-fotoklubben_0007 One of the highlights of the month tonight; the photo club meeting! Tonight we will visit one of the members’ workplace, a marine laboratory, and see how he makes his beautiful macro shots, as well as look at another members’ underwater photos. Cool! This is why I really like being a member of a club like this. We all geek out about what we love in photography, and it’s not embarrasing to talk about idea and vision, or even gear. Most of the members don’t bring their cameras to the meetings, but I decided I will definitely bring my camera always, you never know when a really special view pops out of nowhere…

Oh, and do check out the webpage of our club, everyone is welcome!; Strömstads fotoförening

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]]> http://www.dmldata.se/photo-club/feed/ 0 First real photos with the new lens and camera http://www.dmldata.se/first-real-photos-with-the-new-lens-and-camera/ http://www.dmldata.se/first-real-photos-with-the-new-lens-and-camera/#comments Sun, 18 Apr 2010 16:13:01 +0000 martin http://www.dmldata.se/?p=463 Yesterday I was out in the forest just behind our house, taking the opportunity to really try out the new camera and lens. First impressions;

The K-7 feels a bit smaller in my hands, and gave my thumb a little bit of chafing at first, but that might have something to do with the

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]]> Yesterday I was out in the forest just behind our house, taking the opportunity to really try out the new camera and lens. First impressions;

  • The K-7 feels a bit smaller in my hands, and gave my thumb a little bit of chafing at first, but that might have something to do with the weight of the lens :-)
  • The K-7 has better response at high ISO. All the way up to 1600 is usable, so TAv-mode is a real possibility now. On the K10D I usually stuck with ISO 400 and Av-mode at a large aperture, now with the K-7 I set up at 1/200 and F2.8 or F8 and let the camera do the rest.
  • I really like the macro possibilities of the Tamron 70-200 f2.8, it is quite good. Although not a true macro I think it is actually more useful than a 90mm 1:1, since most of the things I will photograph isn’t very near, so to be able to use 200mm at just under a meter is quite nice.
  • The Tamron 70-200 is super sharp. None of the primes I have gets close to the resolution of it. I thought my Pentax 50mm F1.4 was quite good at 5.6, but the Tamron beats it hands down.
  • I’m not at all bothered about the AF-speed of the Tamron, as I thought I might be.

Without further ado, here are some of the photos (click on them to get a larger view);

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]]> http://www.dmldata.se/first-real-photos-with-the-new-lens-and-camera/feed/ 0 Tamron 70-200mm f2.8 on the way http://www.dmldata.se/70-200-f2-8/ http://www.dmldata.se/70-200-f2-8/#comments Mon, 12 Apr 2010 14:25:56 +0000 martin http://www.dmldata.se/?p=455 I’ve just received confirmation that a spanking new Tamron 70-200 f2.8 is heading my way. I’m really looking forward to trying it out properly (I tried it out a bit at the fair, and got convinced enough to be sure I would like it).

I’ve never had a long lens with this large

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]]> tam70200 I’ve just received confirmation that a spanking new Tamron 70-200 f2.8 is heading my way. I’m really looking forward to trying it out properly (I tried it out a bit at the fair, and got convinced enough to be sure I would like it).

I’ve never had a long lens with this large aperture and/or macro possibility, so I’m hoping it’s going to make an excellent combination with my K-7.

Photos and review is coming up as soon as I’ve gotten it and had a chance to snap some shots :-)

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