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When i was looking last year I went for a Pentax kx with a twin lens deal for £350. I don't know if they are still available, after a quick google it doesn't seem they are.
My boss just bought the Sony you are looking at and is made up with it, and having had a play with it, I prefer it to my Pentax 🙂
[i]If you do settle on Sony or want to do some digging dyxum.com is the place[/i]
Ooh, cameratrackworld 🙂
If you go the Sony the beer can lens might be the solution for more reach
70 200 f4 and not that expensive
http://www.ffordes.com/product/12121013580881
cheaper on ebay i think
it won't be opically perfect but it will do
The beercan is great value.
Interesting comparison with the Canon 70-200 F4 L IS [url= http://www.photoclubalpha.com/2012/03/24/minolta-70-210mm-f4-versus-canon-70-200mm-f4-l-is/ ]here...[/url]
Done!
Ordering that ^^ lens too 🙂
The Tamron 70-300mm f4 is worth a look at just over £100 - I got it as a bundle deal with my camera. It's not the sharpest, but can get acceptable results - also has a macro function, but not true 1:1 macro.
All these taken at 300mm, except the moon, which for some reason I shot at 250mm (so I have sharper ones than that at 300mm)
The Robin/Finch? is a heavy crop from the house to the bottom of the garden - 1/50 ƒ/7.1 ISO 200 300 mm
The bridge is a heavy crop again from 4.5 miles away - 1/2000 ƒ/5.6 ISO 400 300 mm
And the moon is obviously the heaviest crop - basically started as a little white blob in the middle of the screen - 1/125 ƒ/11 ISO 200 250 mm
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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/85252658@N05/8392480031/ ]Robin[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/85252658@N05/ ]davetheblade[/url], on Flickr
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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/85252658@N05/8370646493/ ]Severn Bridge zoom[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/85252658@N05/ ]davetheblade[/url], on Flickr
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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/85252658@N05/8346941123/ ]Moon[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/85252658@N05/ ]davetheblade[/url], on Flickr
Thanks for all the tips and advice.
First weekend (hey, maybe if I'd bought the weatherproof one, I could've used it last weekend!) trying out a57 and beercan lens at the kid's football. Some good results, more practice needed obviously. Speed of the camera is astounding. 🙂
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nice one!
Nice pics, but no exif data?
[i]Nice pics, but no exif data?[/i]
A-ha! Cropped in PSP before uploading... is that cheating? 🙂
(Thanks, btw)
No, PSP should preserve exif data I'd have thought?
I suppose I am just moaning, if you have uploaded straight to Google drive or whatever that is I could download it and view the data. However if you used flickr, say, you can click the 'share' option then copy and paste the bb code into your post and we'd get a clickable image that'd take us to the flickr page which lets you view all the exif, like so:
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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/11569254@N06/8141775756/ ]orange_bobbles_small[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/11569254@N06/ ]molgrips[/url], on Flickr
PSP never has saved the exif, but it's an old version (7), so maybe that's why.
Hmm, Picasa has changed, so you would have to create the link yourself, bit of a pain.
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