Recent Trip to Whistler

TWiTCHY · 01-21-2009, 01:04 AM

Made me love the wide-angle even more

zeebeda · 01-21-2009, 01:11 AM

Great shots!
I was snowboarding there a couple of years ago; it was one of the most beautiful places I've ever seen.

X1 Trojan · 01-21-2009, 01:11 AM

great shots! that's a very nice lens

Year's_End · 01-21-2009, 01:12 AM

damn twitchy, those are some killer shots. good colors, nice levels.

Year's_End · 01-21-2009, 01:12 AM

wow, 3 posts in the span of a minute

TWiTCHY · 01-21-2009, 02:06 AM

Thank you

Turns out most pros are right - it's not about spending money on better camera gear, but spending money to get out to places.

googoomas · 01-21-2009, 02:11 AM

such nice pics...

Vudoo4u2 · 01-21-2009, 02:33 AM

what lens is that exactly?

TWiTCHY · 01-21-2009, 02:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Vudoo4u2

what lens is that exactly?

There's quite a few of them, in fact I think I used all the lenses I brought with me besides the standard 18-55mm.

I used:

Nikon Nikkor 55-200mm f/4-5.6 VR (River, action shots)
Nikon Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D (Snowmobile, snowboards, sunglasses)
Tamron 10-24mm f/3.5-4.5 (Everything else and a few snowmobiles)

on a Nikon D60

Whoo, hit 300 posts

Vudoo4u2 · 01-21-2009, 03:35 AM

cool! nice shots

MCS · 01-21-2009, 07:45 AM

Nice pics - good eye

asdflkijd · 01-21-2009, 12:21 PM

great photos, I was too scared to take my 40D up to the slopes.. It stayed warm and cosy in my hotel room lol..

Sniz · 01-21-2009, 12:24 PM

Beautiful shots!

techforge · 01-21-2009, 04:14 PM

Nice shots. How do you like that Tamron? I need something wider occasionally. I shoot with a 17-55 2.8 most of the time.

TWiTCHY · 01-21-2009, 05:54 PM

The Tamron is fine outdoors given that there's enough light. I wouldn't hesitate to put the thing on a tripod indoors though. Its lack of any vibration reduction and an f-stop of 3.5 either requires you to use a flash or tripod to get rid of blur. But again, given that there's enough light, you should be fine.

Its auto-focusing is slow, loud, and it has a hard time of finding something to focus on, so most of time you're directing it manually.

But since you have a 17-55mm 2.8, it sounds like you've got the dough to get the real thing. Get the Nikon instead, it really pays off for the better focusing.

The Tamron is supposedly the worst compared to the Sigma and Tokina counterparts, as Ken Rockwell's review says.

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techforge Lieutenant 26 Rep 577 Posts Drives: 335xi coupe Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Denver iTrader: (2)	Nice shots. How do you like that Tamron? I need something wider occasionally. I shoot with a 17-55 2.8 most of the time.
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TWiTCHY Colonel 376 Rep 2,526 Posts Drives: '13 AW E92 M3 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: WA iTrader: (6)	The Tamron is fine outdoors given that there's enough light. I wouldn't hesitate to put the thing on a tripod indoors though. Its lack of any vibration reduction and an f-stop of 3.5 either requires you to use a flash or tripod to get rid of blur. But again, given that there's enough light, you should be fine. Its auto-focusing is slow, loud, and it has a hard time of finding something to focus on, so most of time you're directing it manually. But since you have a 17-55mm 2.8, it sounds like you've got the dough to get the real thing. Get the Nikon instead, it really pays off for the better focusing. The Tamron is supposedly the worst compared to the Sigma and Tokina counterparts, as Ken Rockwell's review says.
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