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Oct. 10th, 2009 08:52 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dakegraI got my new lens today - went for the Tamron 10-24mm in the end as Jessops had it on offer.
Took a few photos when I got home and have just uploaded them. I'm a little underwhelmed to be honest, though it could just be me not using it properly. Seem to have had the D50 set to 1600 ISO for some reason, which would explain the graininess of some of the images, but the ones I took outside were very soft.
A quick read up suggests that wide open (f/3.5) it *is* soft and gets better towards f/8, but of course now it's tricky to test it.
We're off out for the day tomorrow, so I'll take my tripod and try out some landscape stuff at f/8 to f/22, ISO200 and see how we get on. If I'm still not happy, it's going back.
Some of the photos were fun, but I suppose I'm used to shooting with the 50mm prime which *is* sharp, especially wide open.
Took a few photos when I got home and have just uploaded them. I'm a little underwhelmed to be honest, though it could just be me not using it properly. Seem to have had the D50 set to 1600 ISO for some reason, which would explain the graininess of some of the images, but the ones I took outside were very soft.
A quick read up suggests that wide open (f/3.5) it *is* soft and gets better towards f/8, but of course now it's tricky to test it.
We're off out for the day tomorrow, so I'll take my tripod and try out some landscape stuff at f/8 to f/22, ISO200 and see how we get on. If I'm still not happy, it's going back.
Some of the photos were fun, but I suppose I'm used to shooting with the 50mm prime which *is* sharp, especially wide open.
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Date: 2009-10-11 11:02 am (UTC)Not to make you kick yourself... :P
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Date: 2009-10-11 03:30 pm (UTC)I sort of wish I had stuck to my plan with the sigma, but today's photos are much better. I just need to remember that this is a more specialised lens than the other two I have and needs a bit (lot) more thought when using it.
To top it off, I borrowed K's dad's sigma 55-200 zoom for a while and loved it! Heh. We'll have fun with both in Scotland, I'm sure