First experiments with Tamron 90mm Macro

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• Apr 10, 2012

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Free hand and no flash with A580.

 

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Yup, that's m'baby! I adore that lens. Great pictures, have fun!
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• Apr 10, 2012

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Its one of my favorite lenses.



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It's good not only for macros. Sharp!

 

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And if so, how do they compare? Thanks

 

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I don't have it, sorry. When I decided to buy a macro I looked also for it, but I choose the Tamron because it was new for 399 euro and the 100mm had similar prices on ebay

 

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• Apr 11, 2012

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Great shots. Its a good lens although it can hunt a bit so i tend to use mine on manual focus a lot of of the time. If you enjoy macro work you might want to consider some extension tubes to go with it. I was working with the lens, an A900 and tubes over easter:-



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I have a close up filter, but it's difficult to have a Good dof

 

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The pic i posted earlier was shot with F32 (and flash by necessity). Even then the DOF is miniscule but its fun trying to get the shots!
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This is one of my favorite macro lens. I got a lot of cool macro pics with this lens.

 

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How does it compared with the 60 f2?

 

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For me 60 mm was a little short. Price is similar

 

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but I have checked that the working distance (distance from front element to subject) for 1:1 is longer for 60 f2.

 

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• Apr 11, 2012

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I don't.

From what I understand they're fairly comparable. I've never felt the need to "upgrade" the Tamron, it's just too good to need it, so I've never looked further. But I'm sure someone has done a comparison review, trying some searching.
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To me 60mm is just too short. It doesn't have the advantages of say a wide macro like the 30mm (or is it 35? It's late, I'm tired), OR the reach of the 90.

I just never saw the point of the 60.
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