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Summer flowers (with 50-200)

Started Jun 11, 2013 | Discussions
de_klaas Senior Member • Posts: 1,363
Summer flowers (with 50-200)
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I bought the 50-200 mainly to get some nice snapshots of the kids but I hoped it would be ok for flowers as well. Of course it isn't half as good as a real macro lens for a subject like that and I know I won't be able to get really close, but I like to shoot more distant shots as wel, focusing more on the mood than on the details. Yesterday we had a nice evening and I got out to see if the lens would fulfill it's secondary purpose. I got home with some keepers so it didn't disappoint me

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tecnoworld
tecnoworld Veteran Member • Posts: 7,232
Re: Summer flowers (with 50-200)

The lens is a bit slow for kids, but perfect for flowers, as your gorgeous shots suggest. I love the light and the atmosphere! Bravo!!

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monkeybrain Regular Member • Posts: 424
Re: Summer flowers (with 50-200)

Really lovely light and colours! How close can you get with the 50-200?

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timedrun Contributing Member • Posts: 683
Re: Summer flowers (with 50-200)
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Very nice, you have captured atmosphere.

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OP de_klaas Senior Member • Posts: 1,363
Re: Summer flowers (with 50-200)

tecnoworld wrote:

The lens is a bit slow for kids, but perfect for flowers, as your gorgeous shots suggest. I love the light and the atmosphere! Bravo!!

Thanks! The AF of this lens is indeed quite slow. I'll have to pick my moment when i shoot the kids

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OP de_klaas Senior Member • Posts: 1,363
Re: Summer flowers (with 50-200)

monkeybrain wrote:

Really lovely light and colours! How close can you get with the 50-200?

Thanks you! According to Samsung the minimum focus distance is 0.98m, which seems correct.

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