thiefofpresence

Based on your description, you are not trying what was recommended. Find the "Recall Custom Hold" function as what you can assign a button to. You will not experience any messages such as you ...

Under other circumstances, I might care who likes my post, who responds and how quickly they respond. They say the brains reaction to receiving social media praise releases oxytocin and can be ...

I appreciated the shared images. And yes I often turn away from social media for days at a time without being able to continuously monitor and respond. You'd simply be amazed how long the list of ...

How many street photographers went around shooting with 28mm regularly? Garry Winnograd, Bruce Gilden, a lot I think. That's my reasoning. I am covered taking 28mm street shots with the Tamron, ...

Tamron ranges f/2.8 to f/4 through the 27 to 56mm range. It then ramps gradually hitting f/5.6 at 150mm through the 200mm end of the range. Yes, its basically a tradeoff I was willing to make, ...

The conversation that has ensued from this question has not disappointed. Lots of interesting takes on the subject. I decided to pickup Sigma 14-24, which joins my Sigma 24-70 and Tamron 70-180 in ...

Yes, typically either a Sigma 24-70 or more recently, a Tamron 28-200 I suppose when I don't want it, it would be annoying and yet I might actually like it for the drama of some shots. not yet... I ...

I certainly could not go wrong with that choice, but have to consider the Tamron and Sigma options, given the Wide zoom is the last of my kit adds (reflecting its priority in my shooting) Yes I ...

So did I, but I think with Tamron 28-200 in my kit, I might be trading in the 24-105 because of the overlap and the compromise which I personally find favorable having 200 at a twist of the wrist. ...

I've never been one to get much "all in one" value our of trinity zooms, so I end up having to do some lens switching. Still the 16-35 range would come close to all-in-one, starting at ...

Agreed. I guess for BIF I have shutter speeds at 1/1250 or faster, and for perched subjects I have Aperture Priority choosing speeds at 2 stops over (“faster”), I rarely  experience problems. if ...

Yes sir. Still taking walks with a mask on.

Both. Admittedly, quite the excess, but when I am birding, I absolutely positively want 200-600 and have the 1.4x extender for applications where that matters. But for a "midrange" / "walkabout" ...

Yes I have quite the telephoto range obsession in part of my practice. As you know, in the COVID era, 85 is the new 35 . . . #socialdistancing The other factor is still versus video, when you pan a ...

Frankly if the use case was that specialized, then a 14mm or 12mm prime might be more the ticket. But theses zooms have a range, and therefore kick in value across the focal length spectrum they offer.

That's my default configuration. Manual exposure mode, manual focus, no AF on shutter AF-On <button> = Custom Hold 1 = AF-C + AF On + AF Area: Tracking-FlexSpot-Small AEL <button> = Custom Hold 2 = ...

With a fairly complete lens lineup, the last slot unfilled* is a lens in the role of wide-zoom. I'm reaching out for experiences with this choices which I think breaks down into roughly 4 groups of ...

Having had the 85 GM and FE 85/1.8, I find that with firmware at latest update, it genuinely performs at native speeds. Its taken Samyang a few generations, but its seems like since the AF 85/1.4, ...

I have the Tamron 70-180 and FE 200-600 but still think 100-400 is a great walkabout zoom when I wouldn’t want to lug 200-600 around (as I always would for birding) That said 135 GM is just a lens ...

No you were being slow, because the sarcasm of MY OWN statement (that I didn't want to be bothered with pesky crop factor considerations) was sarcasm that went flying over your head. But proceed...