Ralph McKenzie

Exactly how and why I use zooms exclusively. If you have to faff about and consider DOF and all the other math being sullied around here its highly likely your image is gone, especially if you are ...

Holy crap I nearly drowned in my coffee reading the above line :) Not a fan of popcorn so I broke out a huge bag of potato chips :) Having read through most of the posts on this thread I find I ...

As I said earlier, you are better to use Stellarium than this app. When I looked at the specific map list on the app website I found this: (1) New Zealand Milky Way Calendar (Milford Sound) – Latitude 44ºS

That sounds like Northern Hemisphere time. Currently the best hours in NZ are from 6.30 PM to 6.30 AM The images should be relatively accurate depending upon how well constructed the app is. I ...

Thanks for the feedback. Pretty much convinced that this is the all purpose lens I will settle on.

Thanks VanA, It seems like it would be a good addition for my rig, and apart from the 55-250 STM which I have had in the past appears to be the closet match in performance to the STM lens.

Thanks Digi. I get the feeling that the multi purpose telephoto lenses dont get as much consideration as perhaps they should. If like me you are on a very tight budget buying a bag full of primes ...

I'm looking at the Tamron 18-270 mm telephoto lens as an all purpose walk about lens. Anyone here currently using one, and if so what do you think of it? http://akiwiretrospective.com/ Fuji ...