Recent content by Daneel

Thanks Paulie! After a bit of googling it does seem this is normal, I was just surprised as my Tamron 90mm doesn't have that sound on engage/disengage of VC.

Having taken several more shots on my various lenses with different subjects, the difference between phase detect and contrast detect is primarily minor to non-existent. It seems the first few shots I took, for whatever reason, were prone to throwing off phase detect. Unless I'm at 100%, I...

Yes, on a tripod. I'm considering just buying a D7200 so I can use AF adjust.

Hrm, maybe I spoke too soon. I tried my 35mm at f/1.8 again. AF then live view. 18 AF by megapleb, on Flickr 18 LV by megapleb, on Flickr

The lens is certainly sharper when stopped down, but I assumed that was because the larger DoF helped cover up the lack of focus accuracy? Also, at the same f stop, as illustrated above, in live-view the image is sharp.

Hi Chris, I'm fairly new to this and am not sure what you mean?

Can anyone with one of these comment on the sound VC makes? The VC on my Tamron 90mm is quiet through the engage, on, disengage cycle. The 70-300 however makes a sound I don't like on engage / disengage. Here's a recording. https://soundcloud.com/daneels-1/tamron-70-300mm-vc-sound

Not in a reasonable time frame, no. I've had the lens for two weeks already so don't want to leave it much longer if I'm going to return it.

I bought from Amazon so return shouldn't be a problem, though I'm very impressed with the rest of the performance of the lens so though having AF adjusted might be a better option.

If my camera allowed AF adjustments, I'd agree with you, but as it doesn't I'm stuck. The lens is fine for macro where I'm manually focusing anyway, but I chose this lens because I thought it would be useful for portraits. With AF as it is, that second use is much more difficult.

Thanks for your reply :) I did that this morning with all my lenses. Most showed no difference, one showed a very minor difference. The 90mm was the only one with a significant issue.

My Tamron 90mm, bought new two weeks ago, has a pretty bad front/back focusing issue. I took the same shot (on a tripod) several times in normal focus mode and in live view. The results below were consistent and the difference is not subtle. Is this bad enough to return the lens, or should I...

I made my first attempt at taking pictures of animals today, and the results were pretty bad. There's not a single shot that looks properly in focus, either that or I'm just spoilt with my macro lens and am used to far greater sharpness. A couple of shots: Duck 1 by megapleb, on Flickr...

Focus lock was on. I didn't know the switch existed :)

No I didn't, but then I didn't for the D5500 either and it seemed more intuitive to use. My plan with the D5500 was to start there, and if I really enjoyed photography, for that to become my back-up body while I moved to something more capable like the D750. I am enjoying photography and being...