Thanks for that Roger - I was beginning to think I was the only person who
had seen one. ($175 for a 4Ti - good grief!). The lack of a tripod mount
does bother me, especially with the SP doubler although it is very light -
I've been thinking of custom building one but it's hard to find a place to
position even a thin ring clamp.
On the Tamron topic, a friend showed me some portraits he'd done with his
old Tam. 80-200mm (?) on a Yashica FX-D. Worst bokeh I've ever seen on a
non-mirror - not quite doughnuts but certainly bright, circular splodges.
I'm about to borrow a Tamron 200-400mmAF on a N*kon for a play; I'll see
how that compares!
AndrewF
>Hi Andrew
>
>I bought a 300/5.6 SP last year at the same time as I bought my 4Ti. Funnily
>enough I paid about $115US for the lens, and $175US for the 4Ti. The lens
>worked
>pretty well, and test shots were fine, but I sold it because I reckoned that I
>would not use it enough. Subsequently I have changed my mind, and
>currently own
>a Tamron 350/5.6 mirror with 2X extender, a Tamron 60-300/3.8-5.4 Macro, and a
>Zuiko 85-250/5. The 60-300 has very useful macro capabilities to 1:1.55, but
>lacks a tripod mount. Good for hand-held butterfly pictures though.
>
>mvh / regards
>Roger Key
>
>
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>
>I've got a Tamron SP 300/5.6 Macro (not a mirror) which I haven't got
>around to using yet but it is lightweight (58mm filter) and has the matched
>SP doubler. Never seen the SP Macro version before and Bob Monaghan's 3rd
>Party site doesn't list it. I got it literally the week before my Zuiko
>300/4.5 so it got shelved. Anyone used one? Worth keeping?
>AndrewF
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