Hello Tammy

Bought a new lens tonight for my dSLR. Tamron 17-50mm f2.8. I’ve been wanting something for a while that would go a bit wider while still keep on an open aperture and also don’t want to change lenses that much so think it was a good buy.

Did some testing after I bought it. Want to do more street photography but it’s something I’m not particularly good at. There were a few shots I missed from just being too slow, not having balls or being noticed when I didn’t want to be. Oh well.

Think I might fall in love with the lens though. While it’s not that interesting of a shot there’s something about the crispness in the third shot that I’m really impressed by. The f2.8 had no problems shooting on the streets at night either. 800ISO with a nice fast shutterspeed.
Lighting isn’t photoshopped btw. B&W or colour. dunno what i prefer:





Posted: June 22nd, 2007
at 10:09pm by tim


Categories: archive, japan, japan photos, photos

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  1. I prefer the colour.

    Nice shots.

    rotub 23 Jun 07 at 2:14 pm

     

  2. think i agree

    thanks

    tim 23 Jun 07 at 2:17 pm

     

  3. Holy shmozzle time. Shots 3-5 look incredible. So incredible that I may want shot 5 as a print.

    Johnny 24 Jun 07 at 12:20 pm

     

  4. Yo Tim,
    Shots looking killer as always. Have to agree and say the colour one, but only by a whisker. Hope things are swell mate, I’m madly mixing tunes for an August release!
    Cheers.

    Tom 24 Jun 07 at 8:24 pm

     

  5. J: print offer is expired. i’ll swap you something for it though. msn me.

    T: good to hear from you. good luck with the release and lettuce know how it goes. start a blog already! you’re already on the myspace bandwagon. jooooiiiiiinnnnn uuusssssssss.

    tim 25 Jun 07 at 1:38 am

     

  6. really digging numbers 2 and 5. Nice work!

    BTW, we met at the last Cafe Pause. You going to the next one?

    Josh 25 Jun 07 at 9:47 am

     

  7. hi tim,

    wonderful shots. #3 and #4 are my pick of the lot!

    gautam chintamani 25 Jun 07 at 12:03 pm

     

  8. haha. damn, guess a good shot may be subjective.

    josh, thanks and yep will be there

    tim 25 Jun 07 at 12:35 pm

     

  9. I picked up a Tamron 17-50 2.8 lenses a few weeks ago… it rapidly became my favorite (at half the price of the Nikon version).

    I have to go against the other commenters… shot 1 has such a classic feel that it would be my pick, but the rest are all interesting shots worth a second and third look.

    Robert 26 Jun 07 at 11:15 am

     

  10. Great stuff, Tim! For me, shot 2 is what it’s all about - although the detail in shot 3 holds my attention. Let’s have some more when you can!

    Mat 27 Jun 07 at 7:40 pm

     


 

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