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No problems John. But i had to sit down with my Tamron and explain to him that the bad man was only joking
Comment by Clarky posted on Macro Lens for K10D at 18/11/2007 - 12:21
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A professional friend of mine who has used macro lenses extensively for the past 30 years or more has had many Tamron 90mm f2.5s. He wears them out. He probably has around 3 or 4 Tamrons in the time he still has the original Olympus lenses on the system he uses. The Tamrons are indeed good, and cost effective, but they don't stand up to the professional wear and tear to the same degree as marque lenses.
This is my AF 90mm Tamron 2.5 and i would'nt say it was bulky or heavy and as for build quality its first rate. There is no wobble what so ever in the focusing element and has a very solid feel too it. Length when front element is retracted is 90mm and when fully extended just 120mm and it weighs 475 grams. A very good all round lens in my opinion. Quote:
all I can say is if my Tamron 90mm F2.5 isn't as good as the Pentax 100, then the Pentax 100 must be truely amazing.
It is possibly true that the Pentax is better, but I honistly can't see a way in which it can be better so you'd notice the difference in terms of the final result.
The Tamron 90mm f2.5 is a lens with a well deserved reputation, but the pre-digital ones at least are very bulky and very heavy. I feel the mechanical construction and finish are not quite up to Pentax levels. The results are undeniably very good.all I can say is if my Tamron 90mm F2.5 isn't as good as the Pentax 100, then the Pentax 100 must be truely amazing.
It is possibly true that the Pentax is better, but I honistly can't see a way in which it can be better so you'd notice the difference in terms of the final result.
A professional friend of mine who has used macro lenses extensively for the past 30 years or more has had many Tamron 90mm f2.5s. He wears them out. He probably has around 3 or 4 Tamrons in the time he still has the original Olympus lenses on the system he uses. The Tamrons are indeed good, and cost effective, but they don't stand up to the professional wear and tear to the same degree as marque lenses.
I believe mine was made in the mid to late 80s
Comment by Clarky posted on Macro Lens for K10D at 18/11/2007 - 00:26
My apologies Ratpatch for hijacking your thread it wasn't my intention
Comment by Clarky posted on Travel with K10 at 22/11/2007 - 08:24
This debate could go on forever and still not come to any agreement so i have nothing further to add.
Believe me when i say i agonised over weather i should comment on your post but i felt compelled to do so.
Believe me when i say i agonised over weather i should comment on your post but i felt compelled to do so.
Comment by Clarky posted on Travel with K10 at 22/11/2007 - 06:41
RG
Call me sensitive but i did get my knickers in a twist I for one don't agree with your gun laws (By the way i live in Australia not the UK)
And i believe there are some subjects that should not be open for discussion in a camera forum, gun rights being one.
This is a UK based site with predominately UK members and i believe it naive of you to think it would'nt ruffle a few feathers (or is that what you are hoping to achieve). It may be the normal chat topic on a US based camera forum, who knows but i dont think it appropriate.
Nobody made me the freedom of speech monitor i'm just expressing that freedom by disagreeing with your comments.
You need to learn to take George's sarcasic comments for what they are, Tongue in cheek. And forget about silly little games of one-upmanship.
toothless grinning gun toting Rednecks. You said that not me
Call me sensitive but i did get my knickers in a twist I for one don't agree with your gun laws (By the way i live in Australia not the UK)
And i believe there are some subjects that should not be open for discussion in a camera forum, gun rights being one.
This is a UK based site with predominately UK members and i believe it naive of you to think it would'nt ruffle a few feathers (or is that what you are hoping to achieve). It may be the normal chat topic on a US based camera forum, who knows but i dont think it appropriate.
Nobody made me the freedom of speech monitor i'm just expressing that freedom by disagreeing with your comments.
You need to learn to take George's sarcasic comments for what they are, Tongue in cheek. And forget about silly little games of one-upmanship.
toothless grinning gun toting Rednecks. You said that not me
Comment by Clarky posted on Travel with K10 at 22/11/2007 - 04:25
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Fact is, London is full of thugs.
Fact is, one is 6 times more likely to be mugged in the UK than in
the USA.
Fact is, home burglary rate in the UK is far higher than the USA.
Reason, break into a US home and you more than likely will be shot dead.
Break into a UK home and maybe get invited to stay for dinner !!!!
Much better than defending ones self, after all if you do you will probably get a longer prison sentence than the perp.
Murder rate is very high in the USA. Main reason, gang turf wars (coming to your town soon) The high rate of so called children's deaths from guns is because they include children up to 18 years old in the data, the vast majority are once again gang members.
If all Hispanic and Black gangs evaporated, our gun death rate would drop dramatically.
I have had a CCW Permit for a very long time. We like other carry states have extremely low to non existent rates of permit holders using their weapons without just cause. It is not as was predicted by the weenies, gun fights at the OK Corral.
As far as some piece of garbage surprising terrible gun toting citizens, it's highly unlikely considering most of their IQ levels are probably in the two digits. I know for a fact anyone trying it on this Camera/Gun toting individual would be in for a very nasty lead filled
shock.
I know this is a Photo site, however it makes me sick to my stomach that some people let themselves be victims.
I will now jump off my pulpit.
RG. ( Camera control is like Gun control. Focus and Shoot.)
Posting this rubbish here is out of line and is asking to get people's hackles raised (mine are already) This is a camera forum so take your gun views elsewhere Fact is, London is full of thugs.
Fact is, one is 6 times more likely to be mugged in the UK than in
the USA.
Fact is, home burglary rate in the UK is far higher than the USA.
Reason, break into a US home and you more than likely will be shot dead.
Break into a UK home and maybe get invited to stay for dinner !!!!
Much better than defending ones self, after all if you do you will probably get a longer prison sentence than the perp.
Murder rate is very high in the USA. Main reason, gang turf wars (coming to your town soon) The high rate of so called children's deaths from guns is because they include children up to 18 years old in the data, the vast majority are once again gang members.
If all Hispanic and Black gangs evaporated, our gun death rate would drop dramatically.
I have had a CCW Permit for a very long time. We like other carry states have extremely low to non existent rates of permit holders using their weapons without just cause. It is not as was predicted by the weenies, gun fights at the OK Corral.
As far as some piece of garbage surprising terrible gun toting citizens, it's highly unlikely considering most of their IQ levels are probably in the two digits. I know for a fact anyone trying it on this Camera/Gun toting individual would be in for a very nasty lead filled
shock.
I know this is a Photo site, however it makes me sick to my stomach that some people let themselves be victims.
I will now jump off my pulpit.
RG. ( Camera control is like Gun control. Focus and Shoot.)
George made an off the cuff remark about murder rates and you have taken that oportunity to get on you soapbox and sprout the virtues of gun ownership. Its just looking for an argument if you ask me
Comment by Clarky posted on Travel with K10 at 22/11/2007 - 01:35
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A useful tool is www.toolhaus.org. You can go there, put in an eBayers name and it will give you a consolidated list of all neutrals negs and withdrawn feedback either received or left. It certainly saves sifting through pages and pages of feedback.
Kim
Thanks for that Kim i always grumbled to myself when sifting through feedback and cussing E-bay as too why they don't let you just look at the negs. A useful tool is www.toolhaus.org. You can go there, put in an eBayers name and it will give you a consolidated list of all neutrals negs and withdrawn feedback either received or left. It certainly saves sifting through pages and pages of feedback.
Kim
Comment by Clarky posted on Bad trader warning at 16/11/2007 - 09:22
Seems like you got yourself into a real pickle with this guy
I know there are quite a few suspect sellers on E-bay and you know what the postage will be before paying for it so i believe you just have to hope that they do the right thing and the item gets to you in one piece no matter what they charge. And if you think he over charged you just cross him off your list of preferred sellers in future. He is only hurting himself.
I sold a camera bag to a guy and he paid using Pay Pal i sent him a payment recieved notice and i was going to ship it on the following Monday.
He sent me 3 e-mails over the weekend saying he had accidently paid for the item twice and could i put the cash for the second payment into the bag before i shipped it Yeah right mate AS IF I left an IOU signed by Saddam Hussien in the bag instead
I know there are quite a few suspect sellers on E-bay and you know what the postage will be before paying for it so i believe you just have to hope that they do the right thing and the item gets to you in one piece no matter what they charge. And if you think he over charged you just cross him off your list of preferred sellers in future. He is only hurting himself.
I sold a camera bag to a guy and he paid using Pay Pal i sent him a payment recieved notice and i was going to ship it on the following Monday.
He sent me 3 e-mails over the weekend saying he had accidently paid for the item twice and could i put the cash for the second payment into the bag before i shipped it Yeah right mate AS IF I left an IOU signed by Saddam Hussien in the bag instead
Comment by Clarky posted on Bad trader warning at 16/11/2007 - 00:08
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Are there any nude wedding web sites i wonder : Clarky wrote:
Thanks, Clarky, I'd missed that. What an exciting and stimulating place this is when we're not looking at wedding web sites.Quote:
Ken
George has the link on his post Lilly wrote:
Wow the Switzerland, Aletsch Glacier 3 (Greenpeace) image is amazing, I wonder how long they had to lie there
I'm not familiar with this can you post a link?Wow the Switzerland, Aletsch Glacier 3 (Greenpeace) image is amazing, I wonder how long they had to lie there
Ken
Comment by Clarky posted on Weekly Competition #19 The Monochrome Landscape at 22/11/2007 - 00:23
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Ken
George has the link on his post Lilly wrote:
Wow the Switzerland, Aletsch Glacier 3 (Greenpeace) image is amazing, I wonder how long they had to lie there
I'm not familiar with this can you post a link?Wow the Switzerland, Aletsch Glacier 3 (Greenpeace) image is amazing, I wonder how long they had to lie there
Ken
Comment by Clarky posted on Weekly Competition #19 The Monochrome Landscape at 22/11/2007 - 00:04
