Photography Shoutbox

[hiddengamer7]

I bet you do. I just found another old Olympus camera in my basement, this one had an old Tokina zoom lens and another 50mm F/1.8, I now have like 4 different brands/mounts of nifty fiftys.

 

[Raul]

quick question guys!.....are telephoto lenses faster than kit lenses/prime lenses? i noticed that my 55-200mm lens focuses faster than 18-70mm lens and shoots faster too.

 

[Red02Accordv6_2]

when people talk about a "fast" lens, they're referring to maximum aperture size. A bigger aperture allows for a faster shutter speed in the same light. Primes are almost always MUCH faster than telephoto zooms.

 

[Raul]

when people talk about a "fast" lens, they're referring to maximum aperture size. A bigger aperture allows for a faster shutter speed in the same light. Primes are almost always MUCH faster than telephoto zooms.

I am still not sure why my telephoto lens focuses faster than the kit lens. Hmm...there are so many telephoto lenses in ebay. All of them are for 150-400$ and they have manual focus only. Are they any good?

 

[finch13]

Different lenses focus faster than others... Has a lot to do with the cameras AF system and the motor drive in the lens.

The cheap teles aren't that great... I have a tamron 28-300 and its a hair above complete junk, in fact, I never use it anymore. Generally, they all probably have a maximum aperture of 5.6 or 6.3 at its maximum focal length which is really only usable in direct sunlight at ISO 100

If you want a cheap, but excellent telephoto lens, snatch up a canon 70-200 f/4 non-IS. They're like $650 brand new and cheaper used

 

[hiddengamer7]

Raul actually uses a Sony A300? I dont know much about Sony lenses, but I would assume that they should have something pretty comparable to the 70-200 series lenses.

 

[ryan s]

sony lures you in with cheap bodies then bends you over for lenses. no offense intended...its just how it is.

now...since you have an alpha/minolta MD mount, you have few options due to the register distance of the lenses (from the rear of the glass to the sensor. too great or little distance messes up the focusing).

i really dont mind manual focus myself...so...if i were you, i'd keep a lookout for sony/minolta brand lenses and pass on sigmas and tamrons, unless the tamron is an adaptall SP.

also, i would avoid most manual focus zooms, since most were the "first" of their kind and not very good. the tamron adaptall SP line of manual zooms are extremely good, though.

i dont know how long you want to go, but here are some 300s
http://cgi.ebay.com/Konica-Minolta-...nses?hash=item2a00ed6049&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14
(most likely a tamron-designed lens) http://cgi.ebay.com/MINOLTA-MD-TELE...nses?hash=item35a366bc4a&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

you also might have to check around the net to make sure your camera can meter with no electronic connection to the lens.

 

[Nismode]

Messed around with a cheap strobist setup to do some self-portraits...results later...

 

[Fundillo]

Messed around with a cheap strobist setup to do some self-portraits...results later...

cheap setups ftw!
wall=free
paint=dont even remember
WIN

 

[Raul]

sony lures you in with cheap bodies then bends you over for lenses. no offense intended...its just how it is.

now...since you have an alpha/minolta MD mount, you have few options due to the register distance of the lenses (from the rear of the glass to the sensor. too great or little distance messes up the focusing).

i really dont mind manual focus myself...so...if i were you, i'd keep a lookout for sony/minolta brand lenses and pass on sigmas and tamrons, unless the tamron is an adaptall SP.

also, i would avoid most manual focus zooms, since most were the "first" of their kind and not very good. the tamron adaptall SP line of manual zooms are extremely good, though.

i dont know how long you want to go, but here are some 300s
http://cgi.ebay.com/Konica-Minolta-...nses?hash=item2a00ed6049&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14
(most likely a tamron-designed lens) http://cgi.ebay.com/MINOLTA-MD-TELE...nses?hash=item35a366bc4a&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

you also might have to check around the net to make sure your camera can meter with no electronic connection to the lens.

thanks for the help ryan . im also looking around for minolta af 50mm f1.7 lens. whenever i bid on that lens, right away ppl outbid me!

edit: here are some pics i took with my 55-200 lens. What do you guys think?
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