Re: Photography thread 11.02 : Tue Nov 20, 2012 9:18 am  

At the end of last year I purchased a Nikon D3100 with the aim of getting in to photography. As it was relatively cheap and was a beginners SLR complete with guide I thought it would be the best suited to my needs. Unfortunately between work, getting married and having a baby all within a few months of buying the camera I haven't really had the opportunity to take many photo's with my new gadget. I'm now finding myself with a bit more time on my hands to play around and, as the missus is pestering me for Christmas present ideas I thought I would look in to getting a new lens. However, I'm not sure what to get. Budget not being massive (more than likely around £100, but under would be better!) I have found the following two. Link 1 Link 2 I like to take close ups of flowers, bugs etc. But also take the usual portrait of the baby and anything I see out and about. Would anyone be able to give me some advice on which to get, either between the two links or if anyone can recommend any others. I would be most grateful

At the end of last year I purchased a Nikon D3100 with the aim of getting in to photography. As it was relatively cheap and was a beginners SLR complete with guide I thought it would be the best suited to my needs. Unfortunately between work, getting married and having a baby all within a few months of buying the camera I haven't really had the opportunity to take many photo's with my new gadget. I'm now finding myself with a bit more time on my hands to play around and, as the missus is pestering me for Christmas present ideas I thought I would look in to getting a new lens. However, I'm not sure what to get. Budget not being massive (more than likely around £100, but under would be better!) I have found the following two. Link 1 Link 2 I like to take close ups of flowers, bugs etc. But also take the usual portrait of the baby and anything I see out and about. Would anyone be able to give me some advice on which to get, either between the two links or if anyone can recommend any others. I would be most grateful

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Re: Photography thread 11.02 : Tue Nov 20, 2012 10:44 am  

Speaking of new lenses, I recently got my dad a Tamron 70-300mm lens for his Nikon D5000 - but when I took it to his this week to give to him and start using, it wouldn't work!

The lens connected to the camera with no probs, but nothing happens when you turn the camera on - nothing on the display or nothing when you press the shutter button to take a pic...

Anyone know why?? :/

Re: Photography thread 11.02 : Tue Nov 20, 2012 11:42 am  

Your battery is flat.

Re: Photography thread 11.02 : Tue Nov 20, 2012 12:00 pm  

Ferocious Aardvark wrote:

Your battery is flat.

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Re: Photography thread 11.02 : Tue Nov 20, 2012 12:47 pm  

Ferocious Aardvark wrote:

Your battery is flat.

Comedy genius!!

Re: Photography thread 11.02 : Tue Nov 20, 2012 12:56 pm  

Mike Oxlong wrote:

Speaking of new lenses, I recently got my dad a Tamron 70-300mm lens for his Nikon D5000 - but when I took it to his this week to give to him and start using, it wouldn't work!

The lens connected to the camera with no probs, but nothing happens when you turn the camera on - nothing on the display or nothing when you press the shutter button to take a pic...

Anyone know why?? :/

Contact Tamron for any known issues, they do not licence the technology from Nikon (or Canon for that matter) they reverse engineer, a new(ish) camera may cause issues with older lenses.

Same happens with Sigma to a certain extent, I've a Sigma 70-200mm f2.8 that won't talk to my Canon 7D.

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Re: Photography thread 11.02 : Tue Nov 20, 2012 2:09 pm  

Big Graeme wrote:

Mike Oxlong wrote:

Speaking of new lenses, I recently got my dad a Tamron 70-300mm lens for his Nikon D5000 - but when I took it to his this week to give to him and start using, it wouldn't work!

The lens connected to the camera with no probs, but nothing happens when you turn the camera on - nothing on the display or nothing when you press the shutter button to take a pic...

Anyone know why?? :/

Contact Tamron for any known issues, they do not licence the technology from Nikon (or Canon for that matter) they reverse engineer, a new(ish) camera may cause issues with older lenses.

Same happens with Sigma to a certain extent, I've a Sigma 70-200mm f2.8 that won't talk to my Canon 7D.

The lens is newer that the camera, in fact it was only purchased last weekend and tried out on Monday night!!!

Re: Photography thread 11.02 : Tue Nov 20, 2012 2:16 pm  

Mike Oxlong wrote:

The lens is newer that the camera, in fact it was only purchased last weekend and tried out on Monday night!!!

But Tamron have been selling that lens for 3 years.

Re: Photography thread 11.02 : Wed Nov 21, 2012 3:45 pm  

casman2 wrote: At the end of last year I purchased a Nikon D3100 with the aim of getting in to photography. As it was relatively cheap and was a beginners SLR complete with guide I thought it would be the best suited to my needs. Unfortunately between work, getting married and having a baby all within a few months of buying the camera I haven't really had the opportunity to take many photo's with my new gadget. I'm now finding myself with a bit more time on my hands to play around and, as the missus is pestering me for Christmas present ideas I thought I would look in to getting a new lens. However, I'm not sure what to get. Budget not being massive (more than likely around £100, but under would be better!) I have found the following two. Link 1 Link 2 I like to take close ups of flowers, bugs etc. But also take the usual portrait of the baby and anything I see out and about. Would anyone be able to give me some advice on which to get, either between the two links or if anyone can recommend any others. I would be most grateful I looked at several 70-300mm lenses in a price range I could afford (lower end have F4.5/5.6 as largest aperture) for my Pentax, I looked at performance tests and in most the Sigma came out very well, so I bought the 70-300mm APO Macro and it works very well. One point I will make is that I looked at it new for around £150 and actually got it off E-bay for £83. They come up regularly.

casman2 wrote: At the end of last year I purchased a Nikon D3100 with the aim of getting in to photography. As it was relatively cheap and was a beginners SLR complete with guide I thought it would be the best suited to my needs. Unfortunately between work, getting married and having a baby all within a few months of buying the camera I haven't really had the opportunity to take many photo's with my new gadget. I'm now finding myself with a bit more time on my hands to play around and, as the missus is pestering me for Christmas present ideas I thought I would look in to getting a new lens. However, I'm not sure what to get. Budget not being massive (more than likely around £100, but under would be better!) I have found the following two. Link 1 Link 2 I like to take close ups of flowers, bugs etc. But also take the usual portrait of the baby and anything I see out and about. Would anyone be able to give me some advice on which to get, either between the two links or if anyone can recommend any others. I would be most grateful I looked at several 70-300mm lenses in a price range I could afford (lower end have F4.5/5.6 as largest aperture) for my Pentax, I looked at performance tests and in most the Sigma came out very well, so I bought the 70-300mm APO Macro and it works very well. One point I will make is that I looked at it new for around £150 and actually got it off E-bay for £83. They come up regularly.

Re: Photography thread 11.02 : Wed Nov 21, 2012 4:06 pm  

casman2 wrote: At the end of last year I purchased a Nikon D3100 with the aim of getting in to photography. As it was relatively cheap and was a beginners SLR complete with guide I thought it would be the best suited to my needs. Unfortunately between work, getting married and having a baby all within a few months of buying the camera I haven't really had the opportunity to take many photo's with my new gadget. I'm now finding myself with a bit more time on my hands to play around and, as the missus is pestering me for Christmas present ideas I thought I would look in to getting a new lens. However, I'm not sure what to get. Budget not being massive (more than likely around £100, but under would be better!) I have found the following two. Link 1 Link 2 I like to take close ups of flowers, bugs etc. But also take the usual portrait of the baby and anything I see out and about. Would anyone be able to give me some advice on which to get, either between the two links or if anyone can recommend any others. I would be most grateful You want to take photos of things close up but link to two 70-300mm lenses, I think you are buying into lens company hype with this macro tag, all it means to them is you can get a little closer to the thing you are photographing, my old Sigma 70-200 f2.8 is tagged as a macro lens because the minimum focal length is under 1 METRE!!! The Sigma 50mm f2.8 macro is a cracking lens that you can pick up reasonably cheap on eBay, you get true macro ability and it doubles as a half decent 50mm portrait lens.

casman2 wrote: At the end of last year I purchased a Nikon D3100 with the aim of getting in to photography. As it was relatively cheap and was a beginners SLR complete with guide I thought it would be the best suited to my needs. Unfortunately between work, getting married and having a baby all within a few months of buying the camera I haven't really had the opportunity to take many photo's with my new gadget. I'm now finding myself with a bit more time on my hands to play around and, as the missus is pestering me for Christmas present ideas I thought I would look in to getting a new lens. However, I'm not sure what to get. Budget not being massive (more than likely around £100, but under would be better!) I have found the following two. Link 1 Link 2 I like to take close ups of flowers, bugs etc. But also take the usual portrait of the baby and anything I see out and about. Would anyone be able to give me some advice on which to get, either between the two links or if anyone can recommend any others. I would be most grateful You want to take photos of things close up but link to two 70-300mm lenses, I think you are buying into lens company hype with this macro tag, all it means to them is you can get a little closer to the thing you are photographing, my old Sigma 70-200 f2.8 is tagged as a macro lens because the minimum focal length is under 1 METRE!!! The Sigma 50mm f2.8 macro is a cracking lens that you can pick up reasonably cheap on eBay, you get true macro ability and it doubles as a half decent 50mm portrait lens.