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I had a few minutes today, so I went down to the "river" to test out the Tamron 15-30 against the Nikon 16-35. I also brought along the 150-600 since I haven't had any time to test that out either. Anyway, when I first got the 15-30, I pulled it out and took a few interior shots with it and...

In case anyone was wondering how it compared size-wise to a few different lenses. From left to right: Nikon 24-120/f4, Nikon 16-35/f4, Tamron 15-30/f2.8, Tamron 70-200/2.8, Tamron 150-600 From left to right: 670g, 680g, 1100g, 1470g, 1950g It definitely feels lighter than the 70-200, and...

I had my Tamron 70-200/2.8 VC sitting next to my Nikon 70-200/4 this weekend. After holding them, staring at them & giving them way too much thought, I've decided to rid myself of the Nikon. My original plan was to keep it for those times when the slightly lower weight might be useful. In all...

These are really bad, but I did want to share my thoughts on shooting soccer. I was standing up in the last row of bleacher seats, so I really couldn't zoom in on much unless it was on the sideline closest to me. I also have to shoot with both eyes open, otherwise I'll lose out on where the...

Just a guess, but even those who clamor for weather sealing probably never put it to the test & put the cameras away with the first drop of rain. I can't see how this won't be a problem.

Eating my food at 10,000 ft, with the f4.

For those not in the know, the Pentax K-3 is their newest flagship 24mp DX offering. This site has some pretty strong claims, but how valid are they? What do you think?Nikon D600 vs. Pentax K-3 Image Comparison: Pentax Sweeps Nikon I really like the Pentax K-5, K-5 II and the new K-3...

frtorres87: I didn't even think to check for vignetting. I just loaded them up into LR and applied a number of adjustments across the board, one of which was the lens correction. Also, I cropped pretty much every single one of them in Photoshop because there were just too many stray arms...