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<blockquote data-quote="Geoffc" data-source="post: 266590" data-attributes="member: 8705">Re: I am pathetic!!Glenn, I suspect the collection will continue to grow over time, heck if I didn't spend my money on women, cars and cameras I'd only waste it!! In reality a macro lens is the only lens that can do macro so it's a must have in the bag if you ever do that sort of thing, which I do. We already have the Tamron 90mm in the house but I didn't want to resort to fighting my wife for it on a trip we have planned later in the year.As for the 2x TC I tried it last night. It only interests me as a 210mm macro, not for general photography, as the 70-200 is much better. My initial view was that I will probably use it to increase the camera subject distance rather than double the image size to 2:1. I did try 2:1 last night but the DOF is so small it's hard to tell where you focused. I think the TC also gives a little purple fringing as it does on the 70-200. At 1:1 distance the result looks promising and I will revisit 2:1 when I have a suitable subject.The bare lens, as you'd expect is so sharp, however the Tamron was also very good. I'm not even going to bother testing them against each other.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Geoffc, post: 266590, member: 8705"] [b]Re: I am pathetic!![/b] Glenn, I suspect the collection will continue to grow over time, heck if I didn't spend my money on women, cars and cameras I'd only waste it!! In reality a macro lens is the only lens that can do macro so it's a must have in the bag if you ever do that sort of thing, which I do. We already have the Tamron 90mm in the house but I didn't want to resort to fighting my wife for it on a trip we have planned later in the year. As for the 2x TC I tried it last night. It only interests me as a 210mm macro, not for general photography, as the 70-200 is much better. My initial view was that I will probably use it to increase the camera subject distance rather than double the image size to 2:1. I did try 2:1 last night but the DOF is so small it's hard to tell where you focused. I think the TC also gives a little purple fringing as it does on the 70-200. At 1:1 distance the result looks promising and I will revisit 2:1 when I have a suitable subject. The bare lens, as you'd expect is so sharp, however the Tamron was also very good. I'm not even going to bother testing them against each other. [/QUOTE]

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