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<blockquote data-quote="piperbarb" data-source="post: 132483" data-attributes="member: 12214">4-1-13:Over the weekend I dug out a Tamron 80-210 zoom lens (non-autofocus) I bought during the dark ages of the last century.&nbsp; I purchased this lens way back in the early 1980s when I was working in a camera shop while in graduate school.&nbsp; I used it a lot before, but haven't used in over 3 years.&nbsp; I never used it with the D3000 because, even in manual, metering is a pain.&nbsp;&nbsp; I decided to see how it would work with the D7000.&nbsp; The only weird thing is that the metering does not show accurately what the f-stop is, but I could pretty much figure it out.&nbsp; Exposures came out okay.&nbsp; All were shot at ISO 400.&nbsp; None of the images were cropped, and only the photo of the crow in the tree, and of my Spousal Unit, Gary, had much post-processing, mainly contrast or exposure adjustments.&nbsp;I was very surprised how well some of my photos came out.&nbsp; Below are a few samples.This one of the crow was shot at f/5.6 or f/8 and 210 mm.[ATTACH]31621[/ATTACH]This dead tree was was shot at 80 mm, but I am not sure what the aperture was, but most likely f/8.[ATTACH]31622[/ATTACH]This one, of Spousal Unit was hand-held, wide open (f/4) at 210 mm.&nbsp; I did have to tweak exposure and contrast somewhat to get it to look like I wanted it to.&nbsp; I focused on the corner edge of the rim of Gary's glasses.[ATTACH]31623[/ATTACH]The next 2 were of the same moss (yes, green stuff is growing!!!) and f/6.3210mm[ATTACH]31624[/ATTACH]80mm[ATTACH]31625[/ATTACH]Comments gladly welcome.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="piperbarb, post: 132483, member: 12214"] 4-1-13: Over the weekend I dug out a Tamron 80-210 zoom lens (non-autofocus) I bought during the dark ages of the last century. I purchased this lens way back in the early 1980s when I was working in a camera shop while in graduate school. I used it a lot before, but haven't used in over 3 years. I never used it with the D3000 because, even in manual, metering is a pain. I decided to see how it would work with the D7000. The only weird thing is that the metering does not show accurately what the f-stop is, but I could pretty much figure it out. Exposures came out okay. All were shot at ISO 400. None of the images were cropped, and only the photo of the crow in the tree, and of my Spousal Unit, Gary, had much post-processing, mainly contrast or exposure adjustments. I was very surprised how well some of my photos came out. Below are a few samples. This one of the crow was shot at f/5.6 or f/8 and 210 mm. [ATTACH=CONFIG]31621._xfImport[/ATTACH] This dead tree was was shot at 80 mm, but I am not sure what the aperture was, but most likely f/8. [ATTACH=CONFIG]31622._xfImport[/ATTACH] This one, of Spousal Unit was hand-held, wide open (f/4) at 210 mm. I did have to tweak exposure and contrast somewhat to get it to look like I wanted it to. I focused on the corner edge of the rim of Gary's glasses. [ATTACH=CONFIG]31623._xfImport[/ATTACH] The next 2 were of the same moss (yes, green stuff is growing!!!) and f/6.3 210mm [ATTACH=CONFIG]31624._xfImport[/ATTACH] 80mm [ATTACH=CONFIG]31625._xfImport[/ATTACH] Comments gladly welcome. [/QUOTE]

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