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toni-a · 09-23-2018, 08:21 PM

BTW anyone has an idea about the G1 ??? is it worth getting ?

davidmanze · (This post was last modified: 09-24-2018, 07:46 AM by davidmanze.)

(09-23-2018, 08:21 PM)toni-a Wrote: BTW anyone has an idea about the G1 ??? is it worth getting ?

No! How simple do you want it?

JJ_SO · 09-24-2018, 09:27 AM

dave, did you ever try the 100-400? Today Tamron just released a new firmware for it, so I'm really looking forward to update my lens. I also have the 150-600, but the shorter one I do take more often (although it's not enough FL for small birds, but that goes as well for 600 - the smaller the bird, the longer the FL should be).

toni-a · 09-24-2018, 09:56 AM

(09-24-2018, 07:35 AM)davidmanze Wrote:
(09-23-2018, 08:21 PM)toni-a Wrote: BTW anyone has an idea about the G1 ??? is it worth getting ?

No! How simple do you want it?

Many thanks that's exactly what I did.
Only if this lens was on rental here , since I would need it for a maximum of 2 weekends a year during the season of migratory birds, I guess I must do with my 70-300 for the moment

davidmanze · 09-24-2018, 10:36 AM

(09-24-2018, 09:27 AM)JJ_SO Wrote: dave, did you ever try the 100-400? Today Tamron just released a new firmware for it, so I'm really looking forward to update my lens. I also have the 150-600, but the shorter one I do take more often (although it's not enough FL for small birds, but that goes as well for 600 - the smaller the bird, the longer the FL should be).

I spend too much time cropping to think about going to a shorter zoom range..........

...........but it does look like another good lens.........

........probably ideal for Florida......where the birds have very little fear of humans.....

JJ_SO · (This post was last modified: 09-24-2018, 10:52 AM by JJ_SO.)

Or the crocs are big enough... cropping croc. After this lens came to me, the Fuji 100-400 became more and more unemployed and had to go to the 2nd hand market. The buyer faced the same difficulties with it - and I use the 100-400 Tamron in DX mode not only for birds. Better said "hardly ever"...

JJ_SO · 09-24-2018, 06:16 PM

Just updated the firmware. Takes much longer than any Sigma firmware (roughly 5-7 minutes), am not used to this long times.

But the result is: Before I could handheld 400 mm down 1/20, now it goes down to 1/10. Focus might be a bit snappier (tried in a dim room). It was already good before, but now it's really speedy and precise. Well done, Tamron.

davidmanze · 09-25-2018, 08:35 AM

(09-24-2018, 06:16 PM)JJ_SO Wrote: Just updated the firmware. Takes much longer than any Sigma firmware (roughly 5-7 minutes), am not used to this long times.

But the result is: Before I could handheld 400 mm down 1/20, now it goes down to 1/10. Focus might be a bit snappier (tried in a dim room). It was already good before, but now it's really speedy and precise. Well done, Tamron.

A result!