Over a year ago I bought the Tamron 17-50mm f2.8 lens. I’ve wanted a fast zoom lens for a long time but I could not justify the purchase of the Nikon 17-55mm f2.8 nor did i rally want to lug around a large lens. So, for a lot less money I purchased the Tamron. I’ve been pleased with it. I like it’s smaller size and enjoy the 2.8 aperture. The extra stop of light adds one brush to our palette for creative images. I found myself using it for almost all my work and decided to sell my Nikon 18-200mm VR lens. After sock stuffing a few dollars for about six months I purchased the 50mm f1.4 lens, another brush to work with.
When I purchased the used D300 as my backup I also bought the 18-70mm kit lens. I always read good reviews about this lens and thought why not, expecting to use it for my landscape and nature images. I don’t know if I have a bad lens but it sure has a lot of difficulty auto-focusing. It’s so frustrating I’ve put on the shelf. It may be that the faster glass has spoiled me.
I’m liking being spoiled!
10 Comments
Earl
A beautiful scene we’ve not yet experienced here this winter. I agree it’s easy to get spoiled by fast lens.
Monte Stevens
My G12 has a pretty fast lens also. Now that Nikon has this new 85 mm f1.8 AFS lens would really make my bag special. Can you tell I’m already lusting?
Anita Jesse
Nothing at all wrong with getting spoiled. Except that it is expensive. Once I bought that first Canon L lens, I was ruined. I just can’t talk myself into going back now. Still, I am not complaining. Being spoiled has its good points. Enjoy it, Monte.
Monte Stevens
Thanks, Anita! We are spoiled!
Mark
I can relate, once you have tasted the faster AF and nice options with shallow DOF in fast glass, it is really hard to go back. It is an expensive taste to develop though. 🙂
Monte Stevens
The expense is worth it.
Paul
Being spoiled is not overrated. 🙂 A good lens, sharp lens with a nice wide aperture is hard to beat. Sometimes, but not often, I miss my 80-200 f/2.8. It was heavy, but let me tell you, it was hard to beat!
Monte Stevens
Same here. I owned the Sigma 70-200mm f2.8 lens a few years ago and loved it. I just did not want to carry it around.
Ken Bello
Now you have me wondering. Oh, if only my pockets were a little deeper. I may have to look into this further after my next camera purchase.
Monte Stevens
Not only that but this new Fujifilm x-Pro1 has my attention. That looks like a sweet outfit. May have sell one of my kids.