New Camera

[tjudy]

I bought a Nikon D80, a Nikon 18-55mm telephoto lens, a Tamron 90mm macro lens, and a SB-600 flash today. Here are the first so-so images taken with the Tamron lens. It took me an hour just to figure out how to set the flash up as a remote so I could flash from the front and from above. I did not play with the aperature, and that is why the depth of field is so narrow. One step at a time.

 

[retro_gk]

The images appear "squished". Is that from the resizing or did you shoot at an angle?

 

[beleg]

Hey Ted,
Nice images. Its always a budget thing but Nikon's macro lenses perform better than Tamron's on D70/80. Its a great camera you will love it.. So will we who follow your site

 

[tjudy]

A bit of an angle, but not a very acute one. That female rubrolabiatus is really that gravid/fat.

 

[valice]

The Tamron 90mm is a fabulous lens at that pricing and it is comparable with the first party lens in terms of sharpness and built. Minus the non-IF.

You can position the flash more to the front of the glass as you are lighting up the back of the fish instead of the front.

Take care of the reflections, can be seen in the 1st picture.

Have fun with the shootings. :wink:

 

[Mike Wise]

One of the reasons I am considering buying a Pentax K10D is because it doesn't need image stabilization in any of its lenses; it's built into the camera body. That, and I have a pot full of old Pentax lenses, bellows, slide copier, etc. that will work with the K10D.