FWIW I have published some (temporary) tests concerning the Tamron Adaptall 6.9 200-500mm. My tests are not at all well done. Having used shutter speeds at 1/50 - 1/4 sec, I am not at all confident that camera movement is avoided. In fact I'm sure it's not. Performing tests with a heavy 500mm lens at ISO 400 is a risky business ;-) And then strange things happen when I press the "Autolevels" button ?? I'll try to make better tests as soon as the weather is better (more light, warmer conditions). I only did the tests in order to decide whether I am going to give this lens a chance - or I'm going to send it back to ebay. I think I'll give it a chance.
At the top of the pages is a brick wall (full frame), at the bottom there's a shot of a street sign and buildings (showing just 40-50% of the total image). At the bottom of the page, there's a link to the next focal length. Look at (200mm): http://www.jensbladt.dk/Test/newfile1.html Regards Jens Jens Bladt http://www.jensbladt.dk -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: Jens Bladt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 26. marts 2006 07:50 Til: [email protected] Emne: re: Tersting a Tamron Adaptall 6.9 200-500mm (not SP) Thanks, Markus. So, is there a submission date for this competition? It's still a little cold out there (5-10 degrees), so I'm not sure when I'll go bird watching. More snow is comming too ;-) The Noble Pentax lenses. Yes. A new fa 5.6 250-600mm does cost the same as a small car over here - 18000 USD. Definitely not for amateurs ;-) Regards Jens Bladt http://www.jensbladt.dk -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: Markus Maurer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 25. marts 2006 20:50 Til: [email protected] Emne: RE: Tersting a Tamron Adaptall 6.9 200-500mm (not SP) Hi Jens that will be interesting, do you want to participate in our "crappy lens bird photography competition" with that lens? You once looked for the Adaptall SP Tamron 200-500mm 5.6, I see one on the net with Nikon adapter that has an instant buy price of 850 Swiss francs which seems quite high? If you want the link privately, let me know. greetings Markus >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Jens Bladt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Sent: Saturday, March 25, 2006 6:42 PM >>To: [email protected] >>Subject: OT: Tersting a Tamron Adaptall 6.9 200-500mm (not SP) >> >> >>I have been testing a manual Tamron Adaptall 6.9 200-500mm >>(monster) lens - >>against a SMC FA 2.8/80-200m ED(IF) and a SMC M* 4/300mm. >> >>The tests seem to indicate, that this is not a bad lens, that is >>if you can >>keep it still. It is rather slow. But the mechanics work very smoothly. It >>handles nicely - that is if you are used to "pumping iron", which I'm not >>:-) >> >>However, there are two major problems: >>It's huge and heavy as h....., I'll need a monster tripod as well ;-) >>It's not an Adpatall 2, so I must do manual metering, like a K- >>or M-lens on >>the *ist D. >> >>I will publish my results shorlty. >> >>Regards >> >>Jens Bladt >>http://www.jensbladt.dk >> >> >>-- >>No virus found in this outgoing message. >>Checked by AVG Free Edition. >>Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.3.1/292 - Release Date: 03/24/2006 >> -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.3.1/292 - Release Date: 03/24/2006 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.3.1/292 - Release Date: 03/24/2006 -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.3.1/292 - Release Date: 03/24/2006 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.3.1/292 - Release Date: 03/24/2006
