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Out for a Test Drive -Tamron's 14-150 mm f3.5 - 5.8 Di III Lens

3/24/2015

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This is a lot different than my normal Tamron Tuesday post, because I'm sharing a few of my own images. It's important to clarify one key point - although I know more than I often let on, I do not make a living as a professional photographer. My passion is helping you guys with your marketing and raising the bar on your business. However, I'll match my love for imaging with anybody. 

Last Saturday I had a chance to take Tamron's 14-150 mm lens for micro four thirds systems out for a test drive, starting at a very small car show in the area at the Venice Friendship Centers' Campus. If you've followed my posts, then you know I'm having a blast with Panasonic's LUMIX line of mirrorless cameras.

This isn't meant to be a scientific lens analysis, just me having fun on a Saturday afternoon playing with the lens and some of the in-camera creative presets of the GH3. One of the things I love most about car shows is the detail that's gone into the engines. Unfortunately, there wasn't very much at this year's show, but luckily there was a Corvette with an engine so clean you could eat off of it!

I had some fun just playing with presets that are still set up with the factory defaults, but the fun of the GH3 is being able to modify them to fit your own personal tastes. The first shot is just a clean jpeg with no adjustment. The second is what's called "Impressive Art" and finally "Expressive" which boosts the saturation. Had I been posting "live" and had the camera set up with wi-fi, the in-camera manipulation would have allowed me to play with an image and send it right to the Internet.

The bottom line for this post though, is simply Tamron's making great optics, expanding the availability of creative tools for micro four thirds cameras. Put their quality together with the GH3's creativity and you've got a terrific combination!

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Then, just to get a feel for the coverage of the zoom, I headed over to one of the small ponds near our house. No tripod, just hand held to show the range.
 
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Then I was hoping to find some wildlife. The pond normally has birds, a gator or two, turtles anything you can think of in a Florida pond. It's funny, but when I wanted them there was only this one little guy. The first image was at full zoom at 150mm, while the second is the same, but I went for the zoom on the computer.
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And with that you've got my totally unscientific "test" - but the conclusion is still valid...Tamron's making some great glass! Nothing mathematical, no MTF curves, just a hacker with a camera having some fun.
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