Choices, help!
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Safety Car
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Choices, help!
So after a few months of owning my micro four thirds camera i realized i didnt use it much because at the end of the day it was awesome and compact just not compact enough to fit in a pocket. So i sent it off for trade in. I bought it on CL and am getting offered what i paid for the gear so no money lost! That being said, I am Faced with a choice on what to purchase with that trade value. My two options from what I’ve seen that they have that I may want is as follows:
A 1.4 teleconverter which with trade would only cost an additional $30-$40
or
the sigma 105 macro which with trade would be an additional $200 ish
I have never done macro and it’s something I want to try, but I do a lot of birds and I feel like the tele converter could be helpful.
thoughts?
A 1.4 teleconverter which with trade would only cost an additional $30-$40
or
the sigma 105 macro which with trade would be an additional $200 ish
I have never done macro and it’s something I want to try, but I do a lot of birds and I feel like the tele converter could be helpful.
thoughts?
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So after a few months of owning my micro four thirds camera i realized i didnt use it much because at the end of the day it was awesome and compact just not compact enough to fit in a pocket. So i sent it off for trade in. I bought it on CL and am getting offered what i paid for the gear so no money lost! That being said, I am Faced with a choice on what to purchase with that trade value. My two options from what I’ve seen that they have that I may want is as follows:
A 1.4 teleconverter which with trade would only cost an additional $30-$40
or
the sigma 105 macro which with trade would be an additional $200 ish
I have never done macro and it’s something I want to try, but I do a lot of birds and I feel like the tele converter could be helpful.
thoughts?
A 1.4 teleconverter which with trade would only cost an additional $30-$40
or
the sigma 105 macro which with trade would be an additional $200 ish
I have never done macro and it’s something I want to try, but I do a lot of birds and I feel like the tele converter could be helpful.
thoughts?
What I mean is TC on a fast/relatively fast lens with a good AF system shooting with a lot of natural light it can work well....however on a cheaper lens and slower lens (Aperture wise) , that may already have sub optimal AF system and shooting in lower light a TC may be much more of a hindrance than what it is worth.
A Macro lens (especially if fast like an f2.8) is pretty versatile as it would not only double as a good portrait lens as well. That said you also don't need a dedicated macro lens either as you can get by with extension tubes as well.
To me it boils do to (not only the comments I made above) but in the most simplistic of terms...Do you want to have a tool that can help you out with something you already shoot or do you want a tool that can open up the door to a whole new genre of photography? Only you can really answer that question.
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Safety Car
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From: Morris county Dirty Jersey
So tamron just announced a new macro lens that is supposed to blow the current offerings away. So i went with the teleconverter for my trade and will pick up the tamron hopefully on a black friday deal.
