Telephoto lens test

My new camera also came with a Tamron aspherical 18-200mm f3.5-f6.3 lens. So today I took it for a little test drive. I couldn't do much because we're having a howling wind storm with rain coming down buckets, but between downpours I went out on the porch for a quick test.

At 18mm

I think I see a bit of vignetting on the corners, but that might be from the UV filter on the front. I'll try another test without that next time.

at 200mm - the RR crossing down at the road

also at 200mm, Barclay in the yard

I'm impressed. This will be nice at the wildlife refuge. I can't wait to go try it out. Of course you're never close enough when you're trying to photograph birds!

Back in the office I got a quick shot of Navi next to my desk. What a doll :)

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Fun with my new Camera

I'm starting out playing around with the 'kit' lens - a 28-80mm f/3.3-5.6 G, which is supposed to be a pretty good lens. I'm still figuring out what all the settings on the camera do, but I'm hoping to have enough of a grip on it to try and take a shot of the sky tonight - if it's clear.

For now I just practiced on whatever critters out in the yard would hold still for a minute:

Barclay

Navi

Mighty

And the evil 3 Musketeers - I just had to make sure they didn't spit on my camera while I was concentrating on getting the shot.

These were all taken with a fence between me and them!

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My new camera

Tonight I brought home my first 'real' camera, a Nikon D50. I found it on CL for sale along with a kit of lenses.

I can already tell there is going to be a bit of a learning curve, but I'm going to enjoy that part. I was able to get it home and get some decent pictures out of it right off the bat, so I think we're going to get along just fine.

Now I just need to figure out what all these settings do!

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