Many thanks everybody for the nice words. I´ve moved to Brazil about 3 years ago and this was one of the first times I´ve witnessed the Carnival in person. I was amazed at how fast these people move...on tv it seems almost in slow motion. I usually meditate a little on my framing, but I had to rely a lot on instinct as you could not stop among the crowd to think about how to frame things.
I needed an all terrain long zoom to take to a trip I´m taking to the Amazon Jungle next weekend.
Wow, I'd love to put on my answering machine a little message saying "Hi, can't come to the phone right now as I'm spending this weekend in the Amazon Jungle, but will get back to 1st thing Monday morning after my return!"...LOL!
Just trying to image whats it's like to take a little juant to the Jungle (the real jungle) for some images...maybe right after the work week on Friday
Got to say, I'm impressed!
With regards to your Tamron, I know next to nothing about the Sony e-system but know and have used virtually all Tamron lenses for close to 35 years..each incarnation of them from the earliest days prior to their adaptall lenses to the present.
I assume your model of 18-200 isn't with BIM, which I don't think they made a early BIM version except in one mount I can think of and is different than how its implemented today. BIM would slow things down even further. Additionally some of the older 1st and 2nd generation 18-200's were somewhat slower than later ones, but not significantly.
Unless it has something to do with mounting this lens to your Sony, I wonder if it would be better to sacrifice zoom range with a zoom lens with a shorter focusing throw. Not sure if Tamron's current or recent 18-300's have a shorter throw, focus wise? Just a thought.
Now, I have to go pack for my weekend trip to the Amazon. Oh wait, it's only Wednesday, I have plenty of time
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Hope you post these images upon your return. Have a good trip!
Dave (D&A)