Tamron AF 70-300mm f/4.0-5.6 SP Di VC USD XLD

+1 that really is a great shot.

DigitalJuice wrote in post #12692854
Wow Misty...that is a fantastic flower shot. What kind of flower is it?
Really love the mood.... That fine spider web is neat.

It's a Fuller's teasel.

Darth Mo wrote in post #12693427
It's a Fuller's teasel.

Yes! Thank you....you are right!! (googled it.. )

Thanks guys Appreciate it

I have this lens and I am having problems with soft focus with my 60D. Tamron wants me to send the lens and the body to them. They think there may be an issue with the 60D and the 70-300....would you send your body to them.....I'm not comfortable with this.

What I would do is (depending on where you bought the lens) is try another lens on the 60D from your local shop. Even if you didn't buy it locally maybe the shop would let you try one to compare.

I would have no problems sending it in...just insure it, plus if they break something...they're insured. I'm sure they handle high buck equipment all the time. It would definitely give you peace of mind to know that there is indeed a problem with it.

I have all my camera gear insured and it's quite inexpensive for the peace of mind, that if anything happens to my gear, whether it's my fault or not, that it's covered.

Keep us posted...interested in the turnout.

yeah I also keep my gear insured..... Its still hard to let go of it though

i finally gave in... bought one earlier from BandH. cant believe the VC on this lens. its like i have a very steady hands at 300mm. and my kenko 300 dg 1.4x works!!!

mannix143 wrote in post #12704133
i finally gave in... bought one earlier from BandH. cant believe the VC on this lens. its like i have a very steady hands at 300mm. and my kenko 300 dg 1.4x works!!!

Come on, a few hours have gone by -where's the pic's?:p:p

i apologize for the subject, i just woke up from a 17hour shift from last night. (yeah, after buying this, went straight to work).
All pictures has no PP, just resized and saved as jpeg.

here is a pic taken at 300mm at f6.7 no TC

You can tape the exif pins on the TC and get AF on all points.

Sp1207 wrote in post #12709196
You can tape the exif pins on the TC and get AF on all points.

I've got the same lens+TC setup and the presence of the teleconverter is not reported to the body. In the photos mannix143 posted EXIFs don't show presence of the teleconverter either.

cool! i thought it only happens on the cheap tamron TC's. i have to try that taping the 3 pins one of these days. i just need a real day off hehehe

i'll try if i can get some BIF of pigeons by wall street tomorrow before going to work.

DiMAn0684 wrote in post #12709274
I've got the same lens+TC setup and the presence of the teleconverter is not reported to the body. In the photos mannix143 posted EXIFs don't show presence of the teleconverter either.

Then that's weird that the camera firmware wont' even activate any of the other AF modes.

I don't know about 7D, but with 50D AF'ing @ 420mm with max aperture of f/8 is a big pain, I just turn on 10x live view and use MF on the rare occasions when I do use the lens with a TC.