Last week I received an email from Tamron with quite a nice rebate available on their highly rated 18-270 lens. I’ve been debating and debating about what lenses to take with me on our trip next week, and decided to investigate. The folks at my local camera shop (who are very reliable) rated this one highly, and so I splurged and bought it. I’m quite sure I’ll sell my older zoom lens when we return. It’s been a wonderful lens but it is a bit larger, quite a bit heavier, and does not include such a nice wide angle. My “friend” at the camera shop suggested I try it out and be sure it was working properly before I cut off the UPC code for the rebate. I didn’t have to ask Tracy twice if he’d be willing to go on a road trip to see what the lens could do. But I did treat him to breakfast out before we took off.
We headed toward the Finger Lakes. Tracy know all the odd roads to wander down so I got some nice shots before we got to Canandaigua Lake. The first stop was at the Erie Canal park in Pittsford. There’s a lovely pond as well as the canal.
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And a shot of the canal because it was so pretty.
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Tracy spotted the great light on these silos. I took several shots at different focal lengths, but this is my favorite.
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By chance we happened upon a place called Upland Blog.
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I was pleased to discover that by zooming in with the lens I could get a very shallow depth of field as well.
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Another favorite shot from the trip is this one of the Canandice Methodist Church Bell Tower.
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Our destination was Canandaigua Lake. These shots were all taken from about the same spot.
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This lens has gotten a lot of testimonials about being a great all-around lens, especially for travel. I think it will do just fine. I’ll take my 50mm lens as well, as I never travel with just one lens in case something goes wrong. But now I won’t need to take my wide-angle as well. We’re packing light–just a carry-on suitcase and a tote/messager bag for each of us for a two week trip, so I’m glad to have one less thing to add to my bag!
these are all absolutely fabulous Karen. I love that you show the different settings on the new lens. Hope you have lots of fun with it and have a great trip too.
You visit some beautiful places and these shots are wonderful. enjoy your next trip.
Beautiful scenery and what a fun lens to try out! Have fun on your trip.
Oh these are fantastic photos, Karen, and I love that you included the settings you used for the shots. Now I’m jealous of your new lens! What a beautiful road trip destination, captured so beautifully through your new lens.
You now own the same lens that Jay bought me for my birthday last year! Isn’t it fun? I was frankly amazed by the zoom capability and I love using it at full zoom for close-up shots. I think that is my absolute favorite feature! (And the lens came highly recommended by our local camera store as well). Hope you really enjoy it on your trip!
Gosh, it takes a great shot! I’ve really enjoyed seeing the focal length comparisons today Karen. I particularly like the first shot, the silos and the bell tower.
So glad I stopped by. I have two Tamron lenses and I found them to be heavy too, but I do like them. The lens you speaking about does seem rather tempting to purchase. I could leave my Canon 70-300mm and my wide angle home. Have a wonderful trip and I loved the images and focal length comparisons as well. I love the image of the silos! Beautiful!
I love that canal picture especially..it curves away very suggestively!
I’m not qualified at all to make any useful comments about the technical details but I do know that I always love to see the results of your road trip photography
I have this lens and I absolutely love it – wouldn’t be without it now! Love all these photos you have taken 🙂
Love these photos! What kind of camera do you have?
I’ve craved that lens length!
The photographs are stunning.
Rinda
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