The Moon - San Jose, CA - Mar 27, 2010 - Canon T2i/550D Movie Crop Mode (7x) w/Tamron 28-300mm Lens

Testing the new Movie Crop mode on my Canon T2i/550D DSLR using my Tamron 28-300mm XR Di lens (AF and IS both turned off) - camera set on ISO 100, f/9 1/125 exposure - effective focal length of lens is about 1960mm

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Canon
• T2i
• 550d
• moon
• Movie
• Crop
• mode
• Tamron
• XR
• Di
• 28-300

[coolicool23]

3 quick questions:

1: This is using the lens, and only the lens, right? not a digital zoom?

2: Is that the moon moving up or your tripod moving down?

3: (You dont have to answer this) How much did you pay?

I really like this lens! I would really appreciate it if you can respond! Thanks!

[schnauzerlogic]

@coolicool23

hey... thanks for the questions... here goes:

1. this was taken using the 'movie crop' mode which is a digital zoom mode that's one of the video options in the T2i/550D - its low rez but provides a 7x zoom factor, added to whatever other factors are in play (1.6x for the aps sensor)

2. that's the moon moving in real time (you can hear the traffic on Highway 85 here in northern california).

3. i paid about $250 last november (before the new version was introduced)

[Mozo901]

Hey I need some help...do u think the 28-300 tamron is better overall than the tamron 18-270??? Do u think the extra ten mm in the 28-300 will affect wide angle a lot as compared to the 18-270?? How is the sharpness on this lens? Any help will be greatly appreciated, o and nice vid

[schnauzerlogic]

@Mozo901 hey... i don't have the 18-270, so i can't answer from any personal experience... the lens is softest at 300, but i'm guessing it would be equally soft at 270... going down to 18mm would be nice (with the 1.6x factor 28mm is about 45mm, so not really wide at all... 18mm gives you 28mm, which is true wide angle)... there are a ton of reviews online, and i'm guessing at least one compares the lenses. i like mine... not razor sharp but very good w/post processing. cheers!

[vcbabis]

@Mozo901 I really like the Vibration Compensation (that's what Tamron calls the stabilizer).

You can shoot handheld at 1/20sec without blur and it's really helpfull when you zoom and have more camera shake. Any more questions feel free to send me a message.

[vcbabis]

@Mozo901 Hello Mozo. I have the Tamron 18-270mm on a Nikon D60.

The lens costs 470 euro in Greece. I bought it last January and I've shot thousands of photos.

Things that I don't like...

Soft images, especially at the 200-270 mm

The focus speed is slow and sometimes it can't focus at all. Difficult under low light or even impossible. Nice feeling of the lens, I like the construction.

Lens creep when you hold the camera down, but there's a lock switch at 18mm.

[Mozo901]

Hey so do u think I should get the 18-270? Is the loss of 30mm from the 28-300 a significant one? O and since I'm kinda new to this who dslr thing, how do u make prints of images? Is it the same as an point and shoot where u just go to wal mart or something? What do u have to do?

[TamerElmasry2009]

:))

thanks :))

can shot like this ?

before & After

vimeoDOTcom/10037983

[jpac83]

Like you, I had a similar idea that I posted a day before you. Very steady.