john_raymond

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Lot's of information on here but it is outdated or just too much for me too add up in my head.

background: I have several color slides 35mm slides shot in 2000 on a trip to Nepal all taken with a

Contax G2 system.

the sides are crisp and want the best enlargement available

i want the best 20x30, hopefully or , more?

I have some of the slides already scanned in tiff mode around 7 megapixel size. WIll that yield 20x30?

can i have them scanned-done professionally bigger and "better" so I can they better size/quality?

I understand the factors with scanner quality etc.. resolution.

my knowledge of what photoshop is medium..and I hear something about programs that can break the

picture down and realign pixels... can't recall the name.

I know the old way of blowing up a shot is not an option for me.

hope someone can see through my mess and get an idea what I mean : )

Has anyone read about or actually used the 4/3 Oly adapter with

a Tamron 300/2.8 or 400/4? I am wondering what focusing

issues there are. I don't have any of the Digi slr Olympus bodies

and am very curious about difficulties focusing for the bigger

faster/lenses

Thanks in advance.

I have had all three for extended shooting and here is my take.

Tamron 400/4 + Zuiko 1.4x-a 1st choice-sharp and not tooheavy

2nd choice Tamron 300/2.8 + Zuiko 1.4x-a

and lastly the heavy Zuiko 350/2.8 lens. The Zuiko 350 is a nice

lens-NOT as sharp as the Tamrons-close but not in my opinion.

If you hear otherwise I am afraid to say they haven't shot with it

and want to believe it so. The Zuiko250/2 is a better lens I have

heard than the 350/2.8.

I love Olympus OM but try out a Canon 500/4 or a 600/4 and see

what why then pro's shoot with them. Amazing glass and fast

focus. Olympus great for all other shooting but not

wildlife/birding on the long end.

Good shooting

I used a Tamron SP 400mm f4 for a few years and it is a superlative performer. I have since sold and gone on to a Canon 600/4 USM and I love the autofocus and extra reach (my back doesn't) but I know the Tamron is a great lens. That lens and the Nikon 600/5.6 are the sharpest lens I have shot with up to the Canon 600/4.

The Tamron's resale stays very high as it can be sold to a shooter from any adaptall capable camera system-which is basically all of them.

The Tamron 1.4x SP converter is also a fine performer!

Tamron SP 400mm f4 bargain condition and 1.4x converter.

Very sharp lens, beats the heck out of a Canon 600mm f4.5 FD hands down.

Hi, I need an inner element and a tripod foot (or a hood too).

Any help GREATLY appreciated (*and compensated! finder fee)

John

I have picked a 600mm EOS USM f4 lens. I have no instructions and

have searched for the answer to no avail.

What are the differences between the three choices on the focusing

lever? It has the 15 to ininity etc..

There must be or one would think leave it on the range that covers

the closest to infinity.

I am shooting it with an EOS-3. Any other "tricks of the trade" with

this combination?

I am not new to photography, as I have shot with other big/manual

glass and Olympus gear since the 70's, but finally sprang for the

auto-focus gear.

Thanks in adavance.

John

I was curious of different versions of the Canon EOS 600/4 USM -

besides the IS version.

The older 600/4 took a filter drop-in and the "newer ones" take a gel?

I find it fairly easy to access information about Nikon versions but

is there a good source to know about Canon big glass?

Thanks

John

I went on this same trek two seasons ago. I won't get into the wide arguement-all are fine. I would take a higher speed wide angle because of very low-light interiors at Tengboche, Namche etc..

I think a 50mm lens is the most important lens for proper perspective. The wide angles make those huge peaks "lie down" and you lose their immensity and scale easily. A wide/shift is on my next trip there.

I do want to say something about the telephoto thought.

You should take a 135/200 I think. Everest and the other peaks beg to have the power to isolate their grandeur. If you miss sunrise on Everest without a telephoto, you will regret it.

Bring that polarizer, extra film, extra sunblock AND many plastic bags. It is quite dusty and they will protect your gear. Consider a very light tripod maybe-a godsend!

Have fun!

Namaste

John

Olympia, WA

Olympus makes a Zuiko 250mm f2 that noone outside of Olympus users

seem to know (or drool) about.

This is the only lens speedwise to my knowledge that fits the gap

between the Nikon 300mm f2 and the Canon 200mm f1.8.

Ofcourse, we are talking manual foucs but it was just rated as sharp

or SHARPER than the Caon 200mm f1.8. When you are talking lenses this

expensive-why worry about the $300 used OM 4 body that is need

Hi, Anyone shot with Tamron 200-500mm f5.6 or 6.9 lenses?

Curious about quality and size

Thanks! John