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With my 1.4 I find it a bit soft wide open, if I drop it down just one stop it's so much sharper. And also after the max aperture of about 5 on the kit lenses, you have to get used to playing with a really shallow depth of field on the 50mm. Have fun with it, I look forward to seeing some photos

Our sparkly clean pool is now full of crud My two went through the ritual humiliation of xmas dress-up Hope you all had a great day :D

Merry Christmas - enjoy your new toy

Merry Christmas to you all We've got some friends coming over for a breakfast barbie, then I think it's a day by the pool Have fun everyone

Thank you The bugs are from the Tamron 60mm macro and the lorikeet is from the Tamron 70-300 (at 238mm according to the exif data)

Wow, beautiful DD

:rofl: @ Double Pop! Brilliant pics as always ;)

What great photos in here - fab thread I think I just took my best 3 today Here they are

Woo Hoo Merry Christmas to you I just saw a nice chilled cider in the fridge and wondered if it was a tad too early :D

Yup me And to top it off I've buggered up my neck again and have to have a heat wrap on it - I can't drink enough to replace the sweat loss from my head at the moment The dogs are just crashed on the sofa - splayed out like frogs :D

What about a 60mm Macro, would it cover both aspects for you? "Unique new high-speed F2 1:1 Macro with classic portrait potential" http://www.tamron.com/en/photolens/di_II_macro/g005.html I got one last week and have been very pleased with it so far. A range of shots with it.

I was at home when mine arrived last week, but I was good and got my 'chores' out of the way first so I could then play with no distractions

Let's just say Fargo was pretty familiar with the hose pipe

Wow, that was amazing - thanks for the link Ah good, I thought I was being extra sappy for a moment And all I can say is I'm glad my two have no comprehension of digging Now if I had brought my cocker and grey over with me as well, then it would be a different story ;) They loved 'helping' me garden

The bubble ones are ace I wonder if mine would play with bubbles, how much are the bubble machines?

Her cute tummy She does have the softest belly ever

Hey you're more than welcome Now get shooting some pics and show us the results Merry Christmas to you

Woo Hoo I can join this thread now too Indy with the 1.4 :D

Bear is almost completely in the hole

lol, yes that makes sense

lol, must have been the same lovely helpful man I spoke to Yup I understand they have a business to run too and it must be very hard trying to compete with overseas retailers. Good luck I hope you get what you want at a decent price

From what I've read DWI usually make 'mistakes' on their invoices on the package Then email you the rectified one later Did you get my pm re Sigma warranties for grey imports? C.R. Kennedy, the only authorised Sigma agent in Australia, will not cover warranty on Sigma products bought through www.camerasdirect.com.au I assume other 'grey imports' as well. They did offer to price match DWI for me and with a 2 year Australian warranty.

Thanks Bellatrix and kittikat09 ;) Cheers ;) I'm so used to having only the kit zoom lenses, that I keep trying to zoom it before realizing I have to move myself But also I'm used to having the kit lenses on max aperture most of the time, so getting the hang of aperture control is the steepest learning curve at the moment. I was a bit disappointed with the softness of my first shots of Louis, but that's cause I had it on f1.4. Once I stopped it down a bit with the Sibe, they came out nice and sharp :D Also my poor little 350D has a fastest shutter speed of 4000 - not fast enough if you have it wide open in the bright sunshine

I don't know about a roo dog, but in this pic her back legs and tail look just like a roo She is gorgeous and I look forward to seeing her develop

awww beautiful, the first one is gorgeous