Tamron A20 User Manual

Road Trip to Nature

Seaside to Lakeshore with Tamron VC

California, USA

AF28-300mm F/3.5-6.3 XR Di VC

Digitally Integrated Design

Exposure: F20, 1/25 sec, 100 ISO, 42mm, Manual

LD Aspherical [IF] MACRO

Vibration Compensation Mechanism

Model A20

Model A14

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The All-In-One Tamron

On the Road Again:

28-300mm VC Lens

Planning your next short road trip? You’ll want to take a lot of photos to document your travels, whether you’re heading to the seashore, braving the desert heat, roughing it in the mountains or at the lake—or, if you’re a true adventurer, all of the above.

It would take a special lens to get the variety of photos you’re looking for: You’ll need something that’s lightweight, versatile enough to cover a great focal length range, and enables you to shoot under nearly any lighting conditions, from dusk till dawn.

The Tamron 28-300mm VC is that lens. Its 28-300mm range allows you to capture everything from wideangle scenics by the shore or in the mountains to macro shots of local animals and plant life. Its low-light ability, ideal for everything from a dim hotel lobby to a shadowy mountain cabin, lets you handhold your camera at slow shutter speeds and still produce sharp, high-quality images with vivid colors.

In addition to the flexible focal length range, one of the highlights of the new lens is Tamron’s proprietary VC (Vibration Compensation) mechanism. The VC feature, which is highly attuned to detect hand shake, significantly decreases vibration so that your pictures remain extra-sharp in even the most challenging photographic situations.

Preparing and Packing

You’ll want to minimize your gear for this mini-vacation, so that means you’ll need to pack light. When he heads out on his own road trips, photographer Don Gale takes along a small camera bag with his Tamron 28-300mm VC lens, a polarizer, a graduated neutral-density filter, media cards, a car adapter charger, and extra batteries. “I’d normally take a whole variety of lenses, but now with the 28-300mm VC, I can just take the one lens on a trip like this,” he says.

Protecting your equipment from being stolen out of your hotel room is obviously important, but protecting it from the elements found in Mother Nature is just as critical. “You may be in the desert, at the beach, and in some extremely high elevations,” Gale says. “You get salt air and vapor when you’re near the ocean. Or depending on the year, you may encounter dry spells that could lead to forest fires, which produce a lot of ash."

Other standout features of the 28-300mm VC lens include a minimum focusing distance of 0.49m (19.3”) over the entire zoom range, a top-class close-focusing capability for a high-power zoom lens, and a 1:3 maximum macro magnification ratio at the 300mm telephoto end.

Add to all these refinements the lens’s light weight, and you’ll find that the 28-300mm VC lens is the only lens you’ll need from seaside to lake shore.

The All-In-One Tamron 28-300mm VC Lens

Gale’s main tip for keeping gear in working order doesn’t involve fancy photographic secrets. “This isn’t a real professional technique, but it works,” he says. “I use a two-gallon air-tight bag, which does a couple of things. It physically protects the camera and lens from the ocean spray, from sand in the desert, and from rain and ashes.

But it also protects against extreme temperature changes: If you seal it up real tight and you’re going from hot to cold, or from cold to hot, the condensation will form on the outside of the bag; you won’t get that buildup of vapor on your lens or viewfinder.”

On the Road Again: Preparing and Packing

Snapshots by the Shore

A quaint seaside town as the first stop on your photographic road trip will enable you to fully experience the 28-300mm VC lens’s flexibility, portability, and superior image quality. The lens masters every environment it encounters, whether it’s a jam-packed beach, or the dock at a beach or the neighborhood marina. Use the lens for your early-morning sojourns to the seashore, where you can shoot in macro mode to show off local sand critters, or zoom out for shots of kids splashing in the surf or during your strolls through city streets. Bring the lens along for evening outings, where it will capture spectacular sunset views and the fireworks show with stunning clarity. The 28-300mm VC lens will prove to be the only lens you’ll need for your entire seaside stay.

200mm

42mm

Exposure: F13, 1/10 sec, 100 ISO, Manual

Show off all of the majestic residents of a crowded marina with a wideangle look.

Wide-angle shots create foreground distortion, while a small aperture ensures the plant stays in focus.

300mm

Exposure: F8, 1/25 sec, 200 ISO, 300mm, Manual

42mm

VC:OFF

Exposure: F13, 1/25 sec, 100 ISO, 200mm, Manual

Trekking across the Pacific Coast sand dunes before sunrise can lead to amazing photo opportunities. But walking on sand is no easy feat, and heavy inhaling and exhaling from this early-morning exercise can create unwanted camera shake. The 28-300’s VC mechanism helps keep everything sharp — even when the ground beneath your feet isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.

65mm

60mm

Exposure: F11, 1/13 sec, 400 ISO, Aperture Priority

The 1:3 maximum macro magnification ratio is ideal for zooming in on resident crustaceans.

Exposure: F22, 1/13 sec, 100 ISO,

Take advantage of available light streaming in through your hotel window to capture relaxed portraits of family members.

Exposure: F4.5, 1/10 sec, 200 ISO, Program

VC:ON

Aperture Priority

Capture appetizing imagery with the 28-300 VC lens, which maximizes your hand-holding capabilities so you can photograph your repast from your seat.

300mm

42mm

Exposure: F16, 1/20 sec, 100 ISO,Manual

Walking on sand is no easy feat _but the 28-300's VC mechanism helps you keep everything sharp, despite the camera shake created by such vigorous exercise.

Exposure: F25, 1/20 sec, 100 ISO,Aperture Priority

Hit the beach before sunrise: The early-morning light and shadows will increase the sand's contrast and texture.

28mm

Exposure: F8, 1/20 sec, 100 ISO, Manual

A wide-angle shot incorporates indigenous plant life for context.

Snapshots by the Shore

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