{"id":31269,"date":"2019-12-17T19:28:33","date_gmt":"2019-12-17T11:28:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/?p=31269"},"modified":"2026-03-14T14:12:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T06:12:13","slug":"15-days-in-kanagawa-hokkaido-day-06-asahiyama-zoo-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/2019\/12\/17\/15-days-in-kanagawa-hokkaido-day-06-asahiyama-zoo-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"15 Days in Kanagawa & Hokkaido – Day 06 – Asahiyama Zoo – Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

I lugged the Tamron 70-200mm f2.8 lens all the way from Singapore to Japan just to take close-ups at Asahiyama Zoo, and the two-hour visit – short as it was – netted a tidy number of keepers. We didn’t cover the entire area and skipped at least a third of the enclosures. The Tamron 70-200mm f2.8<\/a> was the only lens used in the pictures below, and its performance was about alright, though it had serious difficulties doing C-AF with fast-moving animals.<\/p>\n

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Our day trip continued next towards Shirahige Falls and Ningle Terrace<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I lugged the Tamron 70-200mm f2.8 lens all the way from Singapore to Japan just to take close-ups at Asahiyama Zoo, and the two-hour visit – short as it was – netted a tidy number of keepers. We didn’t cover<\/p>\n

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