Posted by Dawn Monrose on April 20, 2013 at 9:23 AM
Emberiza schoeniclus
Hi all,
Here's one from the local nature reserve this morning.
Thanks for the lens advice and comments on my last post, much appreciated. Used to use the bigma, that was until the mount end sheared off sending the lens innards all over the place! Didn't drop it either - promise!
Still not sure which way to go, but I'm not happy with the Sigma 500mm at all, so it will have to go at some point!
Dawn I like your image a lot real nice pastel colours and bird in full song can't ask for more.
Must take Neil to task(But Nikon don't make good lenses either)my 300ml 2.8 gives me great results IMHO even with a1.4 tc.i did have a Sigma 50 to 500 which was a good lens but it went very stiff on me and even though I say it was good it's not a patch on my Nikon. Keith.
Posted by David Taylor on April 20, 2013 at 3:03 PM
Great timing to capture it singing. Very nice indeed.
Posted by John Robinson on April 20, 2013 at 3:19 PM
Slightly off topic ,but in my humble opinion,lenses can only be judged by the results that they give the user. The majority in my opinion are grossly over priced and I would defy many "experts" to tell the difference , without being prompted.
I have seen far more poor pictures taken with lenses costing thousands than with cheap ones.
Just go back a dozen pages or so through the archives on this forum.The proof is there.
JR
Posted by Dawn Monrose on April 20, 2013 at 6:22 PM
Don't worry Keith, Neil's just jealous of Nikon's superior quality cameras!
Seriously though, it's not what you've got - it's what you do with it that counts. For many years I used Nikon's 500mm f4 P - the old manual focus one first made in 1988, (that's only 4 years younger than me!) It's absolutely superb - given the right technique, but I started to struggle with it, my eyesight maybe, so wanted to get something autofocus. Couldn't afford Nikon's all singing all dancing 500mm f4 VR etc, so tried the Sigma, and I just haven't got on with it. Live and learn I suppose, that's why I'm looking for an alternative - it just doesn't suit the way I work/subjects I photograph.
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13 repliesHi all,
Here's one from the local nature reserve this morning.
Thanks for the lens advice and comments on my last post, much appreciated. Used to use the bigma, that was until the mount end sheared off sending the lens innards all over the place!
Still not sure which way to go, but I'm not happy with the Sigma 500mm at all, so it will have to go at some point!
Nikon D300s, Sigma 500mm f4.5
1/640 sec @ f8, ISO-400
C and C most welcome,
Thanks for looking!
PS
My Sigma 50-500 still does me
Cheers
JR
Love bunting, perfect env shot.
Must take Neil to task(But Nikon don't make good lenses either)my 300ml 2.8 gives me great results IMHO even with a1.4 tc.i did have a Sigma 50 to 500 which was a good lens but it went very stiff on me and even though I say it was good it's not a patch on my Nikon.
I have seen far more poor pictures taken with lenses costing thousands than with cheap ones.
Just go back a dozen pages or so through the archives on this forum.The proof is there.
JR
Seriously though, it's not what you've got - it's what you do with it that counts. For many years I used Nikon's 500mm f4 P - the old manual focus one first made in 1988, (that's only 4 years younger than me!) It's absolutely superb - given the right technique, but I started to struggle with it, my eyesight maybe, so wanted to get something autofocus. Couldn't afford Nikon's all singing all dancing 500mm f4 VR etc, so tried the Sigma, and I just haven't got on with it. Live and learn I suppose, that's why I'm looking for an alternative - it just doesn't suit the way I work/subjects I photograph.
Thanks all for the comments, much appreciated!
Well done!
greetings,
Jeroen Stel
Whatever you used you pulled it off a very nice image depicting the right moment.
Bob
Nick.