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07-05-2008, 04:40 PM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Nairn,Nairnshire,Scotland
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| | | Getting to Grips with Sigma 170-500mm lens
Here are some shots that I took today with the Sigma 170-500mm lens all taken in the garden on a tripod.The camera was on A1servo all the time its a Canon 400D  
The images of the female Blackbird were taken on ISO 200 at 120sec@f8 with the lens at 400mm they were taken as a raw image and converted in Photoshop CS2  
The images of the Chaffinch settings as above except taken at 1/250 sec@f8,,,this chap was ever so obliging sat on the fence about 10 feet away and posed for its pics ,I dont know if it could get any more in its beak.
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08-05-2008, 08:10 PM
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| | | Re: Getting to Grips with Sigma 170-500mm lens
Very nice big bill 
You must be really pleased with the lens if it is capable of such detail. The Chaffinch shots are particularly nice and sharp. Well done
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08-05-2008, 08:29 PM
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| | | Re: Getting to Grips with Sigma 170-500mm lens
well done you should be pleased with the lens.
Have fun getting to grips with it and show us some more results
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08-05-2008, 09:09 PM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Lincolnshire
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| | | Re: Getting to Grips with Sigma 170-500mm lens
Nice chaffinch - and it's having more luck at finding insects than I am!  |
09-05-2008, 04:00 PM
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| | | Re: Getting to Grips with Sigma 170-500mm lens
Thanks for the comments yes I am really pleased with the lens and bought at a fraction of the price of that famous auction site money well spent
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09-05-2008, 05:27 PM
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| | | Re: Getting to Grips with Sigma 170-500mm lens
Nice shots Bill, you have soon got to grips - well done.
For the sake of other people just starting with longer lenses I think it is perhaps worthwhile to mention that there is no substiture for keeping that lens as still as possible. It is an obvious yet frequently forgotten point. 
Jon
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20-05-2008, 07:49 PM
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| | | Re: Getting to Grips with Sigma 170-500mm lens
Really nice shots Bill . I use a 170 - 500 on my 20D and think it's a great lens.
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