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[yezzer]

Originally Posted by squishy

which finepix is it tameblackbirds?

those are great photos yezzer! no fair though, you've got a bigma

I don't get on that well with my bigma tbh. Wish I'd gone for a Nikon 80-400mm VR

[squishy]

really? winter is never a good time for long telephoto photography though.

i think its probably worth buying a canon body just to be able to use the canon L series lenses - the nikons are alot more expensivve and certainly not more sharp.

dont get to down with it though, until you have given it a try out in the summer when you've got enough light

[yezzer]

Originally Posted by squishy

really? winter is never a good time for long telephoto photography though.

i think its probably worth buying a canon body just to be able to use the canon L series lenses - the nikons are alot more expensivve and certainly not more sharp.

dont get to down with it though, until you have given it a try out in the summer when you've got enough light

I've had it for almost a year now - and I was so unimpressed with it last winter that I hardly used it during the summer!
It's probably just me though - i've taken *some* OK photos with it.
Patience is not one of my virtues

If I'm still not getting on with it in a few months, I'll sell it and buy something different.

[pressld2]

Originally Posted by yezzer

I don't get on that well with my bigma tbh. Wish I'd gone for a Nikon 80-400mm VR

I'm kind of glad to hear you say that Yezzer (not in a nasty way, I hasten to add) because every time I see glsammy's bird pics I wish I'd gone for the bigma instead of the Nikon 80-400VR!

Dave P.

[yezzer]

Originally Posted by pressld2

I'm kind of glad to hear you say that Yezzer (not in a nasty way, I hasten to add) because every time I see glsammy's bird pics I wisj I'd gone for the bigma instead of the Nikon 80-400VR!

Dave P.

Haha, it's glsammy that makes me want to give my bigma a go again

[glsammy]

Very kind of you both to make such comments, I should point out that at the moment I'm mostly using my Canon 300mm.
Recently I did use the Bigma whilst my Canon lens was being repaired and I enjoyed using it, I still rate that lens highly, although for absolute resolution it can't touch the Canon, it beats it for versatility.

One point I've just been testing today; avoid cheap UV filters! I've always bragged they made no difference, I was wrong. The one I have on my Bigma without a doubt reduces the quality of the image.

[yezzer]

Originally Posted by glsammy

Very kind of you both to make such comments, I should point out that at the moment I'm mostly using my Canon 300mm.
Recently I did use the Bigma whilst my Canon lens was being repaired and I enjoyed using it, I still rate that lens highly, although for absolute resolution it can't touch the Canon, it beats it for versatility.

One point I've just been testing today; avoid cheap UV filters! I've always bragged they made no difference, I was wrong. The one I have on my Bigma without a doubt reduces the quality of the image.

Interesting! I came to a similar conclusion a few days ago.

[squishy]

those photos are FANTASTIC yezzer. so many really brilliant captures there. you might not think you're taking good things with it, but i think those a excellent!