Do I need a macro lens?

[Boddie]

Originally Posted by matt_xyz

I've had my Sigma 150 a few weeks now and I'm very pleased with it (I paid £330 from URGalaxy in Hong Kong, but the warranty seems questionable to say the least). The lens is difficult to handhold though and certainly needs a tripod/monopod to get the best from it.

Matt

Ask Oscar about the warranty

[Oscar2006]

Sigma UK will not touch any lens bought from overseas under warranty unless you have the warranty card stamped and a valid receipt (not paypal!) from the retailer.
My lens is back in Hong Kong at the moment with Sigma HK (via the seller)
they will either rectify or replace the lens for me.
Out of pocket costs.....about £25 postage to HK and 2-3 weeks without the lens.
Even the Japanese make some "Friday afternoon" products
(I'm assuming Sigma is Japanese??)

[Oscar2006]

Lens returned to me today, apparently all fixed and good as new!
(well it was new to start with!)
Now to take some images with my Siggy 150!

[Maple]

Check out onestop-digital for the Sigma 150 at £333.99. I'm too looking for a macro lens and can't decide between the Sigma 150 and the 105. The only thing that's putting me off the 150 is that I don't want to be tied down with a tripod - I do use a monopod. Summer will have probably come and gone before I've made up my mind

[Oscar2006]

you can hand hold the 150, and we all have some cracking images to show off but as Fourwings says in the other thread you will get a better, sharper image using a tripod.

[Boddie]

Originally Posted by Oscar2006

Lens returned to me today, apparently all fixed and good as new!
(well it was new to start with!)
Now to take some images with my Siggy 150!

Thats good news mate. Glad you got it sorted

[pressld2]

My Sigma 150 arrived on Tuesday but I didn't get a chance to play with it until today, and then the batteries ran out in my macro flash kit.

But I managed a few shots around the garden and garage first and here are the best of them...









I'm very pleased with these, particularly as they were all handheld and all but the baby speckled bush cricket are full frame shots. Batteries are all charging up now so weather permitting I can have another play tomorrow and Monday.