It arrived today..my Sigma10-20mm

[paulc]

I Got a phonecall from my ma in law.."your package has arrived"....I downed tools and shot straight round there, already having my camera in the back of the van in anticipation.
I havent had a chance to do anything really meaningful with it but I have rattled of some shots and I am pretty pleased about the wideness of the lens.

I took some shots...one of my inlaws kitchen and I cant believe the angle, so I took it to work with me this afternoon and took some pictures of a bomb de church in Birkenhead that has all of its windows smashed in, sadly a boy was run over and killed outside the church and the memorial scene was too sad, inso far that the church was desolete derelict.

Also a shot of a catamaran ferry that was in the docks...just too wide:woot: ...I cant believe it.

one was hdrd as an experiment

these images have been resized obviously for the interweb


the first ever picture taken with my 10-20mm
http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p183/paulc_2007/welsh%20mountain%20zoo/kitchen11.jpg

http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p183/paulc_2007/welsh%20mountain%20zoo/bombdechurch.jpg

http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p183/paulc_2007/welsh%20mountain%20zoo/church1.jpg

http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p183/paulc_2007/welsh%20mountain%20zoo/church2.jpg

http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p183/paulc_2007/welsh%20mountain%20zoo/memorial2.jpg


http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p183/paulc_2007/welsh%20mountain%20zoo/cat1.jpg

[Jimmy_Lemon]

hehe - it sure is wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiide :)

[paulc]

here is the same photo corrected using Nshift, that I posted a link for this morning..it has been cropped a bit, but the difference is definate.

http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p183/paulc_2007/welsh%20mountain%20zoo/withoutnshift.jpg

http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p183/paulc_2007/welsh%20mountain%20zoo/usingnshift.jpg

[petemc]

Wow thats quite a difference. Is that the church on the roundabout in Birkenhead?

[blinkerz]

that is a big difference, but what is Nshift?

[paulc]

Pete, It is on the corner of balls road and oxton road in birkenhead, on the opposite side and further down to the balls road clinic where they do the snips operations on a saturday morning, I remember it only too well:gag:

Blinekrz...here is the link to the freeware app called nshift
http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=23106

[h.r.ford]

Thanks for this Paul. I've been trying for ages for my husband to let me buy a new lens and this is my first choice..... He said mmm interesting when I showed him the pics. I think that is a positive sign.

[paulc]

I dont know if i'm quite ready for the diversity yet, it is almost like looking in the hall of mirrors when you put the 10-20mm lens on, it will probably take some getting used to...but get used to it I will:thumbs:

[Puz]

I love my Sigma 10-20mm, enjoy it !

[Ally]

wow now that is wide! :D

[Madpup]

I love my Sigma 10-20mm, enjoy it !

ditto

[inophoto]

Congratulations. I have seen great results from this lens. Personally, I quite like the wide distortion too.

[ranarama]

Looks sharper than mine - the RHS of mine is soft but bizarrely not on every shot and not at the same settings either. I bought it in the US so can't send it back. Having said that I find f8 or above comes out well enough and I've had some great shots from it. I just wish I'd saved a little more for the Canon 10-22.