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Never would have thought to use a super tele like this. Well done.
Handheld?
Should've tried swapping for a few shots and compare his technique to yours.
I got lots of soft shots with my 150-600, but only when handheld. on the tripod, they were sharp.
It was me that was the problem, not the lens.
I’m having problems with my Sigma. I’ve had it over a year but due to work, family and other things I haven’t used it very much in that time.
The problem is my images are soft. I went out at the weekend with a friend that shoots all Nikon and the same shots as mine we so much sharper than mine. I’m using a shutter speed from 1/640 to 1/1000 F6.1 to F8. I have read that most people micro adjust their lens.
I'm using my 150-600 a lot more recently, and am still cropping a fair bit.
I've tried using my Kenko 1.4 pro300 T/C and find it is sooo slow to focus. Does anyone know if the Sigma one is better ?
This is a heavy crop of a grabbed shot taken just after I had parked the car - by the time I got out it had flown.
Many thanks for that. Sadly getting closer isn't an option as I don't swim in murky lakes... Guess I may need to learn how to ask birds to come closer to me rather than stay on the far side..I do not have the Kenko TC but have a Sigma TC-1401 and Canon x1.4ii and the lens does slow down with both, I found it would also hunt quite a bit and you really need very good light so I have never bothered using either on this lens other than the tests I did. The trick is to get closer, though I am rarely off 600mm myself unless I have too like this at 562mm
Buzzard by Martin Billard, on Flickr
They will be flying at some point that's when to get them closer, if you are after static shots of them perched you might need to stick with the converter you have, all will slow any lens down even a f2.8 lens, let alone a f5-f6.3.Many thanks for that. Sadly getting closer isn't an option as I don't swim in murky lakes... Guess I may need to learn how to ask birds to come closer to me rather than stay on the far side..
There are some fantastic shots taken with this lens but unfortunatelyI’m having problems with my Sigma. I’ve had it over a year but due to work, family and other things I haven’t used it very much in that time.
The problem is my images are soft. I went out at the weekend with a friend that shoots all Nikon and the same shots as mine we so much sharper than mine. I’m using a shutter speed from 1/640 to 1/1000 F6.1 to F8. I have read that most people micro adjust their lens.
Well the courier arrived - just as we rushed back from school. Chucked the lens on and went arpund the corner to the river. This bold boy was sitting on a rock enjoying some sun. Lens just out of the box, not touched the calibration or custom functions as yet. View attachment 122967
Images not showingBirds in garden , Nikon D850 / Sigma 150 -600 with huge crop.
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1/500 @ 600mm handheld with ISO up at 5000 so happy to get anything
Dartford by Martin Billard, on Flickr
I tried the pop up flash after this which sort of worked.
Great shots - made me remember some I took last year -
Hi all,
I'm contemplating going for the 150-600mm S as my new tele lens. Would love the Canon 100-400mm Mk2, but can't afford the £700 premium right now. Is it fair to say that this big lens lacks the contrast of Canons L stuff? Sharpness seems decent, but most photos seem quite flat to me. I'd mostly be using it for aviation and motorsport.
Cheers
Colin
Hi all,
I'm contemplating going for the 150-600mm S as my new tele lens. Would love the Canon 100-400mm Mk2, but can't afford the £700 premium right now. Is it fair to say that this big lens lacks the contrast of Canons L stuff? Sharpness seems decent, but most photos seem quite flat to me. I'd mostly be using it for aviation and motorsport.
Cheers
Colin
the Sport is not really hand holdable for long periods or really a carry about lens
Hi all,
I'm contemplating going for the 150-600mm S as my new tele lens. Would love the Canon 100-400mm Mk2, but can't afford the £700 premium right now. Is it fair to say that this big lens lacks the contrast of Canons L stuff? Sharpness seems decent, but most photos seem quite flat to me. I'd mostly be using it for aviation and motorsport.
Cheers
Colin
I drink in a pub in Bexleyheath, SE London called the Furze Wren. It’s got a couple of drawings of these on the wall with this written underneath and on the menusAwesome quality really, plenty of detail and no noise from what i can see! Never heard of the dartford warbler before! Interresting capture.