Recent content by Darkaddict

I was intrigued by this, after some research gave it a punt. I bought a cheap one, which when it turned up was ceased up despite being new.. other reviews had warned. Using advice on YouTube I took to bits and cleaned up my cheapo gimbal, added a spring and some grease and it’s awesome:

So first clear night with the moon in the right place was last night, 30th July. The sigma 600 with 1.4XTC on gimballed tripod. I have sharpened on the iPad only and probably over done it but I like to look of the craters. Included the original for comparison. The cheap gimbal head made this...

Even cheaper now.. link below show £41! LOL. seems several identical under different brands, the one i got was branded Neewer. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Manual-500mm-Telephoto-Canon-Pentax/dp/B089K6WXLT/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=500mm+f%2F8&qid=1592980581&s=electronics&sr=1-3 It had to be...

I took this with a full manual 500mm £60 lens with a 2x TC a few months ago, waiting for correct conditions to try the sigma. wasn't bad for a cheapo lens but you can see the chromatic aberration and imperfections... using this, was a complete mare to use.

Planning some moon shots myself.. would be very interested to see your results.

A few test shots from the garden at the weekend:

So post calibration on 77D Test shots. Tripod with 10s timer, MF, 1/400, ISO100, F6.3 and same with F10 Chimney is about 35m away. Focus was on the vertical brickwork on right side of the screen. No cropping. So is this lens ‘soft’? Would appreciate people’s opinions. If uploading softens...

I have a cheaper tripod, (USCamel) with ball head but find it fiddly when at 600mm but with persistence it can do the job. What ball head do you use on the tripod/monopod?

I’d be happy with those, I’d be happier closer to the coast too!

A few pre calibration shots too..

The test shots.

Just did some test shots at 600mm, some look good, some look OK until you zoom in then you can see softness, e.g. chimney corner from about 15m away, 600mm, f6.3 through to f11, iso 800 1/640 and they look sharp, even when you start to zoom. Did same of a pigeon on the aerial, and looks softer...

To be honest a variety, different aperture/shutter/ISO, I think I need to complete the calibration and post some examples for comment. hopefully not a poor copy, I checked with Sigma and this is a proper UK import. Bought 2nd hand from Mpb, and its in excellent condition, (looks like new to me.)...

Newbie to this thread, but read the whole thing, same staggeringly good images, I think I have a lot to learn. I have A canon 77d APS-C, been testing a lot with the C version of the Lens and trying with sigma 1.4TC and without. No surprises but softer with the 1.4TC and wouldn’t use unless...