photowerkz
09-26-2009, 03:36 AM
Went to one of (if not THE) biggest camera stores in oslo, and lost my mind. Well, I'd already lost my mind before I went there because for some strange reason I had to have a 500mm lens. It just grew on me this week, the sensation that my life would not be complete without it.
And seeing as my job doesn't pay that much, I could only afford a sigma 150-500mm and a sigma x2 teleconverter. And in no way shape or form am I trying to imply that it's a cheap lens. But compared to other lenses with a 500mm reach it's a steal ;) And when I write "just bought", I mean JUST bought. I came home, ran up the nearest hill, slapped everything on my D300 and took a series of test shots that in no way reflect the potential of the lens (but does a great job of showing how crap things can be when you don't pay any attention to anything and just do things as fast as you can)
And before you ask "what are you going to photograph with it?", let me assure you that I havn't got a clue. No idea, at all. It's a part of my "buy something and put it to good use" challenge. It's fun just to loose your mind sometimes.. Very expencive, but fun :p
As I said, these are just some test shots, poorly put together and shot in a hurry because I was really looking forward to seeing the reach of this lens, so - yes - they're crap. The editing is crap aswell, so don't complain about the variation in color etc on the pictures because I threw these together from RAW files in a hurry. This is just to show the reach of this lens.
16-85mm @ 16mm - this is the scene:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v398/markryder/16mm.jpg
Faaar away there's a farm. Lets take a look :) :
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v398/markryder/16mmfocus.jpg
16-85mm @ 85mm:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v398/markryder/85mm.jpg
150-500mm @ 150mm:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v398/markryder/150mm.jpg
150-500mm @ 250mm:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v398/markryder/250mm.jpg
150-500mm @ 500mm:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v398/markryder/500mm.jpg
150-500mm @ 500mm with x2 teleconverter:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v398/markryder/1000mm.jpg
(I forgot to manually focus this shot, so it's a bit iffy...)
I was a bit dissapointed by the results with the teleconverter, as I imagined 1000mm would give me a lot more reach compared to the 500mm shot. But other then that, I'm looking forward to testing this lens out more seriously.
And the OS (vibration reduction) on this lens is loud, and it sounds horrible. It's like some small mechanical animal is dying inside of it. But it works.
And seeing as my job doesn't pay that much, I could only afford a sigma 150-500mm and a sigma x2 teleconverter. And in no way shape or form am I trying to imply that it's a cheap lens. But compared to other lenses with a 500mm reach it's a steal ;) And when I write "just bought", I mean JUST bought. I came home, ran up the nearest hill, slapped everything on my D300 and took a series of test shots that in no way reflect the potential of the lens (but does a great job of showing how crap things can be when you don't pay any attention to anything and just do things as fast as you can)
And before you ask "what are you going to photograph with it?", let me assure you that I havn't got a clue. No idea, at all. It's a part of my "buy something and put it to good use" challenge. It's fun just to loose your mind sometimes.. Very expencive, but fun :p
As I said, these are just some test shots, poorly put together and shot in a hurry because I was really looking forward to seeing the reach of this lens, so - yes - they're crap. The editing is crap aswell, so don't complain about the variation in color etc on the pictures because I threw these together from RAW files in a hurry. This is just to show the reach of this lens.
16-85mm @ 16mm - this is the scene:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v398/markryder/16mm.jpg
Faaar away there's a farm. Lets take a look :) :
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v398/markryder/16mmfocus.jpg
16-85mm @ 85mm:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v398/markryder/85mm.jpg
150-500mm @ 150mm:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v398/markryder/150mm.jpg
150-500mm @ 250mm:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v398/markryder/250mm.jpg
150-500mm @ 500mm:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v398/markryder/500mm.jpg
150-500mm @ 500mm with x2 teleconverter:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v398/markryder/1000mm.jpg
(I forgot to manually focus this shot, so it's a bit iffy...)
I was a bit dissapointed by the results with the teleconverter, as I imagined 1000mm would give me a lot more reach compared to the 500mm shot. But other then that, I'm looking forward to testing this lens out more seriously.
And the OS (vibration reduction) on this lens is loud, and it sounds horrible. It's like some small mechanical animal is dying inside of it. But it works.