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11-02-2008, 06:10 AM
dorin

Quote:

Originally Posted by droopy1592

NOOOOOOO stay away from the Sigman unless you only shoot between 3ft and 10ft of distance. It front focuses at less than 3ft and severely back focuses over 10ft. I want it too but I've done tons of research and they haven't been fixed yet. Rumors say Canon may release a f/1.4 mkII 50mm sometime next year.

well, to be honest i am more than happy with my sigma 50 1.4, it's just amazing for portraits and low light, maybe i am one happy case, but what, cannot the lens be calibrated by sigma if really needed? i mean c'mon almost 2/3 of the 24-70 need a trip to canon, and after that everyone builds them altars, so why would it be such a bad think to do the same with a sigma?
11-02-2008, 07:49 AM
droopy1592

That would be ok if Sigma's service was superb... but you hear mostly horror stories, and Sigma requires that you send your camera in to be calibrated with the lens, as if they couldn't get a 450D, 50D, or 5D off of the shelf and do it themselves. I'm all for alternative lenses... but I don't think I should have to ship lens and camera for 2-4 weeks and risk getting back something that's not even calibrated properly (which has happened) and Sigmas aren't exactly reliable. See lensrental's sigma saga story

http://www.lensrentals.com/news/2008...the-sigma-saga

And the failure rates

Sigma 120-300 f2.8 90.00% Zoom mechanism, calibration, autofocus
Sigma 120-400 OS 44.44% OS, Autofocus, zoom
Sigma 150-500 OS 45.45% OS, Autofocus, zoom
Sigma 50-500 33.33% Zoom mechanism, autofocus
Sigma 100-300 f4 25.00% autofocus
Canon 17-55 f2.8 IS EF-S 17.39% IS, Err99
Sigma 18-200* 16.67% barrel failure
Canon 10-22 EF-S 15.79% barrel separation
Nikon 17-35 f2.8 14.29% calibration
Sigma 30 f1.4 14.29% calibration
Nikon 80-400 11.11% Electronic issues
Nikon 70-200 f2.8 VR 10.53% zoom mechanism
Canon 100-400 IS 12.25% Zoom tension ring, Err99, calibration
Canon 50 f1.2 13.3% Calibration
Canon 85 f1.2 11.66% Electronic issues
Canon 70-200 f2.8 IS 4.12% IS, Calibration

Sigma leads the way in failed lenses. I really want to like the 50mm sigma, and I was ready to buy it, but if it ain't broke, don't fix it... so I'll wait until Sigma fixes the 50 before I fix my lens collection.
11-02-2008, 09:41 AM
TenD

Something a little different for me.

Last month when I was in Jackson, I was fortunate to see JJ Grey and Mofro perform at the Mangy Moose.

http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l2...MG_0874-24.jpg

http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l2...MG_0885-35.jpg
11-02-2008, 10:12 AM
faisal

TenD...I really like the second one...perfectly exposed IMO....

Here's a 8 shot panorama of today's sunset...

http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q..._Panorama2.jpg
11-02-2008, 10:23 AM
droopy1592

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3293/...3b9541f9_b.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3204/...799dd19b_b.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3032/...80d88a50_b.jpg
11-02-2008, 10:24 AM
droopy1592

Quote:

Originally Posted by dorin

i mean c'mon almost 2/3 of the 24-70 need a trip to canon, and after that everyone builds them altars, so why would it be such a bad think to do the same with a sigma?

Speaking of Altars lol

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3179/...0a22c3cd_b.jpg
11-02-2008, 10:56 AM
jedinite

Quote:

Originally Posted by Turn

never use filters, thats the fast food of photoshop

I would recommend doing some curves and exposure, its a bit dark and could use some nice "colours"

I tried it in black and white and then sepia, I think sepia works a bit better

Thanks for the input, do you use Silver Efex Pro for B+W and Sepia alterations? I'm debating picking up the plugin but I'm not sure if it's worth the $99
11-02-2008, 12:18 PM
Rasidel Slika

Quote:

Originally Posted by droopy1592

you gotta tell me how you processed the color that way... Please!!!

Looks great.

+1 :)

..........
11-02-2008, 03:47 PM
Turn

Quote:

Originally Posted by jedinite

Thanks for the input, do you use Silver Efex Pro for B+W and Sepia alterations? I'm debating picking up the plugin but I'm not sure if it's worth the $99

all I use is photoshop...don't need plug ins other than noise ninja IMO

just stack stack stack layers!

Quote:

Originally Posted by droopy1592

You gotta tell me how you processed the color that way... please!!!

Looks great.

well I can't tell you step by step of replicating that because not even I can because I keep refining and refining layers until I get what I want

ok so here's a quick example, I did a quick remake of it today with less layers (its not perfect because I did it in a minute to show an example)

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2363/...eb78ffae_o.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3220/...a54f1c0d_o.jpg

See what I did with the Curve layer? I went RGB -> Blue and pushed the bottom corner point up

by itself it doesn't do much, but with the other curve layer with say, Red and pushed down into the green section it creates that "bluey" effect

Gradient in a radial reverse to darken the background (yeah you can burn but I prefer gradient because its smoother and faster for me) and selective colour is my opposite of curves

usually when I do a lot of curves, I get unwanted oversaturation of certain colours, usually yellow

so I go into selective colour and pick the colour I want and usually lessen its effect or make it more white

usually Black+Yellow minus (eg -70/-40) does the trick

I hope that helps

really YOU have to experiment, that is the only way you'll learn

and always try using multiple layers, if you don't like doing that then thats fine, but its definitely something to try

ok thats enough about me

DROOPY

I really like the last one, the dog looks really cute and guilty, like you caught him doing a poo or something :D
11-02-2008, 04:06 PM
droopy1592

Quote:

Originally Posted by Turn

all I use is photoshop...don't need plug ins other than noise ninja IMO

just stack stack stack layers!

well I can't tell you step by step of replicating that because not even I can because I keep refining and refining layers until I get what I want

ok so here's a quick example, I did a quick remake of it today with less layers (its not perfect because I did it in a minute to show an example)

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2363/...eb78ffae_o.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3220/...a54f1c0d_o.jpg

See what I did with the Curve layer? I went RGB -> Blue and pushed the bottom corner point up

by itself it doesn't do much, but with the other curve layer with say, Red and pushed down into the green section it creates that "bluey" effect

Gradient in a radial reverse to darken the background (yeah you can burn but I prefer gradient because its smoother and faster for me) and selective colour is my opposite of curves

usually when I do a lot of curves, I get unwanted oversaturation of certain colours, usually yellow

so I go into selective colour and pick the colour I want and usually lessen its effect or make it more white

usually Black+Yellow minus (eg -70/-40) does the trick

I hope that helps

really YOU have to experiment, that is the only way you'll learn

and always try using multiple layers, if you don't like doing that then thats fine, but its definitely something to try

ok thats enough about me

DROOPY

I really like the last one, the dog looks really cute and guilty, like you caught him doing a poo or something :D

lol thanks for the info on the PP

Yeah that dog was chasing me around the park howling as if he was saying "No pictures, no photos!"

I messed around a bit with what you just told me and got this
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3139/...c86cbfcc_b.jpg

I admit I got a bit carried away

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