Drive-By-Shooter
No longer a newbie, moving up!
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in my prior post, i meant to say that i've come to appreciate the superiority of great primes. especially considering derrel's advice about cropping. i have only been shooting digital for 2 years. took me a while to get this.
obviously, fast extra long primes are prohibitively expensive for hobbyists.
how far will you be from the subject?
would a cropped 300 be better than a zoomed-in 150-600? probably.
if you cropped the 300 shot more, how would it compare to a cropped 600?
will you print larger than 8x10?
i tested the tamron and was very impressed (before splurging for the sport for potentially faster focusing at races).
it is my understanding that the sigma sport's optics are not significantly better than the contemporary's.
nikon has been having serious quality issues in recent years. read the many customer reviews on bhphotovideo.com about bad lenses and terrible company non-help.
n-photo magazine from the uk does a great job comparing lenses! they assemble articles into books (i have the first 2) and maybe the third one, out now, has the comparison you need!
i don't hesitate to shoot my big sig wide open. i test them wide open. for example, the sig 20mm failed, but the 24mm passed.
from my sig sport:
VIR_3334
_VIR7466
and when you have the wrong lens, you just shoot when a pretty woman smiles! DOF so small that face is sharp but not hair. having just bought it the day before, i did not know that i could pulled the zoom in without unlocking first. (i've learned much about post processing since and should re-do this.)
VIR_3481
both of these shots were very cropped. subjects were probably 250 and 300+ yards away. hand held.
_VIR7797
VIR_3168
should've locked the mirror and used the timer or remote, but still pretty sharp: _HOM9046 "UOO"
i hand held the lens all day for the races and only used a tripod for the moon shot.
obviously, fast extra long primes are prohibitively expensive for hobbyists.
how far will you be from the subject?
would a cropped 300 be better than a zoomed-in 150-600? probably.
if you cropped the 300 shot more, how would it compare to a cropped 600?
will you print larger than 8x10?
i tested the tamron and was very impressed (before splurging for the sport for potentially faster focusing at races).
it is my understanding that the sigma sport's optics are not significantly better than the contemporary's.
nikon has been having serious quality issues in recent years. read the many customer reviews on bhphotovideo.com about bad lenses and terrible company non-help.
n-photo magazine from the uk does a great job comparing lenses! they assemble articles into books (i have the first 2) and maybe the third one, out now, has the comparison you need!
i don't hesitate to shoot my big sig wide open. i test them wide open. for example, the sig 20mm failed, but the 24mm passed.
from my sig sport:
VIR_3334
_VIR7466
and when you have the wrong lens, you just shoot when a pretty woman smiles! DOF so small that face is sharp but not hair. having just bought it the day before, i did not know that i could pulled the zoom in without unlocking first. (i've learned much about post processing since and should re-do this.)
VIR_3481
both of these shots were very cropped. subjects were probably 250 and 300+ yards away. hand held.
_VIR7797
VIR_3168
should've locked the mirror and used the timer or remote, but still pretty sharp: _HOM9046 "UOO"
i hand held the lens all day for the races and only used a tripod for the moon shot.
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