Post your Sigma 70-200 Pics!

TJ K · Dec 23, 2009

Just got it from the UPS guy and hour ago. Here's the first few!

TJ

el_shorty · Dec 23, 2009

PhotoXopher said:
Wow, some very nice samples here.

That GBH is an incredible photograph...

Thanks, that is one of my favorite photos I've taken.

thebeatles said:
Nice shots rene

Thank you.

TJ K said:
Just got it from the UPS guy and hour ago. Here's the first few!

TJ

beautiful dogs.

TJ K · Dec 23, 2009

Thank you!^

PhotoXopher · Dec 23, 2009

Very nice, love the bokeh!

TJ K · Dec 23, 2009

It's amazing! Much better than even I expected and feels really solid. I wasn't expecting it to weigh what it does especially after having my 35 1.8 mounted lol. The focus is like lightning bolt fast! To catch my dogs running at full speed has to be fast!
TJ

PhotoXopher · Dec 23, 2009

That's great to hear! And yeah, the 35 vs 70-200 is like night and day!

TJ K · Dec 23, 2009

ya haha before the weight was the camera and now it's that 2.8 baby.

PhotoXopher · Dec 25, 2009

Got mine yesterday, used... this is the old model (2004) but the price was right and I'm quite pleased with the results!

Edit, I'll have to wait until I can upload it somewhere that actually works :lol:

TJ K · Dec 25, 2009

Awesome! How are you liking it?

PhotoXopher · Dec 29, 2009

Finally had a chance to give it a little workout.

TJ K · Dec 30, 2009

The second one is pretty awesome! Damn that little twig in the front grrr.
TJ

BAmereihn · Dec 30, 2009

TJ K said:
The second one is pretty awesome! Damn that little twig in the front grrr.
TJ

i dont mind the twig, blends into the background and almost creates a frame, draws my eye right o the lil critter

sinjans · Dec 31, 2009

Hey TJ. How is the lens working out? Having any regrets about the lack of IS? Im asking because i want to go the 70-200 route and am not sure if i want the IS f/4 or the non IS 2.8. Just wondering what you fellas with the experience have to say. cheers

Montana · Dec 31, 2009

I would take max aperture over IS any day of the week.

Antithesis · Jan 1, 2010

You guys should post up which version you have. I had an older "waffle" grip version (I think the first DG, not sure), and it was terrible wide open. Stopped down to F4 though, it gave some seriously sharp images. Shooting newspaper, or anything else for that matter, there was a very obvious soft glow to all the images wide-open, and a crazy lack of contrast. Not that I'm one of those "peepers", I just wanted to test the lens when I first got it, and the rumors were true about its softness.

Does anybody know which versions tend to be the sharpest? I'm just curious. I imagine Sigmas newest rendition is probably the sharper of all, but who knows?