Sigma 150-600 Garbage

[JacaRanda]

He already used shutter speeds faster than 1/focal length, not sure if slowing it down will help.

 

[DarkShadow]

Besides what Didereaux suggested already try to catch a day with lots of sunlight.A slow lens like this needs lots of light to really show what its capable of. If I am In doubt,I would use a tripod,single Center point on something still and self timer or shutter release cable to rule out human errors,not saying it is you but its one way to find out for sure.

 

[Braineack]

send it back.

 

[jcdeboever]

send it back.

I think your correct. They really did not improve all that much. And from what I have seen on a d3300, this is not even remotely close. The exposure meter was dead in the middle as well. I think the OS is not functioning, plus the focus is flaky at times.

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[Peeb]

Were you shooting thru a window?

 

[robbins.photo]

Were you shooting thru a window?

A really really dirty window with warped glass? Well even so I'd probably send that one back, if your looking at those shutter speeds using a mono pod and the photos are that out of focus, I'd say you have a problem child there.

 

[jcdeboever]

Were you shooting thru a window?

Did both, same result.

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[Peeb]

Were you shooting thru a window?

A really really dirty window with warped glass? Well even so I'd probably send that one back, if your looking at those shutter speeds using a mono pod and the photos are that out of focus, I'd say you have a problem child there.

Just wondered if the window would disrupt the focusing a bit.

 

[DarkShadow]

Yes if your not happy I would return it. Never no maybe it was mishandled,dropped or just a fart straight from Sigma.

 

[Derrel]

ISO 4000 at f/8 at 1/1250 on the cropped image...looks like ISO has been treated with some noise reduction. That does not look very good to me...just not very crisp, looks mushy due to what I think is high ISO gain and maybe some NR. The small ones are hard to see-but ONE of them looks like the focus and sharpness is better than the others. Overall, these look unimpressive for sure. Shot #3 looks best to me on the feeder.

 

[jcdeboever]

ISO 400 at f/8 at 1/1250 on the cropped image...looks like ISO has been treated with some noise reduction. That does not look very good to me...just not very crisp, looks mushy due to what I think is high ISO gain and maybe some NR. The small ones are hard to see-but ONE of them looks like the focus and sharpness is better than the others. Overall, these look unimpressive for sure. Shot #3 looks best to me on the feeder.

Thanks Derrel. I did zero noise reduction. I will contact manufacturer tomorrow. If I could load the full converted raw file, well, let's just say it sucks. This website really frustrated me as well as I had to cut way down on the quality to post. So, I think this really is a negative in my situation... In regards to proper evaluation. This type of scenario draws me to selling my digital equipment.

I am so over the crap I produce. I think I am going to sell all this crap and go back to painting.

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[Gary A.]

ISO 400 at f/8 at 1/1250 on the cropped image...looks like ISO has been treated with some noise reduction. That does not look very good to me...just not very crisp, looks mushy due to what I think is high ISO gain and maybe some NR. The small ones are hard to see-but ONE of them looks like the focus and sharpness is better than the others. Overall, these look unimpressive for sure. Shot #3 looks best to me on the feeder.

Thanks Derrel. I did zero noise reduction. I will contact manufacturer tomorrow. If I could load the full converted raw file, well, let's just say it sucks. This website really frustrated me as well as I had to cut way down on the quality to post. So, I think this really is a negative in my situation... In regards to proper evaluation. This type of scenario draws me to selling my digital equipment.

I am so over the crap I produce. I think I am going to sell all this crap and go back to painting.

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A bit of a rough spot JC?

 

[jcdeboever]

ISO 400 at f/8 at 1/1250 on the cropped image...looks like ISO has been treated with some noise reduction. That does not look very good to me...just not very crisp, looks mushy due to what I think is high ISO gain and maybe some NR. The small ones are hard to see-but ONE of them looks like the focus and sharpness is better than the others. Overall, these look unimpressive for sure. Shot #3 looks best to me on the feeder.

Thanks Derrel. I did zero noise reduction. I will contact manufacturer tomorrow. If I could load the full converted raw file, well, let's just say it sucks. This website really frustrated me as well as I had to cut way down on the quality to post. So, I think this really is a negative in my situation... In regards to proper evaluation. This type of scenario draws me to selling my digital equipment.

I am so over the crap I produce. I think I am going to sell all this crap and go back to painting.

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A bit of a rough spot JC?

Maybe Gary. I am not progressing. I seem to be going backwards. I think I just don't understand what I am doing. I am kind of throwing in the towel at this point.

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[Gary A.]

People progress differently ... I have a good friend who doesn't seem to progress, his images look the same-o, same-o for along time ... then bam ... his stuff takes a giant leap forward ... an entire level better. Soooo ... maybe you're like him ... you beat, beat, beat against that wall ... then you find the door and all at once you're through to the next level.

 

[jcdeboever]

People progress differently ... I have a good friend who doesn't seem to progress, his images look the same-o, same-o for along time ... then bam ... his stuff takes a giant leap forward ... an entire level better. Soooo ... maybe you're like him ... you beat, beat, beat against that wall ... then you find the door and all at once you're through to the next level.

Will see I guess. I am so frustrated by all the variables. When you spend $1000, it is not unreasonable to expect good results. It is bad enough that I suck at photography and am late to the game. My mentor moved away and I am feeling blind....

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