coastalconn
Been spending a lot of time on here!
- Joined
- Mar 24, 2012
- Messages
- 3,594
- Reaction score
- 3,635
- Location
- Old Saybrook, CT
- Can others edit my Photos
- Photos NOT OK to edit
So I sold off a bunch of gear to get my Sigma 120-300 F2.8, which is still en route. In the process I sold both of my macro lenses. I don't really shoot true macro anyways. Last week I had the Nikon 300 F4 AF-S which was a great lens, but I really didn't think it was worth the price and I just didn't fall in love with it. There has been a dark horse in my whole lens upgrade process. It's not really well known, but it is a Sigma 300 F4 Tele Macro. I'm pretty happy with my first day of testing. It focuses down to 4.5 feet to give a 1:3 Macroesque size. AF speed is slower than the AF-S, but it seems to lock and track better. The price is the kicker.. $300...
I am calling it my back up lens because I'm a little nervous about my new lens due to the Sigma track record and I am thinking about selling the Tokina... Anyways I could only find gulls today for my test subjects... Would love to hear comments about sharpness, color, contrast, bokeh and overall appearance..
1 Wide open and cropped a good amount
Seagull - Testing Sigma 300 F4 1 by krisinct, on Flickr
2 F5.6
Seagull - Testing Sigma 300 F4 2 by krisinct, on Flickr
3 F5.6
Seagull - Testing Sigma 300 F4 3 by krisinct, on Flickr
4 "macroesque" wide open
Bittersweet Testing Sigma 300 F4 by krisinct, on Flickr
5 100% crop wide open (SOOC default sharpening in LR4)
100% Crop Testing Sigma 300 F4 by krisinct, on Flickr
I am calling it my back up lens because I'm a little nervous about my new lens due to the Sigma track record and I am thinking about selling the Tokina... Anyways I could only find gulls today for my test subjects... Would love to hear comments about sharpness, color, contrast, bokeh and overall appearance..
1 Wide open and cropped a good amount
Seagull - Testing Sigma 300 F4 1 by krisinct, on Flickr
2 F5.6
Seagull - Testing Sigma 300 F4 2 by krisinct, on Flickr
3 F5.6
Seagull - Testing Sigma 300 F4 3 by krisinct, on Flickr
4 "macroesque" wide open
Bittersweet Testing Sigma 300 F4 by krisinct, on Flickr
5 100% crop wide open (SOOC default sharpening in LR4)
100% Crop Testing Sigma 300 F4 by krisinct, on Flickr