Dave Colangelo
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A nice working 40mm or 50mm for my Hasselblad V system
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Realistically...not like 600mm f/4 or something nuts.
But right now, what lenses do you really wish you had?
I have a D810 and I just got to play with a Nikon 300mm f/4E PF
holy smokes! Love!
300mm and no bigger than the 24-70 f/2.8 (and no cheaper either)
The other lens I really want is the Sigma 50mm f/1.4 ART
I love the 50mm length and the ART version is supposed to be amazing.
Realistically...not like 600mm f/4 or something nuts.
But right now, what lenses do you really wish you had?
I have a D810 and I just got to play with a Nikon 300mm f/4E PF
holy smokes! Love!
300mm and no bigger than the 24-70 f/2.8 (and no cheaper either)
The other lens I really want is the Sigma 50mm f/1.4 ART
I love the 50mm length and the ART version is supposed to be amazing.
Tamron 24-70 f2.8 VC or Nikon 24-70 f2.8 non-VR. Not any time soon.
Nikon 600mm f4e. Unrealistic.
Nikon 500mm f4e. Unrealistic.
Nikon 70-200 f2.8 VR-ii. Unrealistic given how sparingly I would use it.
Yeap, same here, I really got all the lenses I need.None, really.
On my wishlist.. hmm...
Well looking at possibly adding either a 50-500mm Sigma OS or alternatively a Sigma 100-300mm F4 to the bag for zoo shooting. I think both would be great in that capacity, just haven't really decided which of the two would be the most useful yet.
For wildlife shots I'd like to get either a Sigma 150-600mm or a Tamron 150-600mm at some point as well, though that will be further down the road.
Realistically...not like 600mm f/4 or something nuts.
But right now, what lenses do you really wish you had?
I have a D810 and I just got to play with a Nikon 300mm f/4E PF
holy smokes! Love!
300mm and no bigger than the 24-70 f/2.8 (and no cheaper either)
The other lens I really want is the Sigma 50mm f/1.4 ART
I love the 50mm length and the ART version is supposed to be amazing.
I've got one and it is FANTASTIC for astro-photos but you need to be really careful in direct sunlight as it flares really easily. Overall, I really like it.
Shot at 16mmI've got one and it is FANTASTIC for astro-photos but you need to be really careful in direct sunlight as it flares really easily. Overall, I really like it.
Perfect! It'll be mostly for astro with some b&w landscape mixed in
I really enjoy my Bigma. Though getting it AND one of those xxx-600 lenses might be overkill. I find the shorter end of the bigma to really only be useful in very specific situations. Parades and equine photography (in the ring) for me mostly. It is plenty sharp for me and I have gotten some good wildlife shots with it.
The 300mm f/4E PF is on my list as well. 300mm + TC-17II + 1.6 DX sensor on my D7000 would be amazing for wildlife/ sports, assuming the autofocus could keep up. Probably could if you used limiter. Maybe even grab one of those new D500's for the focusing system... Oh god, it just never ends!
Shot at 16mmI've got one and it is FANTASTIC for astro-photos but you need to be really careful in direct sunlight as it flares really easily. Overall, I really like it.
Perfect! It'll be mostly for astro with some b&w landscape mixed in
f/2.8
ISO 1600
(yes, it'll work on a FF camera at 16mm).
View attachment 124628
I really enjoy my Bigma. Though getting it AND one of those xxx-600 lenses might be overkill. I find the shorter end of the bigma to really only be useful in very specific situations. Parades and equine photography (in the ring) for me mostly. It is plenty sharp for me and I have gotten some good wildlife shots with it.
The 300mm f/4E PF is on my list as well. 300mm + TC-17II + 1.6 DX sensor on my D7000 would be amazing for wildlife/ sports, assuming the autofocus could keep up. Probably could if you used limiter. Maybe even grab one of those new D500's for the focusing system... Oh god, it just never ends!
Close focus distance of that 50-500 I think is around 20 inches plus the length of the lens.I really enjoy my Bigma. Though getting it AND one of those xxx-600 lenses might be overkill. I find the shorter end of the bigma to really only be useful in very specific situations. Parades and equine photography (in the ring) for me mostly. It is plenty sharp for me and I have gotten some good wildlife shots with it.
If I go with the 50-500 I doubt I'll still get the 150-600. The low end of the 50-500 would actually be pretty useful to me for shooting at the zoo - even on the 70-200mm 70 can be a bit to long on occasion since in many situations your shooting through glass and the closer you can get to it the better to minimize reflection. The 50-500 would be nice because I could mount just one lens and it would cover probably 80% of what I shoot at the zoo. I'd only have to switch occasionally when I really needed something faster, so I could always do the majority of my shooting with the one lens, take a break and swap them out at the car, then head back with the 70-200mm 2.8 for those places that the 5.6/6.3 just really couldn't do the job that well.
I'm also looking at the 100-300mm F4 = with a 1.4x TC that would give me out to 420 at 5.6 for the outdoor stuff, and still be fast enough that I could shoot the indoor stuff so again most of my shooting condensed into one lens. I could carry the 28-75 with me for those spots where the 100mm was just too long I guess, so I'd probably have to swap lenses a bit more but I think that would be workable.
The 300mm f/4E PF is on my list as well. 300mm + TC-17II + 1.6 DX sensor on my D7000 would be amazing for wildlife/ sports, assuming the autofocus could keep up. Probably could if you used limiter. Maybe even grab one of those new D500's for the focusing system... Oh god, it just never ends!
Lol.. true, it never does. Fortunately I'm getting by pretty well with whats in the bag so this all falls into the "would be nice to have at some point" category, not the .. wow, I really need category.
Ah. I didn't put 2 and 2 together earlier! Totally missed that it was your photo that got me curious about that lens.Shot at 16mmI've got one and it is FANTASTIC for astro-photos but you need to be really careful in direct sunlight as it flares really easily. Overall, I really like it.
Perfect! It'll be mostly for astro with some b&w landscape mixed in
f/2.8
ISO 1600
(yes, it'll work on a FF camera at 16mm).
View attachment 124628
Close focus distance of that 50-500 I think is around 20 inches plus the length of the lens.
I looked really closely at that lens once but got the 150-500 but soon replaced it with the tamron 150-600.
If you use the Sigma strap, you strap the lens so you can have it by your side if you swap on a small lens. I also didn't like the focus and zoom mechanisms as I thought they were hard and not really smooth compared to Tamron/Nikon.