D300 & the BIGMA

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these 2 pix's were shot early evening, I must say the metering on the D300 is fantastic, there is some head movement in the first shot and about 50% crop, ISO 320 100th @ 6.3 which is wide open and hand held.......



these birds are only in the garden for a few minutes then off, so it is hard to get a clear shot of one due to what they feed on, ISO 320 60th @ 6.3 hand held

[Pa]

i like the 2nd of these......i read some reviews on the bigma recently, of about a 100 there were only a couple of people that wasn't happy with it's performance

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thanks Pa....... for the money the Bigma is fantastic...... even better than my 120-300 2.8 ATM

EDIT: I will be having another go late today if the birds turn up, but at 800 ISO

[mickeyjuice]

for the money the Bigma is fantastic...... even better than my 120-300 2.8 ATM

I don't want to hear that while waiting for my 120-300

#2 is wikked.

[Smurph]

the bigma is 500 @ 5.6 isn´t it?

I´m tossing up between that or a 400 2.8 ...

[Pa]

hi smurf

the bigma is 6.3 @500

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from the bargains section.......

Bigma 50-500 $1124.00

Sigma 120-300 2.8 $2701.00

Nikon 300 2.8 VR $5130.00

? 400 2.8 ????? won't be cheap

for the money the Bigma is a lot of glass, with the new cameras having better quality high ISO images, this has to be a bargain lens....... just up the ISO for more speed or DOF