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D300 & the BIGMA

PostPosted: Sat Dec 29, 2007 8:42 am
by big pix
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.......

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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
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 29, 2007 9:31 am
by 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

PostPosted: Sat Dec 29, 2007 3:47 pm
by big pix
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

PostPosted: Sat Dec 29, 2007 9:59 pm
by mickeyjuice
big pix wrote: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.

PostPosted: Sun Dec 30, 2007 6:05 am
by Smurph
the bigma is 500 @ 5.6 isn´t it?

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

PostPosted: Sun Dec 30, 2007 6:20 am
by Pa
hi smurf

the bigma is 6.3 @500

PostPosted: Sun Dec 30, 2007 8:20 am
by big pix
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