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Nikon D70s ,Sigma 18-50mm f/2.8 EX DC
1/100s f/10.0 at 24.0mm iso200 hand held


Nikon D70s ,Sigma 18-50mm f/2.8 EX DC
1/250s f/10.0 at 24.0mm iso200 hand held

Kerry - both great pics but I would love to do some PS work on the panels to remove the reflections as per my advertising training

Kerry -

nice shots,


I keep thinking about getting that lens - what are your thoughts on it?

Bob - I think the pics speak for themselves

Mate, wish it was in my yard and love the colour. kerry very nice this car for a ford as we have rather a large Hot Rod club here where i live and sometimes they have what they call it show and shine where they have a big car show with beauties like these.
Cheers
John

Very nice shots.
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Regards
Poon

sirhc55 wrote:Kerry - both great pics but I would love to do some PS work on the panels to remove the reflections as per my advertising training

Thanks, Chris. If you'd like to give them a play, be my guest. I haven't given any thought to removing the reflections.

rjlhughes wrote:I keep thinking about getting that lens - what are your thoughts on it?

Thanks, Bob. I like the lens a great deal. The focal range is very useful to me. It's small and light, which makes it easy to keep in my carry bag, and it's very sharp. It does have some issues at times, like mild lens flare, light fall off in the corners at wide apertures between 18mm & 24mm and some mild chromatic aberration.

All things considered, especially price, I think it's the best lens available in this focal range.

Thanks for the kind comments, Poon and BBJ.

BBJ: Today, there is a huge car show on the streets of a couple of cities about 15 miles from my home. There will be thousands of cars like the Corvette I showed earlier and this car. That's where this car was going when I saw it.

The sponsors bill this show as the largest in the world of its type, with almost 2 million visitors expected and 40,000 cars.

http://www.woodwarddreamcruise.com/About.html

Unfortunately, the weather isn't going to cooperate. Thunderstorms are moving through here and it's raining right now, so I'm not going to go out.

Thanks Kerry,

I'm always shooting against the light so the flare issue is interesting to me.

and yes the pictures are fine.

I suppose sirhc55 after you posted that note you realised it was the quality of the pics that prompted my enquiry about how Kerry liked the lens.

Although I judge lenses on the results as displayed on the web, I wonder how appropriate that is? I might start a thread on that...

rjlhughes wrote:Thanks Kerry,

I'm always shooting against the light so the flare issue is interesting to me.

and yes the pictures are fine.

I suppose sirhc55 after you posted that note you realised it was the quality of the pics that prompted my enquiry about how Kerry liked the lens.

Although I judge lenses on the results as displayed on the web, I wonder how appropriate that is? I might start a thread on that...

Actually Bob I realised the object of your question prior to posting my reply You have raised a very important question re judging the quality of a lens via a web thread. I tend to go to http://www.pbase.com/cameras/sigma/18-50_28_ex_dc and check out what other people have achieved with the lens (the address is for the Sigma 18-50). In this way I can check on all manner of pic types (in the 18-50 there are over 3,000 pics).

But none of this compares to putting the lens on your camera and trying it for yourself. The mini meets at Birddogs are ideal for this as Birdie has an amzing collection plus the other members will often have a lens you can try.

Chris,

I'll pop this up in another thread....

Hi Kerry - did a little rework on your superb photo to tone down the reflections:

sirhc55 wrote:Hi Kerry - did a little rework on your superb photo to tone down the reflections:

That's quite interesting, Chris. Looks like a lot of work....

Not long at all Kerry - I used the pen tool to outline panel by panel. Then selected a colour from the panel with the eye dropper and did a 50% fill.

sirhc55 wrote:Not long at all Kerry - I used the pen tool to outline panel by panel. Then selected a colour from the panel with the eye dropper and did a 50% fill.

Thanks, I'll try to remember that trick!