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Posted: **Mon Apr 03, 2006 9:00 pm**

Playing with my new Sigma 180mm Macro. I think it is very sharp.

Posted: **Mon Apr 03, 2006 9:03 pm**

Throw away the razor, that's sharp enough to shave with. :lol:

Posted: **Mon Apr 03, 2006 9:05 pm**

Sounds like a great piece of kit, what speed is it.

I just love compressed DoF shots with the background off focus, took some great pics of me and the wife in Cheddar Gorge, now framed in my hallway.

Posted: **Mon Apr 03, 2006 9:09 pm**

Cheddar Gorge???? As a kid I spent some time there. Goughs and Coxs caves???

Posted: **Mon Apr 03, 2006 10:17 pm**

Cheddar Gorge is not bad for a small weekend break, not on the same scale as more exotic locations but I liked it....

Posted: **Mon Apr 03, 2006 10:29 pm**

I am moving further north........ everything I want to borrow it already there..........

Posted: **Tue Apr 04, 2006 3:37 am**

if the sigma 180 is anything like the sigma 150 i have, i definately think it'll be super sharp.

These sigma macro lenses are great value i think, actually a lot of sigma lenses are great value.

Posted: **Tue Apr 04, 2006 8:29 am**

Oneputt - Congratulations on your new lens. Looks very sharp to me. Building up a Sigma arsenal (10-20, 180 macro: what is next :?:

) Now if you had started drinking from the bottle in view, I might suggest by the end of the night, another shot not as sharp :lol:

Posted: **Tue Apr 04, 2006 8:45 am**

Congrats Oneputt

Very nice and tack sharp as well!

Posted: **Tue Apr 04, 2006 8:46 am**

That is a fine piece of glass. If you dont mind telling how much did it cost?

Posted: **Tue Apr 04, 2006 10:30 am**

fozzie wrote:Oneputt - Congratulations on your new lens. Looks very sharp to me. Building up a Sigma arsenal (10-20, 180 macro: what is next )

Looks like a 70-200 f2.8 is needed

Or the 30 f1.4

nito wrote:That is a fine piece of glass. If you dont mind telling how much did it cost?

imported it should cost somewhere between 900-1000 (including shipping and import fees) as its roughly the same price as the sigma 150mm, locally it'll probably be 1600+ (rough estimate though)

Posted: **Tue Apr 04, 2006 10:36 am**

Always happy to see Sigma users proving that they make a first class lens system :wink:

Nice proof Oneputt - ouch!

:lol:

Posted: **Tue Apr 04, 2006 10:47 am**

Oneputt - Congratulations on your new lens. don't stop saving untill you get a Canon 500D Close-up Lens Attachment to go with the 180 LOZ

Posted: **Tue Apr 04, 2006 12:31 pm**

That's a great piece of glass.
And the Sigma lens looks pretty good too.

Jonas

Posted: **Tue Apr 04, 2006 12:37 pm**

it's also a very nifty mid range telephoto
have you tried taking pictures of eyes yet?

Posted: **Tue Apr 04, 2006 3:58 pm**

Hey Loz I just sold the Canon 500D to partially fund the lens purchase!!

Posted: **Tue Apr 04, 2006 4:20 pm**

Oneputt Birdy lent me his at a mini meet I think we used a adaptor to allow the 500d to fit my sigma 180 and WoW you could see the nose hairs on a flee :lol:

Hope you have a great time with your new toy LOZ

Posted: **Thu Apr 06, 2006 11:21 am**

Hey John you and Slider will be twins out shooting pics of dragons.

Nothing wrong with modern Sigma glass that is for sure.

Posted: **Thu Apr 06, 2006 6:49 pm**

Nice work John.

Bernie, can you pick me up on the way through. Those guys have got all of the good toys. :wink:

Posted: **Thu Apr 06, 2006 8:08 pm**

Very sharp photo ...

Hi dudes and dudettes,
can you use a macro lens with extension tubes and so get to see
the facets in the eye of an insect ?

Regards,
CD

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