Reply to thread

Message

<blockquote data-quote="Blue439" data-source="post: 825106" data-attributes="member: 53455">In the abbey church of Beaulieu-sur-Dordogne, Périgord, southwestern France. The stylized letters you see engraved on some stones are marques de tâcherons, or maker’s marks. Stone cutters in the Middle Ages were, like many other trades, paid on a “piecework” basis. With this unique mark they identified the work they had done so that payment could be made without hesitation.Those marks are also a great way –well, the only way, in truth– to track artisans as they went from one construction site to another.Beaulieu in the Spring of 2022 was the last place I shot with the Sigma 135mm Art, F-mount, lens. It was a good lens but of course a bit limited in terms of reach... Some of the things I need to shoot in old churches are small and far away! Soon after this, I bought the Nikkor Z 100–400mm zoom, which based on my experience outperforms the Sigma. I never looked back.Nikon Z7 II, Sigma 135mm, ƒ/1.8 Art lens, FTZ II adapter. Gitzo tripod, Benro geared head. Natural light.[ATTACH=full]411195[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Blue439, post: 825106, member: 53455"] In the abbey church of Beaulieu-sur-Dordogne, Périgord, southwestern France. The stylized letters you see engraved on some stones are [I]marques de tâcherons,[/I] or maker’s marks. Stone cutters in the Middle Ages were, like many other trades, paid on a “piecework” basis. With this unique mark they identified the work they had done so that payment could be made without hesitation. Those marks are also a great way –well, the only way, in truth– to track artisans as they went from one construction site to another. Beaulieu in the Spring of 2022 was the last place I shot with the Sigma 135mm Art, F-mount, lens. It was a good lens but of course a bit limited in terms of reach... Some of the things I need to shoot in old churches are small and far away! Soon after this, I bought the Nikkor Z 100–400mm zoom, which based on my experience outperforms the Sigma. I never looked back. Nikon Z7 II, Sigma 135mm, ƒ/1.8 Art lens, FTZ II adapter. Gitzo tripod, Benro geared head. Natural light. [ATTACH type="full"]411195[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

Verification