Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
New media
New media comments
New profile posts
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Members
Current visitors
New profile posts
Search profile posts
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Forums
Lenses
Prime
They said, Sigma are better than Nikkor - 50mm
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="eurotrash" data-source="post: 147843" data-attributes="member: 9237"><p>Test, test, test, and test some more.. I wouldn't bother with focus charts and all that noise. Just try to figure out if it can accurately track moving vehicles in AF-C 3D, try to see if the minimum focus distance is accurate at f/2, (maybe at f/1.4 as well) test it in low light at wide apertures, and try to determine if, in normal shooting conditions, it's reliability. I got suckered into waiting too long to test the heck out of mine and I eventually wasn't able to return it in time to get my money back. There are too many supposed bad ones out there to not really put it through it's paces.. Even after sending mine in to Sigma and waiting 3 weeks for them to calibrate it to my particular camera, it still wasn't right in the end :/</p><p></p><p>I'll admit, shooting at 1.4 is a challenging thing to do and many times your image may well be out of focus slightly. But even at higher apertures like 2.8, mine was problematic. I'm in no way trying to change your mind or put a raincloud over this lens, I'm simply trying to share my story with the glass. It really did produce some stunning images while I had it and it was working like it should:</p><p></p><p>All at f/1.4</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/stupidphotoguy/8206672069/" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8065/8206672069_c9b282ed05_c.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/stupidphotoguy/8206672069/" target="_blank">BOKEH!</a> by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/stupidphotoguy/" target="_blank">stupidphotoguy</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/stupidphotoguy/8207759706/" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8208/8207759706_21431178bd_c.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/stupidphotoguy/8207759706/" target="_blank">Tree Shot</a> by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/stupidphotoguy/" target="_blank">stupidphotoguy</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/stupidphotoguy/8206671629/" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8210/8206671629_839a15b18d_c.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/stupidphotoguy/8206671629/" target="_blank">Log Shot</a> by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/stupidphotoguy/" target="_blank">stupidphotoguy</a>, on Flickr</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="eurotrash, post: 147843, member: 9237"] Test, test, test, and test some more.. I wouldn't bother with focus charts and all that noise. Just try to figure out if it can accurately track moving vehicles in AF-C 3D, try to see if the minimum focus distance is accurate at f/2, (maybe at f/1.4 as well) test it in low light at wide apertures, and try to determine if, in normal shooting conditions, it's reliability. I got suckered into waiting too long to test the heck out of mine and I eventually wasn't able to return it in time to get my money back. There are too many supposed bad ones out there to not really put it through it's paces.. Even after sending mine in to Sigma and waiting 3 weeks for them to calibrate it to my particular camera, it still wasn't right in the end :/ I'll admit, shooting at 1.4 is a challenging thing to do and many times your image may well be out of focus slightly. But even at higher apertures like 2.8, mine was problematic. I'm in no way trying to change your mind or put a raincloud over this lens, I'm simply trying to share my story with the glass. It really did produce some stunning images while I had it and it was working like it should: All at f/1.4 [URL="http://www.flickr.com/photos/stupidphotoguy/8206672069/"][IMG]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8065/8206672069_c9b282ed05_c.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL="http://www.flickr.com/photos/stupidphotoguy/8206672069/"]BOKEH![/URL] by [URL="http://www.flickr.com/people/stupidphotoguy/"]stupidphotoguy[/URL], on Flickr [URL="http://www.flickr.com/photos/stupidphotoguy/8207759706/"][IMG]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8208/8207759706_21431178bd_c.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL="http://www.flickr.com/photos/stupidphotoguy/8207759706/"]Tree Shot[/URL] by [URL="http://www.flickr.com/people/stupidphotoguy/"]stupidphotoguy[/URL], on Flickr [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/stupidphotoguy/8206671629/][img]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8210/8206671629_839a15b18d_c.jpg[/img][/url][url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/stupidphotoguy/8206671629/]Log Shot[/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/stupidphotoguy/]stupidphotoguy[/url], on Flickr [/QUOTE]
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Lenses
Prime
They said, Sigma are better than Nikkor - 50mm
Top
