Songkran - Through the eyes of the Sigma

[PiroStitch]

Taken with the 70-300 Sigma. Some of the shots had to be taken using a tripod as I wasn't overly enthused at stopping down to f8 and using shutter speeds of 1/50 handheld...

Out of the shots taken with the Sigma, these are the only decent ones.





Some may recognise this bloke from the news lately in Melbourne

[Alex]

Wayne,

1, 3 and 4 are great. I think this lens may be ok if stopped down sufficiently.

Alex

[johnd]

Piro, I like 1 and 4.

Did you bump ISO up from the default 200? On my post the other day about my first fashion shoot, I got some really good suggests from Alex, Wendell and Matt.

The guts of the suggestions were: no flash, ISO as high as 800, f4 - f5.6, 1/250 sec.

I think you'd have a lot of trouble stopping the action at 1/50.

Cheers
John

[PiroStitch]

Johnd - Yup I bumped up the ISO to abot 640 and 800. At an aperture of 4 and 5.6, it's really soft on the sigma and no chance of using a shutter speed of 1/250 with that lens. I'm going to get rid of it and purchase another tele or another longer prime.

[johnd]

I'm going to get rid of it and purchase another tele or another longer prime.

Piro, I did my first fashion shoot with an 85/1.8 that I picked up on this forum 2nd hand for $500 I think it was. I made a lot of mistakes and have a lot to learn, but the lens is showing it's potential as a great lens for fashion work.

Cheers
John