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Postby Slider on Tue Jan 24, 2006 6:47 pm

Today was the first chance I have had to use the new lens in nice bright Macro friendly sunlight.

Dropped in and took these at the Botanical Garden in Cooroy on my way past.

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Postby big pix on Tue Jan 24, 2006 7:07 pm

very very nice....... next time you are away, I am happy to baby sit your new lens..........
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Postby tyrone_tong on Tue Jan 24, 2006 7:14 pm

Very nice capture and nice color :)
I like the first one.

And the second one is funny. It is just like a strawberry :lol:
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Postby moggy on Tue Jan 24, 2006 7:27 pm

Very nice pics Mark, the colours are gorgeous! :wink:

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Postby birddog114 on Tue Jan 24, 2006 7:27 pm

Slider,
They're very nice, you have done well.
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Postby mitedo on Tue Jan 24, 2006 7:49 pm

Good to see the new lens is working out ok for you Mark
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Postby rokkstar on Tue Jan 24, 2006 7:53 pm

Incredible images. Absolutely wonderful.
I have GOT to get me one of those lenses.
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Postby marcotrov on Tue Jan 24, 2006 8:03 pm

Lovely, sharp images Mark. Guess you are happy with the lens :wink: :lol:
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Postby Nicole on Tue Jan 24, 2006 8:40 pm

I love this lens too Mark. Great for flowers and insects etc as well. 2nd is my fav. Great shots.
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Postby birddog114 on Tue Jan 24, 2006 8:42 pm

Nicole wrote:I love this lens too Mark. Great for flowers and insects etc as well. 2nd is my fav. Great shots.


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I thought you have one of these lenses.
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Postby Nicole on Tue Jan 24, 2006 8:44 pm

I do thanks to you. :D

I'm going to post up some butterfly pics tonight hopefully. I find it more flexible than my Nikon 60mm.
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Postby Alpha_7 on Tue Jan 24, 2006 8:47 pm

Great work Mark, it's obvious your really enjoying that Sigma!
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Postby Slider on Tue Jan 24, 2006 10:01 pm

Thanks Folks. :D
So far so good. I am very impressed with the lens. It's producing nice colours and the autofocus is very good. Does occasionaly hunt in certain circumstances. Really bright whites tend to be a bit of an issue. I do like the manual overide which works a treat. Bascially you just use the autofocus and then, still keeping the shutter half pressed to maintain the focus setting, you can then manual adjust and fine tune to your liking and fire off the shot. Neat :D

mitedo wrote:Good to see the new lens is working out ok for you Mark


And who's to blame :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Postby Geoff on Tue Jan 24, 2006 10:17 pm

Beautiful images Mark - no.1 is my favourite!! :)
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Postby Slider on Tue Jan 24, 2006 10:45 pm

Thanks Geoff :D
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Postby Big Red on Tue Jan 24, 2006 11:22 pm

looking good mark 8)
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Postby Slider on Wed Jan 25, 2006 9:03 pm

Big Red wrote:looking good mark 8)


Thanks Shane, have you ordered yours yet :roll:
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Postby DionM on Thu Jan 26, 2006 1:17 pm

Great images!

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Postby Dargan on Thu Jan 26, 2006 5:13 pm

Mark These are just wonderful images as I have said elsewhere. Any time you want to post more is fine with me.
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Postby SteveGriffin on Thu Jan 26, 2006 6:21 pm

Very nice work. All of these beautiful macro's don't ease the lusting :(
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Postby Matt. K on Thu Jan 26, 2006 7:33 pm

Mark
Welcome to the world of little things! :D
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Postby flipfrog on Sat Jan 28, 2006 2:36 pm

now those are macro!
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Postby LostDingo on Sat Jan 28, 2006 9:32 pm

all very well done with vibrant color, love all of them!
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