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I certainly have a lot to learn about this lens, and look forward to your comments:

http://www.pixspot.com/index.php?cat=10022


Cheers,

Fozzie - great to see the first shot up from the 150mm macro.

My only comments on this would be focus point and DOF. I noticed that you have a fairly wide open aperture - try reducing it.

Take a subject and do a whole series of shots focussing on the one point and then using a whole range of apertures so that you can visually see the results.

This will give you an idea of DOF for a particular subject. Remember that when you go to 1:1 you have bugger all DOF so you need to know what you want to focus on.

Keep em coming mate

Chris

Good work fozz. I am very keen on getting a dedicated macro lens, and this adds another level of interest.

Looking forward to seeing more of your macro work over the coming weeks/months

cheers

Chris,

sirhc55 wrote:Fozzie - great to see the first shot up from the 150mm macro.

My only comments on this would be focus point and DOF. I noticed that you have a fairly wide open aperture - try reducing it.

Take a subject and do a whole series of shots focussing on the one point and then using a whole range of apertures so that you can visually see the results.

This will give you an idea of DOF for a particular subject. Remember that when you go to 1:1 you have bugger all DOF so you need to know what you want to focus on.

Keep em coming mate

Chris

Thank you for your comments. This is all new to me and I actually sat down last night as read the lens manual.

Unfortunatley when I did the shot, gusty wind and inexperienced macro photographer, not a good mix. But I will carry on regardless.

Lens build is good and AF fast.

Cheerio,
fozzie

Just a quick question: I haven't been able to easily find the info on Sigma's lense naming.

As I understand it DG means for digital?
EX is to do with Low dispersion glass? (EDIT: Found that it refers to "Excellence", considered to be pro type lense)
APO I'm not sure?
HSM refers to the AF motors (silent/quiet)?

Basically I'm trying to understand the difference between:
Sigma 105mm Macro EX DG f2.8 AU$510.00
Sigma 150mm APO Macro F2.8 EX DG HSM AU$900.00
other than the focal length.

pippin88 wrote:Just a quick question: I haven't been able to easily find the info on Sigma's lense naming.

As I understand it DG means for digital?
EX is to do with Low dispersion glass? (EDIT: Found that it refers to "Excellence", considered to be pro type lense)
APO I'm not sure?
HSM refers to the AF motors (silent/quiet)?

Basically I'm trying to understand the difference between:
Sigma 105mm Macro EX DG f2.8 AU$510.00
Sigma 150mm APO Macro F2.8 EX DG HSM AU$900.00
other than the focal length.

Pip my old lad - sorry for that a bit of Dickens

Well the major difference is the extra 45mm plus HSM is a hypersonic motor - fast and quite

Chris

pippin, go here...

http://www.sigma-photo.com/Html/lenses.htm

for all info relating to the sigma abbreviations, and info about the lenses.

There are also a couple of newer lenses under NEWS that don't appear in the main sections (thanks fozzie for that info)

cheers

Greg B wrote:pippin, go here...

http://www.sigma-photo.com/Html/lenses.htm

for all info relating to the sigma abbreviations, and info about the lenses.

There are also a couple of newer lenses under NEWS that don't appear in the main sections (thanks fozzie for that info)

cheers

Yeah, I found the link but thanks.

Thanks for the news page tip, was wondering why I couldn't see the 150mm Macro.

Nice first shot Fozzie. I agree with what Chris said. It's difficult shooting macro in windy conditions though. Plus with the apertures needed to get decent DOF a tripod is often needed. When I use my macro lens I only ever use manual focus.

Can't wait to see more as i'm interested to see how this lens performs.

Nicole,

Nicole wrote:Nice first shot Fozzie. I agree with what Chris said. It's difficult shooting macro in windy conditions though. Plus with the apertures needed to get decent DOF a tripod is often needed. When I use my macro lens I only ever use manual focus.

Can't wait to see more as i'm interested to see how this lens performs.

One more shot, to wet your appetite:

http://www.pixspot.com/displayimage.php ... 2&pos=-424

Cheerio,