Sigma 500mm f/4.5

IcebearIcebear Registered Users Posts: 4,015 Major grins
edited June 2, 2011 in Cameras
Bit the big bullet and bought a new lens. I got this primarily for wildlife, but may also use it for sports if I can get used to the non-existant field-of-view. Jeeze, it makes the 300 feel lika a WA. Anyway, to quickly test the focus, sharpness and resolution, I tacked up a piece of paper (one of my invoices) on a tree 22 feet from my D700 on a tripod and took a single shot. Holy moly! Here's a full crop. You can see the texture in the paper. f/6.3. I think I'll keep it.

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John :
Natural selection is responsible for every living thing that exists.
D3s, D500, D5300, and way more glass than the wife knows about.

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  • Art ScottArt Scott Registered Users Posts: 8,959 Major grins
    edited June 1, 2011
    wow nice lens......

    why did you pick 22 feet as the target distance??
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  • ZerodogZerodog Registered Users Posts: 1,480 Major grins
    edited June 1, 2011
    Dude!!
  • IcebearIcebear Registered Users Posts: 4,015 Major grins
    edited June 1, 2011
    Art Scott wrote: »
    wow nice lens......

    why did you pick 22 feet as the target distance??

    Because I'm lazy. The tree was there. The tripod was there. All I had to do was stick in the thumbtack and stretch the tape. You give me way too much credit, Art. :D
    John :
    Natural selection is responsible for every living thing that exists.
    D3s, D500, D5300, and way more glass than the wife knows about.
  • puzzledpaulpuzzledpaul Registered Users Posts: 1,621 Major grins
    edited June 1, 2011
    Hope you get as much enjoyment from using it as I do mine (altho not a Sigma) :)

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  • ZerodogZerodog Registered Users Posts: 1,480 Major grins
    edited June 1, 2011
    Icebear wrote: »
    Because I'm lazy. The tree was there. The tripod was there. All I had to do was stick in the thumbtack and stretch the tape. You give me way too much credit, Art. :D

    I think uncontrolled or less controlled tests are better tests. For a real world situation you don't have a well lit lab environment. You need to try that thing with some action or at least with some wildlife to see how it does for you.
  • ThatCanonGuyThatCanonGuy Registered Users Posts: 1,778 Major grins
    edited June 1, 2011
    Whoa, is that with the D700? Wait, I can see noise... must be at ISO 51200 or something :D
  • angevin1angevin1 Registered Users Posts: 3,403 Major grins
    edited June 1, 2011
    Sweet!
    tom wise
  • IcebearIcebear Registered Users Posts: 4,015 Major grins
    edited June 1, 2011
    Zerodog wrote: »
    You need to try that thing with some action or at least with some wildlife to see how it does for you.

    OK Dog . . . here you go!
    John :
    Natural selection is responsible for every living thing that exists.
    D3s, D500, D5300, and way more glass than the wife knows about.
  • DogdotsDogdots Registered Users Posts: 8,795 Major grins
    edited June 1, 2011
    Oh my ... this lens is awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!
    Mary
    www.Dogdotsphotography.com
  • IcebearIcebear Registered Users Posts: 4,015 Major grins
    edited June 2, 2011
    Dogdots wrote: »
    Oh my ... this lens is awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Yah.
    John :
    Natural selection is responsible for every living thing that exists.
    D3s, D500, D5300, and way more glass than the wife knows about.
  • Art ScottArt Scott Registered Users Posts: 8,959 Major grins
    edited June 2, 2011
    Icebear wrote: »
    OK Dog . . . here you go!

    that is one bad lens......bowdown.gifbowbowdown.gifbowbowdown.gifthumbthumb.gifthumbthumb.gifthumb
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  • IcebearIcebear Registered Users Posts: 4,015 Major grins
    edited June 2, 2011
    Art Scott wrote: »
    that is one bad lens......bowdown.gifbowbowdown.gifbowbowdown.gifthumbthumb.gifthumbthumb.gifthumb

    I know, Art. It's humbling. Between the bodies and the lenses, I'm all out of excuses.
    John :
    Natural selection is responsible for every living thing that exists.
    D3s, D500, D5300, and way more glass than the wife knows about.
  • lfortierlfortier Registered Users Posts: 237 Major grins
    edited June 2, 2011
    Whoa! So sharp it hurts.

    No more excuses. Laughing.gif
    Lee F

    www.leefortier.com
  • endurodogendurodog Registered Users Posts: 183 Major grins
    edited June 2, 2011
    Wow
  • CG806CG806 Registered Users Posts: 38 Big grins
    edited June 2, 2011
    This makes me smile, and it's not even mine.

    Nice job selecting a lens, I would say. Very impressive piece of equipment you have at your disposal now. But like you said, less room for excuses. thumb.gif
    Jonathan

    "The camera doesn't make a bit of difference. All of them can record what you are seeing. But, you have to SEE." - Ernst Haas
  • IcebearIcebear Registered Users Posts: 4,015 Major grins
    edited June 2, 2011
    CG806 wrote: »
    This makes me smile, and it's not even mine.

    Man, that is one of the all time best posts I've ever read! And if you think you're smiling, can you even imagine how much my face hurts :D after a whole day playing with this cannon? :ivar
    John :
    Natural selection is responsible for every living thing that exists.
    D3s, D500, D5300, and way more glass than the wife knows about.
  • bbjonesbbjones Registered Users Posts: 234 Major grins
    edited June 2, 2011
    Best of all, from the invoice, it only cost you $275!!
    :D
    The goal of my photography is is the effective, original communication of a feeling expressing truth, beauty, or love.

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  • IcebearIcebear Registered Users Posts: 4,015 Major grins
    edited June 2, 2011
    bbjones wrote: »
    Best of all, from the invoice, it only cost you $275!!
    :D
    In my dreams! Nope, that's one of MY invoices. For a headshot.
    John :
    Natural selection is responsible for every living thing that exists.
    D3s, D500, D5300, and way more glass than the wife knows about.
  • OverfocusedOverfocused Registered Users Posts: 1,068 Major grins
    edited June 2, 2011
    It's basically a tele-macro lens :)
    www.overfocused.com
  • ziggy53ziggy53 Super Moderators Posts: 24,156 moderator
    edited June 2, 2011
    Congratulations. That's a mighty fine optic. thumb.gifclap
    ziggy53
    Moderator of the Cameras and Accessories forums
  • CG806CG806 Registered Users Posts: 38 Big grins
    edited June 2, 2011
    Icebear wrote: »
    And if you think you're smiling, can you even imagine how much my face hurts :D after a whole day playing with this cannon? :ivar

    Who says money can't buy happiness?rolleyes1.gif
    Jonathan

    "The camera doesn't make a bit of difference. All of them can record what you are seeing. But, you have to SEE." - Ernst Haas
  • Molotov EverythingMolotov Everything Registered Users Posts: 211 Major grins
    edited June 2, 2011
    Overfocused wrote: »
    It's basically a tele-macro lens :)

    Yea really. Imagine glass like that for one of those gigapixel cameras, you could make perfectly crisp billboards of people's cellular structure.
    http://www.quickdrawphoto.com
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