Got my Sigma 105 macro today

Eric&Susan

My sigma arrived today:clap it took all of two days to get here. So as soon as I got home I ran to the store and picked up some flowers, it's raining today so no outside and no bugs:wxwax

This thing is going to be a blast. Mounted it to the tripod and started firing away. Not all of these are 1:1 as I'm trying to feel out the different settings. Hope you enjoy. C&C alway appreciated:thumb




The rest can be seen here:

http://photosbyeric.smugmug.com/gallery/1173110/1/54825357

Thanks for looking,

Eric

Lord Vetinari

Congrats on the new lens. Looks like you have got the hang of it already- very good sharp shots.
If it's any help there's some stuff on how I do my shots in this thread
http://www.digitalgrin.com/showthread.php?t=25164
Just watch out you don't become addicted like me
Brian V.

Eric&Susan

Thanks Brian. Not even close to the quality of yours but I've got to start somewhere. Thanks for the link, I have already read and re-read that post 3 times is the last two days.

eric

adrian_k

dim question follows
what's the difference bewteen between a normal lens & a specific macro lens.

Eric&Susan wrote:

My sigma arrived today
Eric

Lord Vetinari

adrian_k wrote:

what's the difference bewteen between a normal lens & a specific macro lens.

It just has different optics which enable it to focus much closer than a similar focal length lens. So for example my 105mm Macro lens focuses down to a minimum of 4.5" subject to end of lens (this gives the max magnification of 1:1) whilst a normal 100mm lens is unlikely to focus any closer than about 15-24" from the subject.

Brian V.

BigAl

Very nice Eric - as Brian said looks like you're getting the hang of it already!!