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Sigma IQ Expectations...
Thanks, David. I generally use Elements 9, which has a RAW editor "attached" Are such editors much the same? Are any/is one "better" than the others? The comment re manual focus only really referred to my macro work. Thanks again for your help, Roger. Hi Roger Not certain but I think...
Posted by davidrobinson on 17/05/2012 - 18:22
After the rain
There are three things that I like, firstly the starburst effect a small aperture causes, secondly a back-lit leaf or plant and lastly the color red. I think I have caught all three here. :) This is the new foliage on the Acer bush in our garden after a brief April shower. by , on Flickr
Posted by snappychappy on 13/04/2012 - 17:56
HDR afterwards
Mike, you are right, 2nd is "awful". So there is new trial without any "fake HDR" made more traditional way. I have tried to reduce blue from the snow and lift up left back corner's brightness a little bit.
Posted by junousia on 16/04/2012 - 19:35
Chinese Grand Prix
Lucky sod ! I was supposed to go there yesterday and today with a friend but work intervened and I had an unscheduled meeting with an important client that took me through 14.30 yesterday :( Then I got up this morning with a pinched nerve in my back ... no lugging around 10kgs of cameras,...
Posted by Frogfish on 15/04/2012 - 07:49
Squirrels with Sigma 10-20mm
Really excellent. Out of interest did you use a present manual focus or did you let the camera autofocus each shot?
Posted by MarkTaylor on 16/04/2012 - 17:54
Squirrels with Sigma 10-20mm
Really excellent. Out of interest did you use a present manual focus or did you let the camera autofocus each shot? I was wondering about that too. (I meant to ask that as well when I asked about the type of remote.) Thanks for advising a cheap IR remote coped OK. You're really lucky to have such...
Posted by JAK on 16/04/2012 - 22:00
First outing with the 55-300mm :)
Hi Adam Welcome to 'the club' - I'm sure you will find some useful info on this forum, as I have. Before making any comments on the pics ref the lens it is important for you to give some more details about how they were taken. e.g. the camera, settings, and whether hand held. I got my K-r last Au...
Posted by PeterKR on 16/04/2012 - 22:46
First outing with the 55-300mm :)
Before making any comments on the pics ref the lens it is important for you to give some more details about how they were taken. e.g. the camera, settings, and whether hand held. All the pictures here do actually have EXIF data. (I use the FxIF extension in Firefox to show it if available.) I've ...
Posted by JAK on 17/04/2012 - 02:50
First outing with the 55-300mm :)
I'd try some more photos now having heard a couple of responses, with a tripod and faster shutter speeds. But one thing i found when I got the lens is that it won't focus well, particularly at longer focal lengths, if you have a UV filter on. If you've got one on, take it off.
Posted by darkskies on 17/04/2012 - 11:29
First outing with the 55-300mm :)
But one thing i found when I got the lens is that it won't focus well, particularly at longer focal lengths, if you have a UV filter on. If you've got one on, take it off. I've not found that to be an issue but it doesn't hurt to experiment. f5.6 is getting on the slow side so auto focus might strug...
Posted by JAK on 17/04/2012 - 11:45
First outing with the 55-300mm :)
Perhaps it depends on the make of UV filter, John, but it definitely happened to me. I took off the filter and all of a sudden the lens started to focus properly. Seems odd, I know. I also recall someone else having a problem with this lens and a circular polariser. There's a thread about that so...
Posted by darkskies on 17/04/2012 - 12:39
First outing with the 55-300mm :)
Yes I remember it. Can't think how or why a skylight filter could affect focussing. Mine's had a Jessops Skylight 1A from the day I got the lens, it just happened to be the first spare filter that came to hand and fitted. Personally I do wonder if the focussing issue is more to do with how the lens ...
Posted by JAK on 17/04/2012 - 17:49
First outing with the 55-300mm :)
The filter I was using was just a UV filter. Dr O will back me up because he was trying to help me when I came up with the brainwave regarding the filter. One day I couldn't get a really sharp image and the next day, having taken the filter off, I could, taking exactly the same shot in the same ligh...
Posted by darkskies on 17/04/2012 - 21:27
First outing with the 55-300mm :)
Hi Adam I have now uploaded another shot taken with my DA55-300 for you to compare. This one 'called Scarlet Elf Cup' was taken on a wildlife shoot in March. Again the K-r was set on 'P' and left on auto-focus. The location was a dark area under trees and because of the long minimum focus distan...
Posted by PeterKR on 18/04/2012 - 10:28
First outing with the 55-300mm :)
Thanks for the comments guys - haven't had chance to look back at this post this last week although your comments and suggestions will be really helpful. I think your sharpness concern could be partly down to camera shake. I presume you have the shake option turned on if you were hand holding? T...
Posted by abam48 on 24/04/2012 - 23:43
First outing with the 55-300mm :)
Adam, it hadn't dawned on me originally because it is quite subtle. Where you laid out flat on your stomach for the football shots worked well because of the low viewpoint giving an unusual angle (beside helping to steady the camera.) When you say centre focus and then recompose, what exactly to ...
Posted by JAK on 25/04/2012 - 11:54
First outing with the 55-300mm :)
I do tend to use filters, but purely to protect the lens element and the filter threads. Some lenses seem to tolerate filters better than others and I have found the 55-300 to be very picky in this regard. I cannot get it to focus at all with a circular polariser and although it focusses fine with...
Posted by davidstorm on 25/04/2012 - 22:11
First outing with the 55-300mm :)
I bought a second-hand DA55-300, in virtually new condition, earlier this year from another PUF member. To check it I put a few test objects (magazine pages, etc) on my garden wall and moved the camera (on a tripod) back and forth so that the same image area filled the frame at the different zoom le...
Posted by OldTaffy on 26/04/2012 - 11:21
Waiting for a train
Having got into position for the steam special about an hour too early, I amused myself by watching the ducks. (It's not dead, just washing itself off) The other one was a bit close, unfortunately there wasn't time to move as it flips over and back quickly, then they obviously got an attac...
Posted by droopsnoot on 16/04/2012 - 12:27
Kinder Scout Dawn
My vote is also for the last 4. Brings back happy memories of camping at the bottom of that hill and making the trek to a semi frozen waterfall (not at dawn though - I do have limitations) Bernard
Posted by Frogherder on 16/04/2012 - 18:08
