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Posted 27/08/2021 - 00:58 - Helpful Comment
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Great shot. Great lens. I've got the original 50 500 screw drive and it will be out this weekend at Silverstone for the M/C GP. I use a monopod to take the weight. At 82 I find it a bit heavy to lug around all day without it.
CHEERS Vic.
CHEERS Vic.
Born again biker with lots of Pentax bits. Every day I wake up is a good day. I'm so old I don't even buy green bananas.
Posted 27/08/2021 - 09:13 - Helpful Comment
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Looks like you have found the perfect lens.
Peter
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Posted 27/08/2021 - 10:46 - Helpful Comment
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Nice duck, nice angle, nice picture.
Steve
Steve
Posted 28/08/2021 - 00:14 - Helpful Comment
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Definitely a duck with a mission. Super shot - fence post or no.
Posted 28/08/2021 - 08:56
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Thanks all for your comments.
Maybe I do not need to consider buying more lenses??????
Maybe I do not need to consider buying more lenses??????
Posted 28/08/2021 - 10:40 - Helpful Comment
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GrumpyGrandPa wrote:
Maybe I do not need to consider buying more lenses??????
Wrong conclusion. Since having the Sigma has let you get this picture, just think what acquiring another lens (or three) would enable you to do (particularly if it wasn't back-breakingly heavy)... Maybe I do not need to consider buying more lenses??????
Steve
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11 years
Blue Billed Duck attack at full speed, head on at Slimbridge Wetland Centre, Gloucestershire, UK.
The impact of this image was helped by the viewing area being lower than normal and so just above the water level itself.
Pentax K-S2, f8, 1/1000th sec, 290mm (Sigma 50-500mm lens) and 400 ISO - hand held.
Tis an exceedingly heavy lens and great that one can rest it on fenceposts and suchlike occassionally!
It works, and I am happy with this shot. - what do you think?
Gotta K-3iii now, had a K-S2, K50 and so suffering from a relapse and so buying digital camera kit.
Previous addiction has resulted in using Zeniths, Yashicamat, Chinons, Minoltas, Samsungs, Fujis, Cosina, Kodak, Lumix, Canon, Nikon and Pentax etc etc - have tried most makes in the past 50 years. Love cameras - love taking photos even more