I've just taken delivery of a new Sigma 150-500 f5-6.3 APO DG HSM lens
& I am chuffed to bits!!

I've been ogling this chunk of kit for some time now &, as I'm officially now a "pensioner", I've treated myself.

Stand by to receive images taken from a distance!

Roger.

Thanks, Yves.
That's one nervousness box ticked then!

Roger

Some advice, please, for upload-nervous me!

When I do eventually get round to updating my K7, will I have to upload the step-changes one by one, or can I go straight/in one "hit", from version 1.00, which it's on now, to the latest (13?)?

Thanks,

Roger.

(Charlotte,

Just as a "footnote" to what i was saying, please have a look at Pianoman's image of a nuthatch on the Gallery.

Roger.)

Thankyou,Charlotte.


These are beautiful.

I believe there is an intrinsic beauty in nature "at work".
But, when the standard of representaion by photography, or any other medium, is this high, I think there is an added layer, which our art & our craft supplies & it is this finished "co-operative" result that brings much joy to many people, including me &, I believe, you.


Again, thanks for the dedication &

Thanks for letting us see.

Roger.

All K7, 55-300, PSE9 cropped & adjusted.

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Hope you like them.
Any & all C&C welcome.

Roger.

I always found with my MX that, when getting near to the end of rewinding,the tightening of the film onto the take-up spool imparted a certain "spring" to the spool, which was only released when the magic needles "let go".
When you get to the point where "it won't go anymore", apply a little more pressure on the rewind crank & the needles will let go. You WILL feel that release of the tension.
One just has to be careful, thereafter, not to continue rewinding, lest the leader goes into the cassette as well!

Hope this helps,

Roger.

Thanks, all, for the sound advice.
I suppose I knew the answer but just thought I'd tap into the pool of experience here!

Thanks again,

Roger.

I've been looking at the Bigma for some time, to use for birding on my K7, in order to gain more reach than my present (excellent!) 55-300.

Would it be a viable course of action, rather than the 150-500 on my K7, to upgrade to the K5, with its better IQ & higher useable ISO & retain my 55-300 instead, using cropping to achieve the extra reach?

I'd be interested to hear your thoughts.
Thanks,

Roger.

This was my only view of the bird...

I think what threw me was the way it was perched right at the top of the (small) tree, in a very upright position.
Not as a dunnock is usually seen, doing its mouse-impression sneaking around at the base of a hedge!

Roger.