Absolutely cracking set. Excellent. Very well done.

Enjoy.... I know you will....

Excellent set. Lovely and sharp. Well done. Love the grass & frog hoppers.... excellent.

a long wait for the battery to charge isn't it....

Enjoy.

Lovely shots of the kingfisher. Excellent. Very envious....

Very nice shot Mike. Very impressive.

A couple from RIAT this weekend. Taken on my K5 with the sigma 170-500 lens.










and finally my favourite from the day...




At times I needed a wider lens, but overall its a great length to shoot with. Most were taken around 400mm.

More photos on my flickr here...

Gary

Thanks Sledger. From memory the secondhand 170-500 (not the newer 150-500 or 50-500) was only slightly more than a new DA55-300....

I have the DA55-300 and agree with what Mark said that it can occasionally be quite slow to focus. I used it at Farnborough last year and it wasn't quite long enough.

Shots on a K7 with a DA55-300

After that I got a second hand Sigma 170-500 lens and I find I've now got the distance I want and the lens focuses alot quicker (i.e. the focus throw is less than the DA55-300).

Shots on a K7 with the 170-500

Both lens are very usable at an airshow, however the DA55-300 may mean you either miss the shot you want or you end up cropping your images down quite a lot...

Hope that helps.

Love the woodlouse shot. Excellent.