Thank you Davex, know the K mount may increase the value a little but think your estimate may be perhaps too high, may be others will have some suggestions as I was not hoping for anything as high as that although it would be nice.

I have a Sigma DG 28 – 300mm 3.5-6.3 – Macro with Pentax K mount that I wish to sell but have no idea of what price I should ask, any help or offers would be welcome.

PS it has no box, but the lens is as new with both caps and hood.

Thanks,

Thanks Martin for your help and advice, will give it a try next time I need a delicate finish.

Think I will print the two efforts out to see what I get as I am sometimes confused as to how much sharpening I need to apply, there are times even with RAW that it seems un-necessary.

It certainly looks well worn.

Will bear that in mind when I have a bit of cash to spare.

Have had another go, still in PS this time I have sharpened at 50 - do you think it is any better>

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I agree as well, looked ok in Lightroom may be it's been Photobucketed - will take another look and see what I did use.

Opps! yes I used 85 I think, which I would not usualy use on an animal or flower but only on a building. So I did not look what I was doing.

What sort of range do people consider the norm for different types of shot and do you sharpen more for printing than for the screen?

OK back to the drawing board.

Taken originally for the texture of the fur but was not happy with part of the head being out of focus - what do others think? When taking a portrait of people or animals is it ok to focus on one detail and allow others to be either cropped or out of focus?

Varg taken with K7, Sigma 105mm macro, 1/180 @ f5.6, ISO 200, fill flash used although taken outside conditions very overcast.

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Thank you Brian and I am delighted to have beaten you all to it, as some will know I have been checking out filters, decided on Lee only to find that
a/ I could not afford them and
b/ they are at the moment not available.

So very pleased to have seen the McBrian post first because I could jump in as the research was done.

Both pleasing but there is, imo, more atmosphere in the first and therefore more interest, it captures that breathless moment before the sun arrives and bleaches everything.

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