Use it all the time with video but the screen needs to tilt to really be of use as you are never in the correct place or the light makes viewing impossible, so IMO if you are going to have it, it has to be of the type used on the S**y video cameras.

No, do it myself but always look down at the lens and try to guess what I am shooting, may be of use over someone’s head but I would have to stop to read the book to find out how to do it and by then the Queen would have driven past long since.

Another who re-formats every time the card goes back into the camera, do know that you can delete but did not think it mattered - does it - am I hastening my cards to the grave. Never had one fail on me yet but there is always a first time and it will always be the worse possible moment.

May be I should ask this elsewhere but does anyone use the live view?

Congratulations on your new lens hope you get loads of pleasure and fun with it.

I choose the Bigma 50-500 (called Bertha Bigma) because of the aperture, not very scientific but that was the main reason for my choice. To start I had trouble coming to terms with it and you do need a reasonable amount of light. Hand held, well not for me but then I am not young and healthy, I need shake control on a cup of tea.

Lost me now, know what bokeh is but still don't understand what you mean Stefan, how can you remove something but leave the background, sure I misunderstand.

Look at the first post there is no editing behind the bird on that and I don't think above to the right. Will go check the original to make sure I am not lying.

Taken a look, there are a couple of yellow twigs that appear from the top of the birds head and then go towards the left that have been removed from the image in the original post, nothing above to the right and nothing below his backside.

To be honest I am happy enough with the last one where I have removed the twig in front of him and reckon it would need a magnifying glass to have the editing spoil the shot but then my eye sight is not that good.

Thanks Mike, was very worried about the lens at one time, think because I spent the housekeeping on it but now I am very pleased as now I could not afford it at all. And should I need to sell it I should get back what I paid for it

Will have a go at removing stick from sparrow and see how it goes.

Think now I am getting there with Bertha I will hang onto her but like wise you know where she is if you want to date her for a weekend or so.

Twig removed

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Still working with and pushing the Bigma to its extremes, this shot was f8 @ 1/640 with the ISO set to 200 and the lens pushed all the way out to 500mm. Must say I did not expect it to perform this well, to my amateur eyes this looks sharp, not pin sharp may be but a good performance when you realise the glass was at its furthest point, the camera was my old istDS

Did have an editing problem, removed one or two distracting twigs but was not sure about the one that is in front of the bird and runs along the line of the wing, as it is it looks as if it disappears into the bird but I am not sure I could remove it without spoiling the feathering, what you think folks?

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Think I may give the Bigma a rest for a while and take the wide angle out and about, well not that wide on a DSLR as it is a 24mm – think I will go and see just what it can do before I decide if I want/need something wider and lighter.