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Sorry forgot to ask what is a TC, just know I will feel daft when I am told but at the moment I just can't think.
Comment by Thordell posted on Same Problem as Tel? (poor focus) C&C please at 29/03/2009 - 18:20
I think as I suspected the problem is with the operator.
The tripod I used (yes, did have the lens on it) was my Slik and I suspected at the time that it was not up to the job but as I had it rammed between the bath and the wash hand basin where I did not think I would get anything more substantial. Next time I will pinch my husbands Vinten that should manage weight better, it is really a case of if I can lift it, the Vinten that is.
The light was awful but I wanted to try the lens and now I wish I had waited as the results upset me a bit, will try again now the weather is better.
They are heavy crops and I have also had to adjust the original a good deal in processing this is the original of the one I have used in the cropped shot. Looks to me if the point of focus is on the seed in the feeder, could have been the wind I suppose I have one with the birds and feeder almost horizontal, needless to say that is well out of focus as well.
Do think now I have read your opinions that I may have in this lens a bit more than I can handle but I will keep trying now the weather is better and if it proves too much for me and beyond my capabilities I will have to sell it.
Many thanks, helpful as always.
[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v173/Thordell/OriginalGoldFinch.jpg[/IMG]
The tripod I used (yes, did have the lens on it) was my Slik and I suspected at the time that it was not up to the job but as I had it rammed between the bath and the wash hand basin where I did not think I would get anything more substantial. Next time I will pinch my husbands Vinten that should manage weight better, it is really a case of if I can lift it, the Vinten that is.
The light was awful but I wanted to try the lens and now I wish I had waited as the results upset me a bit, will try again now the weather is better.
They are heavy crops and I have also had to adjust the original a good deal in processing this is the original of the one I have used in the cropped shot. Looks to me if the point of focus is on the seed in the feeder, could have been the wind I suppose I have one with the birds and feeder almost horizontal, needless to say that is well out of focus as well.
Do think now I have read your opinions that I may have in this lens a bit more than I can handle but I will keep trying now the weather is better and if it proves too much for me and beyond my capabilities I will have to sell it.
Many thanks, helpful as always.
[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v173/Thordell/OriginalGoldFinch.jpg[/IMG]
Comment by Thordell posted on Same Problem as Tel? (poor focus) C&C please at 29/03/2009 - 18:13
Yes, they are crops, will sort out one of the originals straight from the camera, and yes, I was using a tripod but not a remote release, and yes, it is a big bu@@er. Don't think I can blame the K20 because I have sharp shots with different lens so if there is a problem other than the operator then it is the lens I would think.
Comment by Thordell posted on Same Problem as Tel? (poor focus) C&C please at 29/03/2009 - 13:21
Or is it as I suspect that common problem operator error.
Acquired this lens in January it is a Sigma 50 -500mm and these are taken at 500mm in poor light with me trying to juggle the aperture to get as fast a shutter speed as possible. I am not worried about the noise but I am concerned that the shots are not sharp. Your comments and help appreciated particularly if you think I should be returning this lens, I have a chance of improving my technique but the lens, if faulty will not.
[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v173/Thordell/Starling_.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v173/Thordell/LongTailTit.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v173/Thordell/HouseSparrow.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v173/Thordell/GoldFinch.jpg[/IMG]
Sorry too big, will have to learn to get that right
Acquired this lens in January it is a Sigma 50 -500mm and these are taken at 500mm in poor light with me trying to juggle the aperture to get as fast a shutter speed as possible. I am not worried about the noise but I am concerned that the shots are not sharp. Your comments and help appreciated particularly if you think I should be returning this lens, I have a chance of improving my technique but the lens, if faulty will not.
[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v173/Thordell/Starling_.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v173/Thordell/LongTailTit.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v173/Thordell/HouseSparrow.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v173/Thordell/GoldFinch.jpg[/IMG]
Sorry too big, will have to learn to get that right
Comment by Thordell posted on Same Problem as Tel? (poor focus) C&C please at 29/03/2009 - 10:59
I do see what you mean Tel, they are all nicely composed but very soft, in 2 & 3 I would expect to see the bird and the wood sharp or at least sharpish and there is no crisp part at all. Have had a problem with my 50-500 at the long end but think my problem is operator error not helped by poor light, you seem to have the skill and knowledge to make allowance for this so I have to agree, something is wrong but I could not say what.
Comment by Thordell posted on 4 Photos Taken Today C+C Required at 28/03/2009 - 19:02
My vote for the second as well, even some detail in the sky not too easy at this time of the year you either have 100% grey or very bright blue that gives such a hard light.
Comment by Thordell posted on Spring has Sprung at 26/03/2009 - 21:50
Emm, some of us just can't help ourselves
Comment by Thordell posted on Bad spelin' at 21/03/2009 - 16:31
Some thing I have yet to experience but have cards that are over 8 years old and they are still fine, mind you 8 years ago they cost a flipping fortune so I expected them to last and that includes the one that is only 32MB and came with my first digital camera, you don’t get many RAW on that.
Do you remember when you bought 24 films instead of 36 because it took so long to use them all imagine poping out for an afternoon with the camera and coming back with 1000 shots on film
Do you remember when you bought 24 films instead of 36 because it took so long to use them all imagine poping out for an afternoon with the camera and coming back with 1000 shots on film
Comment by Thordell posted on Whats your Failure Rate of SD cards? at 21/03/2009 - 14:05
Thank you all so much, it was set to 16 bit but I have changed that. I can save a tiff file as a jpeg if I 'save for web' which is fine as that is the only time I would wish to save in Jpeg. However a Tiff or RAW file can't be saved in Jpeg with the usual 'save as' comand as the option is not given.
On my old PC it was so it must be a setting, but blowed if I can find it, perhaps it is all to do with the number of bits but at the moment it has me puzzled.
Oh! By the way I am flattening them first.
On my old PC it was so it must be a setting, but blowed if I can find it, perhaps it is all to do with the number of bits but at the moment it has me puzzled.
Oh! By the way I am flattening them first.
Comment by Thordell posted on Cannot find Jpeg on my CS3 at 21/03/2009 - 13:21
Think it may well be, tell you what we have a 12" slate based disc with a hole in the middle and I am told that is a record as well.
Comment by Thordell posted on Is this a Record at 20/03/2009 - 21:50
