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yep, sigma lenses are not to be laughed at. mine produces stunning images with exceptional sharpness and color rendition. of course i will obviously go the extra 2 yards and photoshop the pictures. anyways, here are some shots i took from when i visited San Francisco in March. all shots were handheld with the sigma 70-200 f/2.8
and a few ones that i edited just now (from the same time that i took the above pictures):
Yours is actually the lens I wanted, but they didn't have any in stock at my camera place yesterday, and I didn't really want to spend another $4-500 just to get 1 extra stop, so F4L it was. The Canon 2.8L is just too expensive to justify the cost. I would maybe have waited for the Sigma, but I am planning on shooting a couple of events this weekend, and this lens is going to be perfect for the job. Granted 1 is an indoor car show, so that stop might have helped, but I'm sure I will still be OK even if I have to shoot at ISO 1600.
I haven't really played with it yet, but I did take a few test shots with it last night. One of them was of a can of rootbeer @ 70mm, 1/40, 3200 ISO... the detail was amazing, even at 100% out of the camera, it was very sharp and very little noise.
If I got home 5 minutes earlier I would have had a picture of a 100% perfect rainbow. It was completly solid throughout and unbelievebly vibrant.
I was in awe when I saw it, because I have never seen a rainbow so perfect. It was one of the most beautiful things I have ever seen
Also excuse the quality of the picture as it was thrown together just to share here. I am sure you guys apprecite the awesomeness of the opportunity.
Basketball games are a great subject; unfortunately down here in Miami they don't allow DSLRs during the games, only small cameras..really sucks
Have you had that problem before?
never. i'm actually going to try and get another media pass for this season. i had one for last season, but only went to a few games.
without the media pass, i get hassled by security. they tell me to open my backpack (it holds my camera + lenses + some other stuff), so i show them my camera, and then they let me on my way.
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