New Lense

by MerlinatoR • 2 Mar 2010, 12:01 • Journals
new camera lense came this morning, right in time for the lan - its a bit heavy and makes me look like a pap but should be good in the dark conditions! ;]

it's a sigma 20mm f/1.8 for anyone that knows what it means! goes with my canon 50mm f/1.8 that I have currently :)

so if anyone is wanting team pics or w/e give me a shout I will be doing stuff like that on saturday/sunday, depending on the 'quiet' day, for a few teams already so happy to do more if people want one.

Ill be getting pics like I did at CC6 anyway of playing etc, I may be tempted to upload daily if I can be bothered to setup my laptop properly for the event too.

cu @ lan!
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Seanza 2 Mar 2010, 12:09
Link to your CC6 pics plz?
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MerlinatoR 2 Mar 2010, 12:22
http://www.leluli.co.uk/MtothenatoR/CC6/

I would download the rar, but dont expect much I had the camera for ~2months and that is a stock lense, and as explained below gives some nasty effects when not using flash! :)
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Seanza 2 Mar 2010, 12:36
Thanks, downloading now.
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Seanza 2 Mar 2010, 12:58
Nice pics!
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MerlinatoR 2 Mar 2010, 13:00
thanks, these ones should be far better though, the blurring was stupid but I was a right old newbie :D
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Seanza 2 Mar 2010, 13:03
Yeah. I was just curious to see what the venue is really like. Only seen a few pictures.

I'll be there tomorrow.
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varit 2 Mar 2010, 12:10
not as good as mine lenses

- Sigma 18-200mm F3.5-6.3 DC
- Sigma 120-400mm F4.5-5.6 APO HSM
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MerlinatoR 2 Mar 2010, 12:21
anything with that sort of aperture at the lan centre will give severe blurring without the use of flash, and seeing how using a flash would piss me right off while playing I wouldn't do the same to anyone else ;]
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varit 2 Mar 2010, 12:23
;)

have fun with your new lense..ehm which flash do you have?
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MerlinatoR 2 Mar 2010, 12:24
none currently, didnt want to invest wrongly (cannot use one at the lan anyway so no rush! ;])

any recommendations?
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varit 2 Mar 2010, 13:12
I don't have any experience with flash and i do not want to buy one because i only take pictures from the nature... www.Adrian-Schmitz.tk

how much did you pay for the 20mm? and it's a prime lense?
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MerlinatoR 2 Mar 2010, 13:25
fairly expensive I believe, £480 region, I saw it on 'crazycameras' for just over £400 but saw some stuff online that they could be fraudulent! :( I got it from warehouseexpress and they were reliable in the past I mainly wanted it before this event :) what do you mean by 'prime lense'? if you mean for me, I think it will be in general for the moment yup :)

some nice pics there you have, I may take some pics of the deer in london (richmond park for anyone who thinks deers roam around the streets x) - nice settings you have I guess, the flying bird seems to be a nice capture even with the no doubt fast flapping wings! :D guess I would have to learn some more stuff and get a new lense.
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varit 2 Mar 2010, 14:27
Thanks :)

With prime lense I mean that you can't change the zoom.. it stays alltime at 20mm.
Yeah it's nice to take pics of deers because it's alltime different and they are moving so it's a challenge to take more or less perfect pictures. I wish you good luck ;)
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M T M 2 Mar 2010, 13:37
There's quite a lot of noise in those pictures :l
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varit 2 Mar 2010, 14:22
Thats because i take those pics in the nature and not in the zoo.. the weather isn't alltime nice and the wild is alltime moving.. and i'm not alltime prepared to take those pics.. mostly taken from the jeep :/
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Panda 2 Mar 2010, 14:32
The d3 would roll those lens with its noise control so not entirely true :P But the 28mm is a nice lens!
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juncie 2 Mar 2010, 12:36
fotoshoot baby yeahhh
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Nonix 2 Mar 2010, 12:50
20mm f/1.8

nice nice !
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Seanza 2 Mar 2010, 12:58
Is that your asl?
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varit 2 Mar 2010, 13:14
why don't you photograph some deers. in hungary are a lot of wild boars or red stags! it's very interesting
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danL 2 Mar 2010, 13:13
should've gotten a canon 20mm f/2.8 instead, heard it's better and the price is about the same
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Deann 2 Mar 2010, 13:57
Sup3r detected! :D
(left side)

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Owzo 2 Mar 2010, 14:02
Talk to Wales Panda!!!!
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defOK 2 Mar 2010, 15:58
- for portraits, don't use the sigma... also, a lower aperture value (the first 2-3, which means 1.8, 2.0, 2.8 or smth) will get you the blur effect or just a minor depth-sharpness but not too much general maximum sharpness. you get the most sharpness out of it you don't use the lowest aperture value (1.8 in your case) - rather use rough middle values like 3.5 or 4.5... this also results in more depth-sharpness.
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- if you intend to buy a flash also buy a bouncer/diffusor (?) for softer lighting (dunno much about flashes though)

- for deer/wildlife photography you might need a lens with bigger focallength for obvious reasons. don't buy anything with a 10x zoommultiplicator (e.g. the 18-200 mentioned above), it's usually crap if you didn't buy a high-end one. if you have the money think about the canon 70-200/f4 (IS) series... partly depends on the camera you have though, a 500d or w/e with its small sensor might not be worth investing too much money into lenses... eventhough generally spoken lenses make more of a difference than the body.

when buying stuff, generally reed reviews from multiple sources and never listen to employees of general multimedia/technology stores
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