The "New Gear/Willy Waving" thread

An Exception · 15 May 2015 at 17:48

D.P. · 15 May 2015 at 18:27

^^ looks nice

NvidiaDan · 15 May 2015 at 18:27

Strange looking camera!

D.P. · 15 May 2015 at 18:31

avatar12m said:
yeah i was considering that lens really nice spec and has great reviews, managed to trade my old 300mm f/4 in to mpb for reasonable price before ebay get flooded, incidentaly wex offered me £580.

The trouble is I really need both. With FF 300mm with 1.4xTC is just too short for birds and 600mm would be perfect.

But then I will also need a smaller lighter lens. I have played with the 300mm PF and it is just amazing how small and light it is. The problem is I am then looking at $4000 in lenses and then I see I can pick up a second hand 300mm f/2.8 or 200-400mm f/4.0, or save another few K and get my dream 500m f/4

An Exception · 15 May 2015 at 22:02

NvidiaDan said:
Strange looking camera!

studio/office

GTRacer · 15 May 2015 at 22:30

NvidiaDan said:
Strange looking camera!

Could be turned into a camera obscura.

miikeeyy92 · 15 May 2015 at 23:37

9designs2 · 16 May 2015 at 23:13

Hmmmm just won a Nikkor 12-24mm F/4.0 AF-S IF G ED Lens.... and have a new D7200 arriving Monday/Tuesday..... Just the 80-400 to go :eek:

Jony27 · 16 May 2015 at 23:53

^^
Nice, how did you manage that? :eek:

Just placed an order for a D3300, Im contemplating whether going ahead with a 18-105mm kit lens or get a 35mm 1.8 prime lens.

9designs2 · 17 May 2015 at 00:03

Well timed bidding (5 seconds on the clock)

Jony27 · 17 May 2015 at 00:09

I thought you meant in a competition

peter · 20 May 2015 at 09:16

5Ds

Giving this a try, wider but not as tall as my d800.

Steve M · 20 May 2015 at 13:38

Jony27 said:
^^
Nice, how did you manage that?

Just placed an order for a D3300, Im contemplating whether going ahead with a 18-105mm kit lens or get a 35mm 1.8 prime lens.

Definately get the 35mm f1.8 prime lens. It's a must have lens for DX format. It's all i ever use on my D7100.

Jony27 · 20 May 2015 at 18:55

Steve M said:
Definately get the 35mm f1.8 prime lens. It's a must have lens for DX format. It's all i ever use on my D7100.

Eh, took the 18-105mm and already sitting beside me

Parents are bringing the body on Friday so will have a little mess about

35mm Prime is next on the list though when budget allows

NvidiaDan · 21 May 2015 at 22:26

Got this yesterday, hopefully will be a great step up from my D90.

IMAG0376 by Dan Partlett, on Flickr

Just need to invest in some nice telephoto glass, my Sigma 135-400 is a bit too soft for my liking

crinkleshoes · 21 May 2015 at 22:49

Sigma 150-600 contemporary?

I'm keen on the Sports... but the Contemporary is kicking out some nice images and the cost isn't sky high.

D.P. · 21 May 2015 at 22:52

crinkleshoes said:
Sigma 150-600 contemporary?

I'm keen on the Sports... but the Contemporary is kicking out some nice images and the cost isn't sky high.

lentip.com did a review and the contemporary looks quite disappointing, I think it is a toos up between the tamron and the Sigma sports. The Tamron is very similar optically at half the price but where it really matters, 600mm f/6.3 the sigma sports just seems to have a decent edge in sharpness so i think I might have to shell out the extra. Moreover, the sigma sports has much better tracking autofocus apparently.

crinkleshoes · 21 May 2015 at 22:59

having a browse on flickr... I was trying to convince myself to buy the contemporary over the sports... but couldn't quite manage it.

From my personal interpretation of images rather than reviews...I saw:

Tamron < Sigma Cont <<< Sigma Sports

With the Contemporary being much closer to the Tamron than the sports.

But my recommendation was for the above member... with a D7100 considering the Sigma 135-600... the Sigma 150-600 contemporary would be a good upgrade from that lens and not pushing the budget as far as the sport

I don't mind paying the extra... but the sport would be 2x the price of the kit he posted in that photo 3 post up.

Sharpness isn't everything anyway... reviews, I find, can be quite flawed in knowing what to look for and incompatible with the reviewers skillsets.

For example... the Canon 85mm 1.8 is supposed to be one of the sharpest lenses Canon offer & one of the fastest autofocusing units around... but anyone who looks at the photos coming from that lens and compares them to the 1.2... can see... the 1.2 is just... better

D.P. · 21 May 2015 at 23:02

crinkleshoes said:
Sigma 150-600 contemporary?

I'm keen on the Sports... but the Contemporary is kicking out some nice images and the cost isn't sky high.

lentip.com did a review and the contemporary looks quite disappointing, I think it is a toos up between the tamron and the Sigma sports. The Tamron is very similar optically at half the price but where it really matters, 600mm f/6.3 the sigma sports just seems to have a decent edge in sharpness so i think I might have to shell out the extra. Moreover, the sigma sports has much better tracking autofocus apparently.

An Exception · 21 May 2015 at 23:40

crinkleshoes said:
Sharpness isn't everything anyway... reviews, I find, can be quite flawed in knowing what to look for and incompatible with the reviewers skillsets.

For example... the Canon 85mm 1.8 is supposed to be one of the sharpest lenses Canon offer & one of the fastest autofocusing units around... but anyone who looks at the photos coming from that lens and compares them to the 1.2... can see... the 1.2 is just... better

It's about as important as megapixels I guess.
Regarding the Canon 85 1.8. I had a couple and thought they were pretty crap tbh. Lot's of CA and not particularly sharp wide open and not that fast at focusing. Raymond liked his, but I couldn't get on with it. The Sigma is way better, although that has a fair bit of CA wide open also.
I would be tempted with an 85 1.2 though, although I would like if it focused faster for better lowlight performance where focus slows with all lenses.