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Am Canon for life lol

 

In a constant state of flux over a Sigma 150-500 lens that a localish camera shop has in its second hand dept. It's a good clean lens that's been looked after and I can afford it, but should I?

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I just can't for the life of me get the hang of optical viewfinders.

I sometimes use the live view anyway, probably a bit over half of the time, but then I need a nicely articulating screen for dodgy angles and a good solid tripod, my last one was £180, so I need to factor that in too, if I don't get a very well articulating screen.

So many options, it's quite frustrating sometimes, especially since my options would be much easier if I could use an optical VF.

I thought about hiring a camera and lens for a few days, and use it nonstop, to try getting the hang of optical, but it was £254!

As for the lens, check YT for reviews, if it's good and you will get use from it, then why not :)

The glass is more important than the body.

A good quality lens is always top priority.

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I know it's a good lens, Sigma don't often make duds. It's just a lot of coin whilst I'm between jobs. It would definately get used.

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Maybe not the right time then, although typically small shops with second hand goods will take a little bit less than the price listed, so it might be worth a little haggle as well.

But only you know dude if it's worth it or not :)

I'm still looking for something myself.

I was quite set on a Sony A6000, but I just don't know if I want to go mirrorless or not.

Plus, lens options for the A mount stuff are much better than E mount and AF converters are ridiculous in price.

Vicious circle... May end up with something with an optical VF at this rate :lol:

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On 9/7/2016 at 14:27, chewbacca said:

Am Canon for life lol

 

In a constant state of flux over a Sigma 150-500 lens that a localish camera shop has in its second hand dept. It's a good clean lens that's been looked after and I can afford it, but should I?

 

does it have to be a tele zoom ? 

a T2 adaptor mount will screw onto most telescopes, the cheapest scope that gives you a whooping 400mm with a near on four inch lens is the skywatcher ST80 (ST aka short tube) , its a bit wierd at first getting use to the focus being on a wheel and your only able to manual focus but the length your getting is huge , add the 1.6 crop factor and your shooting with a 500+mm lens with a fixed F.5  ( page 287 of this thread has an image taken with the monster ST80 on my canon camera ) 
everything is manual ie exposure focus and shutter time but once you have the hang of it and just knock up or down the iso your grabbing very long range shots. 

its like owning a 500mm canon prime lens but without the huge cost . ( st 80 is around £60-80 secondhand-new and also idea for star gazing with the kiddies they come with a star gazing mount to so you can not only hand hold it but also use the mount to track stars and shoot  the sky ) 

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55 minutes ago, Tamiyacowboy said:

 

does it have to be a tele zoom ? 

a T2 adaptor mount will screw onto most telescopes, the cheapest scope that gives you a whooping 400mm with a near on four inch lens is the skywatcher ST80 (ST aka short tube) , its a bit wierd at first getting use to the focus being on a wheel and your only able to manual focus but the length your getting is huge , add the 1.6 crop factor and your shooting with a 500+mm lens with a fixed F.5  ( page 287 of this thread has an image taken with the monster ST80 on my canon camera ) 
everything is manual ie exposure focus and shutter time but once you have the hang of it and just knock up or down the iso your grabbing very long range shots. 

its like owning a 500mm canon prime lens but without the huge cost . ( st 80 is around £60-80 secondhand-new and also idea for star gazing with the kiddies they come with a star gazing mount to so you can not only hand hold it but also use the mount to track stars and shoot  the sky ) 

If I was only shooting stationary/slow moving objects it would be an option, for motorsport etc, I need the speed/flexibility of an AF lens. In an ideal world I'd have the L series 2.8 300/400 prime with 1.4x converter.  

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On 10/25/2016 at 00:39, bledd125 said:

couple from the mach loop.

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29103871560_ef92f407e3_k.jpgIMG_9668_filtered by martyn williams, on Flickr

 

Where is that fella?

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On 10/26/2016 at 20:39, Tamiyacowboy said:

 

wales fella, heres the linkage ;) 

 

http://machloop.co.uk/machloop/hello-world

Well, I knew it was Wales lol. Just wanted to know exactly where! 

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On 10/26/2016 at 20:13, chewbacca said:

Where is that fella?

sorry so late with the reply.have a read of this link http://www.mjaviation.co.uk/MachLoop.htm tells you everything you need to know but they dont fly on weekends bank holidays and your not garunteed to see anything in the week theres no timetable its not an airshow get up there its awesome...

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I do need to get a decent camera, but for now, i'm more than happy with the camera on my iPhone 7.

All these photos are raw from my camera roll, only thing i've done whilst taking them is tapping various light sources to get different exposures.

This was early evening in Penzance overlooking the inner harbour with the Scillonian III sheltering from the bad weather that hit that night.

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Outside work looking over towards Porthtowan and The North Country
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Sunrise over St Michaels Mount yesterday morning
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Drift Reservoir - one of my favourite spots to chill out.
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Decided to head further west to Lamorna Cove for this mornings sunrise, and it didn't disappoint!

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Side stage access at a recent gig:

 

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Full album here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/135742064@N05/albums/72157677757329180

 

Was lucky enough to be shooting next to Kerrang! Photographer Chris Casey, really nice, knowledgeable guy.

 

 

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