Yay New Stuff :D

[Biomech]

My new lens turned up yesterday; Sigma EX 24-70mm 2.8 which is pretty hefty and has a massive 82mm thread, even my beasty 70-200mm 2.8 only has a 77mm :P

And then today my new hard drives turned up. I was getting down to my last 4GB so have just added another 2TB, making a total of 5 hard drives inside my box now :P Happy days

[mshockley]

so did you take that picture with your new lens? I happen to kind of like that image!

[3bayjunkie]

That is cool! I was actually thinking of getting a prime telephoto lens because prime lenses take much sharper photos. I was looking at the comparison of the 200-500mm Sigma cannon f/2.8 compared to the Nikon 400mm F/4 and the prime lens was twice as clear as the Canon zoom. I guess it would be good to have one good zoom lens like your 70-200. The prime lenses are just so much sharper!

[scootermcq]

Congrats on the new gear

[Biomech]

Yeah I took that with the new lens :P 1/10th Handheld, f/5.0 400ISO - no flash obviously.

Primes are awesome I only have 2 though, 30mm macro (45mm) and a 50mm 1.7 (75mm). I have an 18-250mm I use a lot purely for ease of use, but the gears have gone on it a bit

My problem is I get shake easy, not sure why - although I have a good idea :P, but if I flood the scene with light, things come out very sharp.

[zona5101]

congrats on the new glass and drives. Looking forward to your opinion of the lens as you spend more time with it...