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christopherpm
13th of January 2006 (Fri), 14:42
I am moving to Scotland shortly, and I want to take shed loads of landscape photographs. Is this a good lens to use for the job? Would others in a similar price bracket be better? If so, why?

Your knowledge is appreciated!
Ronald S. Jr.
13th of January 2006 (Fri), 14:58
Long as scotland has sunny days. Kinda slow, but for that kinda price on 500mm, who can argue?
GS Rider
13th of January 2006 (Fri), 15:02
depends where in scotland - I'm from Glasgow and it sure isn't sunny very often...! I would imagine that the lense can cope with overcast days...?
cdifoto
13th of January 2006 (Fri), 15:33
If ALL you're doing is landscapes, there are many better lenses for it. Faster, wider, lighter...
GS Rider
13th of January 2006 (Fri), 15:35
such as...
cdifoto
13th of January 2006 (Fri), 15:46
10-20mm Canon, 12-24 Tokina, 17-85 Canon, even the Kit lens, etc etc etc. Landscapes typically benefit from WIDE lenses and deep DOF. You can even stop down the kit lens and get good sharpness.
In2Photos
13th of January 2006 (Fri), 15:53
The shot on this thread was taken with Bigma:

http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=124663
vjack
13th of January 2006 (Fri), 15:56
I would think you'd want something much wider for landscape photography (e.g., 10-22, 17-40, 24-70, etc.).
EOSAddict
13th of January 2006 (Fri), 16:03
Kinda depends how many lenses you want in your bag and how much you want to spend ;)
ACDCROCKS
13th of January 2006 (Fri), 16:18
I imangine that gets pretty soft at 500mm?
chrishunt
13th of January 2006 (Fri), 17:16
I imangine that gets pretty soft at 500mm?

Actually, from what I've seen from other users, it's quite sharp at 500mm.

http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=124659
http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=89793
ACDCROCKS
13th of January 2006 (Fri), 22:16
Actually, from what I've seen from other users, it's quite sharp at 500mm.

http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=124659
http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=89793
very impressed with the quality!
condyk
14th of January 2006 (Sat), 03:15
I imangine that gets pretty soft at 500mm?

As is often the case imagination fails to relate to reality ... at least based on my experience of having owned one. I found it did a great job all the way through. Having owned the rather tasty 300mm IS L f4 and 100-400 IS L I fancy I'll go back to ther Bigma for my next big travel adventure.