Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4.5 DC Macro [Archive] - Page 18 - Canon Digital Photography Forums

chet79

7th of October 2008 (Tue), 22:08

I'm still loving my Sigma 17-70. 17 is wide enough for most things, and it's flexible with the 70mm end too. Here's a few of my latest shots (all photoshopped - contrast, curves, and a little sharpening):

http://chet.smugmug.com/photos/381638853_PizTd-L.jpg

http://chet.smugmug.com/photos/381645106_PqvDV-L.jpg

http://chet.smugmug.com/photos/382668373_HZP6K-L.jpg

http://chet.smugmug.com/photos/381593012_mNwsF-L.jpg

rohicks

9th of October 2008 (Thu), 20:34

About an 1/8th of my family on my mom's side. I have a big family. Try to guess who the family clown is.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3111/2926614133_00ffa8f209_o.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3176/2926614309_16b693a774_o.jpg

X-Warrior

10th of October 2008 (Fri), 12:29

Try to guess who the family clown is.

2nd from behind ? :roll:

rohicks

10th of October 2008 (Fri), 12:51

2nd from behind ? :roll:

3rd :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

Pauly_G

11th of October 2008 (Sat), 15:41

Really loving my 17-70 - it seems really sharp and makes a great multi-purpose lens. Here's one from this evening.

Cheers

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3202/2931581839_6674c4d4f6_o.jpg

gef

11th of October 2008 (Sat), 17:02

Few recent ones... I've had this lens for over two years now and I still love it!

http://static.zooomr.com/images/6057432_a9c9a859c0.jpg (http://static.zooomr.com/images/6057432_a9c9a859c0_b.jpg)

And on for fun....

http://static.zooomr.com/images/6057429_9744b3c6e7.jpg (http://static.zooomr.com/images/6057429_9744b3c6e7_b.jpg)

macobee

11th of October 2008 (Sat), 23:13

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3072/2931265174_a2933e496f.jpg

macobee

14th of October 2008 (Tue), 03:24

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3056/2940287165_ae4cb42989.jpg

X-Warrior

14th of October 2008 (Tue), 12:41

You're getting good at this Macobee. Making money out of it yet ?

macobee

14th of October 2008 (Tue), 23:55

hahaha i thank you a lot for such comments, no not yet, but i have one picture though not taken with the 17-70 which i get questions about from a food magazxine now, heres the image:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3238/2937599456_cfaec9bc7b.jpg

rohicks

18th of October 2008 (Sat), 16:57

Ever get the felling your head just isn't where it's supposed to be?
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3071/2951144974_db3effa70a.jpg
See bigger - http://flickr.com/photos/rohicks/2951144974/

Geoff_Shawcross

18th of October 2008 (Sat), 19:21

LOL.......All the time Ryan, all the time.....

Nice photoshoping on that picture Ryan, seriously! :)

rohicks

18th of October 2008 (Sat), 20:44

LOL.......All the time Ryan, all the time.....

Nice photoshoping on that picture Ryan, seriously! :)

;) thanks.

See bigger at the link.
http://flickr.com/photos/rohicks/2951144974/

KimLeece

19th of October 2008 (Sun), 00:18

I've never tried a "panning" shot before. This isn't great, but it showed me what I might be able to do if I put my mind to it....:D

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3183/2953806040_96af19bb2c.jpg

A couple more from the same "taking the dog for a walk" walk!

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3183/2952951357_927087cb44.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3037/2952945681_08e1d2dbcc.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3185/2952942325_e6174e627f.jpg

Over Actor

19th of October 2008 (Sun), 22:57

I love this for up close still shots. and for panning shots at close distances. but when I extend to 70mm the panning shots fail at life. Looks like its time to get alonger lens.

http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb65/flat4nc/059.jpg

http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb65/flat4nc/110.jpg

willy b

21st of October 2008 (Tue), 13:34

Well not taken many recently, but here are a few:

1http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o288/willyb_photo/073-2.jpg

2http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o288/willyb_photo/074-6.jpg

3http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o288/willyb_photo/083-4.jpg

4http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o288/willyb_photo/084-10.jpg

5http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o288/willyb_photo/095-1.jpg

6http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o288/willyb_photo/115-3.jpg

macobee

21st of October 2008 (Tue), 22:35

Girls best friends

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3050/2960940657_468f6e5eb1_b.jpg

rohicks

22nd of October 2008 (Wed), 11:18

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3049/2963960956_c241ded89d_o.jpg
*Strobist - Two 60watt kitchen light fan bulbs (lol), 43" gold reflector to camera right, 3-4 foot mirror to camera left that is resting on kitchen table.

macobee

22nd of October 2008 (Wed), 11:36

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3277/2964595018_fb8b432b71_o.jpg

my first time at trying portraits with strobes, and then in almost full darkness, the headaches i had to focus.....oh my gawd

my first time at trying portraits with strobes, and then in almost full darkness, the headaches i had to focus.....oh my gawd.....dont even speak of getting ones son to co-operate.....hahaha well hes been a good sport actually, who really wants to pose for his dad at 14 years of age huh? many fuzzy shots, but some came out kkind of c

my first time at trying portraits with strobes, and then in almost full darkness, the headaches i had to focus.....oh my gawd.....dont even speak of getting ones son to co-operate.....hahaha well hes been a good sport actually, who really wants to pose for his dad at 14 years of age huh? many fuzzy shots, but some came out kkind of coolish.....anyway 1st try and learned a lot!

my first time at trying portraits with strobes, and then in almost full darkness, the headaches i had to focus.....oh my gawd.....dont even speak of getting ones son to co-operate.....hahaha well hes been a good sport actually, who really wants to pose for his dad at 14 years of age huh? many fuzzy shots, but some came out kkind of coolish.....anyway 1st try and learned a lot!

strobist info, 1 strobe right thats all........i know i gotta learn!

willy b

23rd of October 2008 (Thu), 15:28

http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o288/willyb_photo/002-13.jpg

Geoff_Shawcross

28th of October 2008 (Tue), 06:53

Hey Macobee!! You forgot to put a credit card in that picture of a girls best friends! :lol:

rohicks

28th of October 2008 (Tue), 10:40

Anyone ever wanted to be able to change the weather?http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3070/2971234236_de6d4b39bc_o.jpg

macobee

28th of October 2008 (Tue), 10:51

awsesome how did you do that?

rohicks

28th of October 2008 (Tue), 11:59

awsesome how did you do that?
*Strobist - 580ex2 shot into 43" wescott umbrella @ 1/8th power (with black back face on), 42" reflector to camera right and behind my back, umbrella front of and to camera left.

I took a picture of me pulling on my kitchen wall. Then I used a stock sky image and took it into photoshop and made it look like a curtain that I was pulling. It was raining so i didn't have time to get a picture of the sky myself, which is what prompted me to do this.

The exif for this image is wrong if anyone checks it. It says taken with nikon, well that's because the stock sky image was taken with nikon.

macobee

28th of October 2008 (Tue), 12:10

excellent job! really cool too!

willy b

28th of October 2008 (Tue), 13:40

Anyone ever wanted to be able to change the weather?http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3070/2971234236_de6d4b39bc_o.jpg

That is seriously cool!!

willy b

28th of October 2008 (Tue), 13:48

Couple from the weekend:

1)http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o288/willyb_photo/207-1.jpg

2)http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o288/willyb_photo/208-1.jpg

3)http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o288/willyb_photo/111-2.jpg

4)http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o288/willyb_photo/036-4.jpg

Ok so this wasn't from the weekend, but i like it:)
5)http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o288/willyb_photo/137-2.jpg

LoL Ish

30th of October 2008 (Thu), 21:01

I just got this lens a few days ago. I bought it used from a POTN member. I absolutly love it! It shall be a great walkaround lens that I'll keep in my bag for quite some time.

Here's some of my first few shots. I've never owned a macro lens, so I'm loving the hell out of this really close focusing.

http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/5618/img0735av3.jpg

Shot at ISO 1000 ; 30D ; 17mm open wide ; 1/250
Here's the 100% crop. This picture was also straight from the camera. I only converted to JPEG and boosted the exposure +.35

http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/935/100croptn2.jpg

And some other shots.

http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/5755/img0604rf4.jpg
http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/7417/img0610gv2.jpg

I love this DOF!
http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/9007/img0622uy0.jpg

syntrix

30th of October 2008 (Thu), 21:06

my first time at trying portraits with strobes, and then in almost full darkness, the headaches i had to focus.....oh my gawd

my first time at trying portraits with strobes, and then in almost full darkness, the headaches i had to focus.....oh my gawd.....dont even speak of getting ones son to co-operate.....hahaha well hes been a good sport actually, who really wants to pose for his dad at 14 years of age huh? many fuzzy shots, but some came out kkind of c

This is where modeling lights come in handy on real strobes :)

Great pics everyone! I got this lens after I got my first digital SLR, an XT, and it produced some fine pictures! Wow that seems like a long time ago now!

mantra

31st of October 2008 (Fri), 08:27

does somebody tried this lens on 50D ?

X-Warrior

31st of October 2008 (Fri), 14:41

does somebody tried this lens on 50D ?

Uhm... well, I can confirm it works. However, I haven't taken any actual shots with it yet (only really used the 30 and 105mm). Maybe next week when I have a week off I'll have a chance to give it a whooping.

mantra

31st of October 2008 (Fri), 15:05

Uhm... well, I can confirm it works. However, I haven't taken any actual shots with it yet (only really used the 30 and 105mm). Maybe next week when I have a week off I'll have a chance to give it a whooping.

yes thanks
because in the 50D review there is : needs hi-end lens
so i would like to know how the 50D handle a lens like 17-70

X-Warrior

1st of November 2008 (Sat), 07:00

17mm f/2.8:
http://web.dvdpimages.com/examples/081101_0001.JPG

17mm f/5.6:
http://web.dvdpimages.com/examples/081101_0002.JPG

70mm f/5.6:
http://web.dvdpimages.com/examples/081101_0003.JPG
If you want a real wide open shot give a shout, but I suppose this gets pretty close :P

70mm f/11
http://web.dvdpimages.com/examples/081101_0004.JPG

These are all centred shots, 100% cropped. Unedited, except for the fully automatic colour balance correction DPP applies to it.

My verdict: guess this is a 'high end' lens :roll:

macobee

1st of November 2008 (Sat), 07:03

:lol:erh x-warrior, you have to clean your stereo once

AustinWolf

1st of November 2008 (Sat), 23:40

:lol:erh x-warrior, you have to clean your stereo once

Er, you mean you have to clean your museum exhibits...

Unless that isn't the same stereo as I had in the mid 80's. :)

I am glad to see this lens is as crisp on the 50D, even at 100%.

LoL Ish

2nd of November 2008 (Sun), 16:26

Took my new lens and my new 30D out to a local park/stream today. And damn that water was cold! Creek photography is no joke. ;)

http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/3417/img1014ah6.jpg

I need to get a polarizer for this lens. Anybody have any good suggestions for a not too expensive one?

X-Warrior

3rd of November 2008 (Mon), 04:04

I need to get a polarizer for this lens. Anybody have any good suggestions for a not too expensive one?

No, sorry. In my opinion (and that of many others no doubt) you should never get the cheap filters.
I have a B+W polfilter, which cost about half the price of the lens itself. But hey, it's worth it :)

Er, you mean you have to clean your museum exhibits...

Unless that isn't the same stereo as I had in the mid 80's.

It's a JVC R-K22, it's my dad's, and yes it's very very old. It's going through a second (or third) life in it's current location, for background music while my dad plays some darts :p

rohicks

5th of November 2008 (Wed), 19:55

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3139/2994744616_3a2399f2cf.jpg

kansascityshuffle

5th of November 2008 (Wed), 23:31

Here's 3 from around Purdue's campus.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3291/3006901602_3097b131dd_b.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3194/3006064733_2bbd2e00e1_b.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3064/3006902104_fc9e60de8a_b.jpg

rohicks

5th of November 2008 (Wed), 23:39

Here's 3 from around Purdue's campus.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3194/3006064733_2bbd2e00e1_b.jpg
]

Gah was this today?
I was so hanging out between brown and wetherill today right where you took that last picture with my camera in hand today!

Do you go to Purdue?
I have been there for 4 years and hope to one day graduate! lol.
HHAAAAARRRYYYYYYYYYYY'SSSSSSSS lol I love harry's!
This is mine from Harry's.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2313/2432486177_27bfacb9a9.jpg

kansascityshuffle

5th of November 2008 (Wed), 23:45

Gah was this today?

Do you go to Purdue?
I have been there for 4 years and hope to one day graduate! lol.
HHAAAAARRRYYYYYYYYYYY'SSSSSSSS lol I love harry's!

No, sometime last week. I've got wayyy too many tests this week to get out and shoot. Yea I go to Purdue...We've argued a few times on PAPA lol. I used to have the teal firebird with chrome ZR1s.

I got a couple new lenses today from the USPS guy. 28 1.8 and 100 2.0. You should look for my thread on them. Sharp bastards they are.

I like the 17-70, but I've got it for sale. I just can't get around wanting to shoot with all primes.

Your **** on the last page with the sky looks pretty badass...

rohicks

6th of November 2008 (Thu), 00:20

No, sometime last week. I've got wayyy too many tests this week to get out and shoot. Yea I go to Purdue...We've argued a few times on PAPA lol. I used to have the teal firebird with chrome ZR1s.

I got a couple new lenses today from the USPS guy. 28 1.8 and 100 2.0. You should look for my thread on them. Sharp bastards they are.

I like the 17-70, but I've got it for sale. I just can't get around wanting to shoot with all primes.

Your **** on the last page with the sky looks pretty badass...
Agh yea I remember you now. I will be selling the 17-70 as well when the time comes (24-70L), but I need to acquire my wide angle before the L.
Thanks for the comment on the pic ;)

timeasterday

6th of November 2008 (Thu), 16:54

Wow, Harry's brings back some memories. Hard to believe it's been 18 years since I graduated from Purdue. Thanks for posting those great photos!

rohicks

6th of November 2008 (Thu), 22:06

Wow, Harry's brings back some memories. Hard to believe it's been 18 years since I graduated from Purdue. Thanks for posting those great photos!

18 years eh ... boiler up surprised we have to so many boilers in here.
What was your major here at the time?

timeasterday

7th of November 2008 (Fri), 20:07

18 years eh ... boiler up surprised we have to so many boilers in here.
What was your major here at the time?

Electrical Engineering Technology.

macobee

10th of November 2008 (Mon), 09:00

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3048/3018407789_f693beae79_o.jpg

macobee

10th of November 2008 (Mon), 09:00

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3249/3019184718_4eca68626b_o.jpg

LoL Ish

11th of November 2008 (Tue), 22:18

I really like this lens. I wish it were a constant f/2.8, but heh, wishful thinking. Besides, with the really close focusing for macro, this lens has very narrow DOF and great Bokeh! I was alittle sceptical about this lens at first, because I was going to get the Siggy 24-60f/2.8, but I'm glad I didn't.

Here's a macro picture from today. This len's is pretty dang sharp.

Canon 30D
ISO 800
1/60 sec.
Sigma 17-70 @ 70mm
f/4.5

http://img253.imageshack.us/img253/871/jalapanoyc0.jpg

leoni

12th of November 2008 (Wed), 08:44

Hello !
do you think is better then canon 18-55 is or tamron 17-50.
now i have the canon 18-55 is and works ok but a need a fast lens
best regards

LoL Ish

12th of November 2008 (Wed), 09:15

I havn't owned the 18-55 IS, but I have owned the Non IS version, and yes, I do think it's better. The build quality feels more solid, and the picture quality is better. Deffinently an upgrade from it.

I however havn't had the Tamrom 17-50, so I cannot quote on that one.

macobee

12th of November 2008 (Wed), 11:18

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3157/3025309004_2bceb9ece3_b.jpg

LoL Ish

12th of November 2008 (Wed), 20:23

Canon 30D
ISO 800
f/4.5
1/60
70mm
http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/9844/img11831wl0.jpg

No PP other than a little sharpening.

chef21

12th of November 2008 (Wed), 20:39

macobee not sure if you saw it or not but there is another thread started on food photography http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=597142 you should add some pics. I spent an hour and a half looking through this thread last night looking for your food pics. you do a great job. chef21

I was just looking at your pictures on flickr, I like the lighting on the choc ones but find them to be very uniform and generic as if not a lot of thought was put into them. Hope you don't mind me saying this, it's only I have become a fan of your presentation and plating. Unless this is what the client wants, it seems very different from your other stuff.

macobee

12th of November 2008 (Wed), 22:34

Hi Chef 21, i made a big mistake with the choco,ltes which is way to shallow DOF, so most of them ended up crap, will now shoot nothing below f11 dfor said chocolates for re-shoot..

i dont understand what you mean by uniform and generic, the chocolates themself or the presentation of them?

anyway thanks for your comments, well appreciated!

Marco

angryhampster

12th of November 2008 (Wed), 22:56

Wow, Harry's brings back some memories. Hard to believe it's been 18 years since I graduated from Purdue. Thanks for posting those great photos!

Old fart. :lol: I'm graduating in May and am not looking forward to it. I'm not going to be able to find a damn job anywhere.

Neat shots though, I love seeing other Big Ten campuses.

macobee

14th of November 2008 (Fri), 10:44

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3208/3029210481_acb7829e83_b.jpg

macobee

21st of November 2008 (Fri), 00:53

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3293/3041267766_5786d5e896_b.jpg

X-Warrior

21st of November 2008 (Fri), 12:39

I just want to eat that after seeing the pic...

Geoff_Shawcross

21st of November 2008 (Fri), 19:06

Aye, me too. You certainly got a message across to the viewer, because I really would like to eat that wonderful looking treat as well. I would consider it comercial quality, meaning it would be a photo I would expect to see for a product in a magazine or something.

Great job!! :)

macobee

21st of November 2008 (Fri), 21:26

warrior and shawcross, thank you :)

lostid

22nd of November 2008 (Sat), 02:59

Just got mine and here is a test shot. The 2nd one is 100% cropped.

LoL Ish

23rd of November 2008 (Sun), 01:21

From a wedding I did last Saturday. For some reason, my images show up less "contrasted" and less "vibrant" when uploaded to the web. Interesting... Not the lens' problem though.

http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/3606/img1243smallfj1.jpg

lostid

23rd of November 2008 (Sun), 13:58

This is one of the shots I took on this first day I went out with this lens. I heard about the quality of lens which differs from copy to copy. Can someone tell me from this picture whether this is a good copy?
Thanks

LoL Ish

23rd of November 2008 (Sun), 15:23

Show us a bigger size picture, but don't exceed the image size rules. The colors looks nice from your copy, so I hope your focus isn't screwy.

lostid

23rd of November 2008 (Sun), 16:43

Show us a bigger size picture, but don't exceed the image size rules. The colors looks nice from your copy, so I hope your focus isn't screwy.

Thanks, Kyle. I have problem to post bigger size because of the limit (150kb). I can't get to within that limit with bigger size. Normally, do you set focus to infinity for landscape photography?

BTW, the sky was partially cloudy and the photo was taken without using tripod.

siddr20

24th of November 2008 (Mon), 08:22

Did a quick test at 70mm with my new lens i bought today :)

I think it did just fine!! What you think?

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y276/siddr20/IMG_1606a.jpg

macobee

24th of November 2008 (Mon), 10:06

Makin' Chili
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3218/3055471581_d23888950d_b.jpg

X-Warrior

24th of November 2008 (Mon), 16:08

Did a quick test at 70mm with my new lens i bought today :)

I think it did just fine!! What you think?

Is it a 100% crop ? The picture seems to have a bit of motion blur, or is that just me ?

Macobee, yet another wonderful shot I have to say :)

lostid

25th of November 2008 (Tue), 05:58

Here is a test shot of night view.

f/11
5 secs
ISO100

macobee

25th of November 2008 (Tue), 11:34

thanks warrior appreciate that!

Lostid, nice shot!

lostid

25th of November 2008 (Tue), 13:57

Lostid, nice shot!

Thanks.

willy b

25th of November 2008 (Tue), 17:14

Couple from the weekend:

1)http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o288/willyb_photo/040-7.jpg

2)http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o288/willyb_photo/050-1.jpg

3)http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o288/willyb_photo/067-5.jpg

4)http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o288/willyb_photo/074-8.jpg

5)http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o288/willyb_photo/110.jpg

6)http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o288/willyb_photo/127-2.jpg

7)http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o288/willyb_photo/155.jpg

http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o288/willyb_photo/117-1.jpg

macobee

27th of November 2008 (Thu), 09:59

Sorry if you find this hard to take, but this is my every day reality. i am sometimes surprised how poeple eat without knowing what they do, i.e. they are very far away from where we once were, catchin, killing, cooking and eating for survival.
anyway this was a pheasant flown in from France, for my game promotion. Legs will be made into a confit, breasts stuffed and roasted and from the left overs we make a nice soup with mushrooms which is served first. so Phesant in three courses! http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3028/3062892613_bdae5b1e9d_b.jpg

X-Warrior

27th of November 2008 (Thu), 14:01

Sorry if you find this hard to take, but this is my every day reality. i am sometimes surprised how poeple eat without knowing what they do, i.e. they are very far away from where we once were, catchin, killing, cooking and eating for survival.

Well last Saturday, at company dinner, I was suprised at how many people wouldn't eat the served duck because they felt for the thing...
The duck tasted just fine by the way ;)

On the pic: clean and sharp, but could do with a little more foreground and less background I think. Whoop, just noticed the table corner as well :confused:

macobee

28th of November 2008 (Fri), 10:28

thanks xwarrior, yeah i know the background corner shows at the left.......didnt have ny bigger foamboard.....it was used to many times also so has many bumps etc in it.....not ideal. the foregroud i agree somewhat but i wanted to try create a bit of an in your face thing, guess i should have focused on the head instead then...?

cheers anyway

Janika

28th of November 2008 (Fri), 19:52

17mm, f/9, ISO-100

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b186/Janika2/Winter/London/Jeges-arnyekok.jpg

X-Warrior

29th of November 2008 (Sat), 15:30

Shrooms!

http://www.dvdpimages.com/images/landscapes/081129_0004.jpg

That thing was about 2 metres in diameter. Impressive.

Up close:

http://www.dvdpimages.com/images/macro/081129_0005.jpg

http://www.dvdpimages.com/images/macro/081129_0006.jpg

http://www.dvdpimages.com/images/macro/081129_0007.jpg

http://www.dvdpimages.com/images/macro/081129_0008.jpg

ishida

29th of November 2008 (Sat), 20:25

ishida

29th of November 2008 (Sat), 20:26

Here's a photo of my parents' dog on a walk...dragged the shutter a bit for this one.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3184/3054852539_23b6066c3d_o.jpg

macobee

29th of November 2008 (Sat), 21:55

x-warrior, nice! i read in de telegraaf that they gonna ban any fun mushrooms soon in holland.....

willy b

30th of November 2008 (Sun), 14:40

Those Mushrooms are crazy!

Ishida - love that shot!

ishida

30th of November 2008 (Sun), 15:08

Thanks :)

macobee

1st of December 2008 (Mon), 08:59

well ok then its 1st december, merry xmas all!

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3177/3073445213_b91537dbbc_o.jpg

macobee

1st of December 2008 (Mon), 09:01

oh forgot this from tonight after work, Jupiter, Venus and the moon all in view!:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3002/3073407751_205dc73da1_b.jpg

willy b

1st of December 2008 (Mon), 13:49

^^^^^^^^^
Love it!

X-Warrior

1st of December 2008 (Mon), 15:51

Thanks all for the comments :)

x-warrior, nice! i read in de telegraaf that they gonna ban any fun mushrooms soon in holland.....

In fact, they are banned already, as of today ;)

^^ nice shot up there. They person sitting there really adds to it I think.

And no Christmas greetings/stuff until December 6th - you are Dutch, aren't you ? :p

macobee

1st of December 2008 (Mon), 21:34

erh left holland 25 years ago....dont know if im still allowed to call meself dutch. anyhow we gave up with celebrating sinterklaas

macobee

2nd of December 2008 (Tue), 04:07

ok i bring you eggs:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3225/3076276265_6910c4a7d5_o.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3204/3077107138_699052a6e2_o.jpg
and this last one only to show how many umbrellas i have :) kidding i have only 1 brollie
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3071/3076260267_ae3b03a08f_o.jpg

LoL Ish

2nd of December 2008 (Tue), 20:35

The tree in my front yard has some purdy colors.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3071/3078070491_2e667e4228.jpg?v=0

And the Moon from last night. I guess I couldn't get it any sharper than this.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3006/3078931818_301ce31b45.jpg?v=0

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3071/3078902610_28d2c7f46d.jpg?v=0

lostid

4th of December 2008 (Thu), 03:14

http://photography-on-the.net/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=324392&stc=1&d=1228381555

lostid

4th of December 2008 (Thu), 03:14

http://photography-on-the.net/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=324382&stc=1&d=1228375367

lostid

4th of December 2008 (Thu), 03:15

http://photography-on-the.net/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=324322&stc=1&d=1228356259

lostid

4th of December 2008 (Thu), 03:17

http://photography-on-the.net/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=324034&stc=1&d=1228250220

lostid

4th of December 2008 (Thu), 03:20

many more here....
http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=605682

lostid

4th of December 2008 (Thu), 03:24

Been using the lens for a couple of weeks now and I love it . I found some of the shots taken during the day are lacking details. I don't know if this is something to do with the lens or my lack of skills.

rohicks

9th of December 2008 (Tue), 00:43

My new and first ink.
The tree represents life and the quote that comes off the trunk represents what i live by each day "living in the moment". It says, "The art of life is to live in the moment." The birds are representing taking a risk and flying off to a new adventure.
More pics on my flickr.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3079/3093425282_d8e9531241_o.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3013/3093425096_09bfa92811_o.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3239/3093424868_b6e95bb546_o.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3265/3092583593_0bae24bc94_o.jpg

Flappytango

14th of December 2008 (Sun), 17:40

olly_k

15th of December 2008 (Mon), 05:35

Hi,

I have not read through this whole thread but i can say there are some great pics posted.

I have had my Sigma 17-70mm for about two weeks now and have been pretty happy with it but i thought it seemed soft in many pictures.

Today i tested it on my XSi versus the kit lens (18-55 IS) and my 50mm 1.8f.

I only was looking at sharpness in the center of the picture. The sigma compared well to the canons at 50mm and 35mm f4.5-10, at 24mm f3.5-6.3 slight edge to kit lens, but when i went wide angle 17mm on sigma vs 18mm kit the kit was much sharper (f3.5-14).

when i saw that i then tried the focus test experiment. Compared to the canon lenses the sigma seemed to back focus much more.

Now i am wondering if i got a bad copy or is it possible the kit lens is actuall sharper? If it has some calibration issues is it possible to only be off at the wider angles?

thanks

TBH I think the kit lens is slated far too much mine is also VERY sharp and slightly quicker to focus by a knats wisker. I have found it can keep up with my daughter just as well I must do a proper test me thinks to compare to your results! I sometimes wish I had gone for the Sigma 18 - 50 f2.8 but I do like the macro this lens has to offer!

If I were advising a newby I certainly wouldn't suggest they bought this lens to improve their pictures over the kit.

Also I think this thread has more than served a purpose now can you tell the quality of pictures apart from other such threads of different lens's? I really can't see the point of this thread becuase the majority of good pictures here are more to do with photographic skill than the lens itself!

Sorry if I have offended anyone maybe someone can tell me what purpose showing small crops of nice pictures serves with regard to lens quality, espcially as there are equal if not better shots in the kit thread?

X-Warrior

15th of December 2008 (Mon), 16:28

Sorry if I have offended anyone maybe someone can tell me what purpose showing small crops of nice pictures serves with regard to lens quality, espcially as there are equal if not better shots in the kit thread?

Because it's fun to show off pictures that just happen to be made with a specific lens. Lens owners bunching together, much like this whole forum is made up of Canon users. And maybe a few stray Nikonians.
But I do agree that we should be seeing more 100% crops in here. They really tell something about the quality of the lens.

macobee

16th of December 2008 (Tue), 06:10

taken with my new 50D and the 17-70:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3061/3113032824_cf6f1c0a04_b.jpg

macobee

16th of December 2008 (Tue), 06:11

and anothr:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3130/3113031166_14b341c502_b.jpg

X-Warrior

16th of December 2008 (Tue), 14:32

taken with my new 50D and the 17-70:

Oooh, nice buy. Enjoy ;)

If ever in doubt whether it's really that much of an improvement, just try your previous camera again after a while. Then you'll realise how quickly us humans get spoiled :roll:

Flappytango

16th of December 2008 (Tue), 16:24

well i returned my lens and recieved instore credit. I was hoping to exchange for a different copy, i was hoping i could get a sigma copy that would at least be as good as the at same focal lenght and f as the kit lens, but they didnt have any more in stock:(.

lostid

17th of December 2008 (Wed), 20:25

Here is another shot with the lens and it doesn't look bad at all.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3033/3117151474_f2b4866360_o.jpg

macobee

18th of December 2008 (Thu), 03:51

stroll around today in ap lei chau hong kong and found these stacks of shoe boxes
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3221/3117977990_84eb56d90d_b.jpg

rohicks

21st of December 2008 (Sun), 20:35

Don't know if i ever posted this one or not.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3010/2619553255_81db9d31d1_o.jpg

macobee

21st of December 2008 (Sun), 22:16

not an image that shows of the quality of this lens, but it does show a bit of what ive been bussy with these days!

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3242/3125412044_ac8a134482_b.jpg

palaima

22nd of December 2008 (Mon), 11:59

Hello to all :) I am new to this forum...But I have this lens so i thought i could share some pictures (don't be harsh on me i'm still learning :D )
http://picasaweb.google.com/pp2006/Experiments#5238783173882068962
http://picasaweb.google.com/pp2006/Experiments#5238783170461551042
well it is almost half a year for this lens and it is a true workhorse :D , although a little bit too short for me...But one thing that bothers me is the zoom creep...does anyone else have this problem?

X-Warrior

22nd of December 2008 (Mon), 14:07

Don't know if i ever posted this one or not.

Does look familiar to me, though it's been a while ;)

But one thing that bothers me is the zoom creep...does anyone else have this problem?
I don't actually recall zoom creep for my lens. And if you happen to be shooting at 17mm, you can lock the thing :)

rohicks

22nd of December 2008 (Mon), 16:23

But one thing that bothers me is the zoom creep...does anyone else have this problem?

If mine is not level the lens does it to me. I can't stand it.

ZJChaser

22nd of December 2008 (Mon), 20:16

If mine is not level the lens does it to me. I can't stand it.

my 24-70 does it too

Geoff_Shawcross

24th of December 2008 (Wed), 08:21

Palaima, those are two nice photos of a dragon fly. One thing you migh want to look at though is not necessarily putting the subject in the middle of the shot. It will usaually attract more attention if it is offset slightly (althought this is not a hard and fast rule). Play around with that and see what happens......sometimes it does work in the center though.

Oh ya, welcome to POTN :)

palaima

24th of December 2008 (Wed), 15:22

Thanks a lot showcross! Yeah.. i know, my biggest problem is composition...
Well it is nice to be here, you all have created a very friendly community :D

Tony-S

25th of December 2008 (Thu), 22:35

This is such a great lens for crop cameras. Sometimes I wish I still owned it.

Here's 17mm at f/2.8 with 100% crop. No post processing - nice and sharp.

Tony-S

25th of December 2008 (Thu), 22:40

And a hand-held macro at 70mm and f/8, with 100% crop. If Sigma would put HSM and OS on this lens it would sell like mad.

macobee

26th of December 2008 (Fri), 01:15

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3121/3134744689_dcd5628a25_b.jpg

palaima

26th of December 2008 (Fri), 06:58

Geoff_Shawcross

26th of December 2008 (Fri), 08:15

Can't help you much on that image posting problem you mentioned..........But, I I think the last two shots were very well done. :)

ahh

26th of December 2008 (Fri), 09:22

here a some more images
http://picasaweb.google.com/pp2006/Experiments#5284068450309463730
http://picasaweb.google.com/pp2006/Experiments#5284066601225648498
(i have encountered a problem, the images i want to post just don't show up, I tried to resize it but still it doesn't work, i am using picasaweb, can anyone help me?)
Do you want to embed the image in the post like this?

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_8lV7Z7-pF9I/SVTGk9-PeXI/AAAAAAAAADA/bY6cVqRjhgk/s640/IMG_3703.JPG

If that's what you're after then the correct way to do it is to put the image url between and tags.

Hope this helps.

mij

26th of December 2008 (Fri), 16:43

And a hand-held macro at 70mm and f/8, with 100% crop. If Sigma would put HSM and OS on this lens it would sell like mad.

Well you can get it with HSM, sadly only for Nikon mount.

I would prefer a constant f/2.8 to OS, for me that would make it the essential standard lens for use with an APS-C sized sensor. Although the range is probably too great for that.

Michael.

macobee

27th of December 2008 (Sat), 06:38

my oldest son, just started with photography! this is him
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3195/3141036610_4d5c53af9e.jpg
and here he is goofing!
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3216/3140206295_df0e68ca37.jpg
and once more:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3213/3140205165_cb5fee92a6.jpg

macobee

4th of January 2009 (Sun), 08:55

Big Buddha today, on Lantau Island, Hong Kong (not that he moves anywhere)
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3089/3166176284_4652d4430b_o.jpg

palaima

4th of January 2009 (Sun), 14:30

Ahh thanks! But the problem is that i put them between [img] but all it shows is a little pictogram, not the image itself...
oh the buddha shot is amazing!

rohicks

5th of January 2009 (Mon), 00:55

Downtown Indianapolis.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3083/3168313063_15ebc9bda1_o.jpg

Me and my girl
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1088/3169670396_100d5431ba.jpg

Geoff_Shawcross

5th of January 2009 (Mon), 03:55

Love that shot of downtown Indianapolis!! The way it turned out, it almost looks like you shot a miniature model of it.......LOL.

X-Warrior

5th of January 2009 (Mon), 06:27

Love that shot of downtown Indianapolis!! The way it turned out, it almost looks like you shot a miniature model of it.......LOL.

Just what I was thinking. Looks like a toy town.

ahh

5th of January 2009 (Mon), 07:16

Downtown Indianapolis.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3083/3168313063_15ebc9bda1_o.jpg

Interesting processing on this one. What technique are you using? I remember seeing this type of processing in one of the photo magazines some time ago. Well done!

rohicks

5th of January 2009 (Mon), 11:44

Love that shot of downtown Indianapolis!! The way it turned out, it almost looks like you shot a miniature model of it.......LOL.

Just what I was thinking. Looks like a toy town.

Interesting processing on this one. What technique are you using? I remember seeing this type of processing in one of the photo magazines some time ago. Well done!
Thanks fellas.

That was the result i was going for was a fake miniature feeling.
It's called tilt shift (or in this case a fake tilt shift effect). The gist of it is just masking off part of the image and applying a lens blur and then bumping saturation up a little bit. Pretty easy to acheie and what not. Just google up tilt shift tutorials and you should be set ;)

Glad you guys like it though!

rohicks

6th of January 2009 (Tue), 03:08

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1052/3172602815_eabfde1d2e_o.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1026/3173434510_155237f4f9.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1077/3172602639_db32d71f57.jpg

Pauly_G

6th of January 2009 (Tue), 18:01

Messing around tonight....

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1058/3174375823_7d56685561_o.jpg

willy b

7th of January 2009 (Wed), 06:24

Love the shots Skill. Especially the tilt shift image, always wanted to try that.

Couple here:

1.http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o288/willyb_photo/127-3.jpg

2.http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o288/willyb_photo/126-4.jpg

3.http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o288/willyb_photo/099-5.jpg

4.http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o288/willyb_photo/093-6.jpg

5.http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o288/willyb_photo/091-7.jpg

6.http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o288/willyb_photo/088-10.jpg

7.http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o288/willyb_photo/064.jpg

8.http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o288/willyb_photo/049-1.jpg

willy b

7th of January 2009 (Wed), 06:25

9.http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o288/willyb_photo/045-1.jpg

10.http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o288/willyb_photo/042-10.jpg

11.http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o288/willyb_photo/032-3.jpg

12.http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o288/willyb_photo/030-6.jpg

13.http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o288/willyb_photo/027-7.jpg

X-Warrior

7th of January 2009 (Wed), 08:15

http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o288/willyb_photo/049-1.jpg

Me like this shot :)

mantra

7th of January 2009 (Wed), 14:44

Thanks fellas.

That was the result i was going for was a fake miniature feeling.
It's called tilt shift (or in this case a fake tilt shift effect). The gist of it is just masking off part of the image and applying a lens blur and then bumping saturation up a little bit. Pretty easy to acheie and what not. Just google up tilt shift tutorials and you should be set ;)

Glad you guys like it though!
cool here there is a nice tutorial http://www.tiltshiftphotography.net/photoshop-tutorial.php

LarrySoCal

8th of January 2009 (Thu), 00:29

My first post and an image to go with it! Have wanted to take a macro with water. This may not be the best subject, but I think it came out fairly decent. I think I'm going to try and use this lens more than I have.

Larry

http://www.pbase.com/larrywid/image/106304274.jpg

palaima

8th of January 2009 (Thu), 12:15

here are some shots taken on my vacation, all handheld and between 1/6 - 1/10 (only Zvinger has normal exposure)
http://picasaweb.google.com/pp2006/Experiments#5288971325194099442
http://picasaweb.google.com/pp2006/Experiments#5288971324478031570
http://picasaweb.google.com/pp2006/Experiments#5288971331461601570
(even if they are resized to max 800pix they still don't show up! What to dooooo?!)
this lens at 17mm is a true joy to use, but if you want to zoom...your 2.8 goes away very fast...

willy b

8th of January 2009 (Thu), 13:39

Larry nice shot.

Palaima - I can't see your shots, red X boxes.

dr.acula

9th of January 2009 (Fri), 11:02

Finally got my copy on Wednesday and am enjoying it wayyyy too much

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3381/3181262605_0057f21849_o.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3082/3182095366_42288fa093_b.jpg

willy b

9th of January 2009 (Fri), 11:11

Great Bokeh Dr.acula!

dr.acula

9th of January 2009 (Fri), 12:57

Thanks willy.
You got some great images also.

willy b

9th of January 2009 (Fri), 13:36

Thanks a lot!

LarrySoCal

10th of January 2009 (Sat), 23:40

Thank you for your comment, Willy--especially after looking at your images!

willy b

11th of January 2009 (Sun), 10:30

Thank you for your comment, Willy--especially after looking at your images!

:D Thanks once again!

willy b

11th of January 2009 (Sun), 10:31

1 http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o288/willyb_photo/018-8.jpg

2 http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o288/willyb_photo/025-10.jpg

dr.acula

11th of January 2009 (Sun), 13:59

http://img26.picoodle.com/img/img26/3/1/11/t_20090110063m_cecce27.jpg (http://www.picoodle.com/view.php?img=/3/1/11/f_20090110063m_cecce27.jpg&srv=img26)

http://img26.picoodle.com/img/img26/3/1/11/t_SandyBeachm_882752c.jpg (http://www.picoodle.com/view.php?img=/3/1/11/f_SandyBeachm_882752c.jpg&srv=img26)

http://img33.picoodle.com/img/img33/3/1/11/t_20090110082m_f35aaac.jpg (http://www.picoodle.com/view.php?img=/3/1/11/f_20090110082m_f35aaac.jpg&srv=img33)

http://img33.picoodle.com/img/img33/3/1/11/t_20090110082m_fd78686.jpg (http://www.picoodle.com/view.php?img=/3/1/11/f_20090110082m_fd78686.jpg&srv=img33)

http://img32.picoodle.com/img/img32/3/1/11/t_M5m_a7f9f5b.jpg (http://www.picoodle.com/view.php?img=/3/1/11/f_M5m_a7f9f5b.jpg&srv=img32)

http://img26.picoodle.com/img/img26/3/1/11/t_M52m_9a942bb.jpg (http://www.picoodle.com/view.php?img=/3/1/11/f_M52m_9a942bb.jpg&srv=img26)