Sigma 150-500

I did not think of the difference in hand holding. Good advice

I went from the 300f4 to the sigma, a 2.5lb difference. It's heavy, but I got used to it. I only bring a monopod if I know I am going to be in a target area and sitting for awhile. But hand holding is fairly easy with it. [even with my neck problems] I put the strap over my head and then one arm through the front of the strap so the strap is resting across my shoulders rather than my neck.
The Tamron televerters work well with the 20D and sigma.

Netgarden wrote in post #5874534
I went from the 300f4 to the sigma, a 2.5lb difference. It's heavy, but I got used to it. I only bring a monopod if I know I am going to be in a target area and sitting for awhile. But hand holding is fairly easy with it. [even with my neck problems] I put the strap over my head and then one arm through the front of the strap so the strap is resting across my shoulders rather than my neck.
The Tamron televerters work well with the 20D and sigma.

Good to hear. I am raising funds as we speak to buy one and was hoping my Tamron TC would play nicely with it.

In2Photos wrote in post #5874744
Good to hear. I am raising funds as we speak to buy one and was hoping my Tamron TC would play nicely with it.

Work well with the Sig TC too.

Here is a shot i took yesterday night.. wile a bit drunk i have to admit, no tweaking, just resize at 40% and compress at 10%:
http://www.benplace.co​m/150_500/moon1.jpg

More pics here:
http://www.benplace.co​m/sigma_150_500mm_test​_page.htm

Cheers, Ben

hey ben...since you were "half in the bag" is that why it's a quarter moon?

snickersnickersnicker!​! BTW, still a beautiful pic. I enjoy the "moon shot" stuff. One day we will catch those grey buggers on a fly-by!!

ummmm...I sure hope this works. I burried my 28-135mm kit lens in the back yard. I am hoping that sometime in the next three weeks it sprouts into the Bigmos!!

Right LR?

brecklundin wrote in post #5875138
ummmm...I sure hope this works. I burried my 28-135mm kit lens in the back yard. I am hoping that sometime in the next three weeks it sprouts into the Bigmos!!

Right LR?

We shall see, we shall see, for both you and Mikey

actually I have decided to remove the divider between my 28-135mm and my Sigma 70-300mm Macro in my bag, give them some privacy, then check every few days to see if anything........, ummmmm.......develops?

brecklundin wrote in post #5876508
actually I have decided to remove the divider between my 28-135mm and my Sigma 70-300mm Macro in my bag, give them some privacy, then check every few days to see if anything........, ummmmm.......develops?

I'm just selling a whole bunch of stuff!

brecklundin wrote in post #5876508
actually I have decided to remove the divider between my 28-135mm and my Sigma 70-300mm Macro in my bag, give them some privacy, then check every few days to see if anything........, ummmmm.......develops?

I would bury them together. That would instill a sense of "urgency".

DDCSD wrote in post #5876660
I would bury them together. That would instill a sense of "urgency".

Better yet I could hit up my 80-something year old neighbor for some of those leetle blue pills and toss a few in the bag...I bet something comes up then...

brecklundin wrote in post #5876739
Better yet I could hit up my 80-something year old neighbor for some of those leetle blue pills and toss a few in the bag...I bet something comes up then...

Just make sure they are the "right" blue pills...... You might end up with two very cranky lenses with great blood pressure readings.

DDCSD wrote in post #5876840
Just make sure they are the "right" blue pills...... You might end up with two very cranky lenses with great blood pressure readings.

hmmm...sounds like me on most any day...blue pills aside

All,

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