why not buy sigma 70-200 F2.8

"I" don't want him too, his wife does and that's obviously way more important! do boi nam quan ao nam dep mu so sinh vay lien cong so vay lien cong so chup anh ky niem

Ha ha ...you guys are killing me! ..Ya , thats what I thought he ment, that's why I questioned it...the face is already blurred at the nose ,then behind the ears,,,some blur from camera shake (hand held)...I thought upping the f and slowing the shutter might help, then if she moves all is lost...Ya whatever it takes to please the little lady....right......!!! hey thanks for the help here guys...it might be a long road i'm going down..

I was thinking if you are already at 1600, with the light that LOOKS available, going to f8-f11 should work (without going too slow)? But like I said, I'm a noob. YMMV !

YMMV ??

Your Milage May Very.

This is my last try tonight...I've got no lights set up and dealing with my grandson...took this with the light over the kitchen table...I'm driving myself nuts....not crisp as I'd hoped right out of the box...I'm sure its operator error........I'll wait for real light tomorrow

1/50, ISO 200, Av 5.6

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Thanks Grego.....I've still got a lot of work to do...I'm use to my old non USM 75-300 f4-5.6 canon cheapy-charlie and somewhat happy with the results..I thought it would be a lot more dramatic difference right away..I need to do some controlled shots from both to check what I'm gaining...

Wow,. you guys are certainly getting the most from your new lenses... congrats! Great looking shots

PEACHMAN wrote:
This is my last try tonight...I've got no lights set up and dealing with my grandson...took this with the light over the kitchen table...I'm driving myself nuts....not crisp as I'd hoped right out of the box...I'm sure its operator error........I'll wait for real light tomorrow

1/50, ISO 200, Av 5.6

Not as crisp?? who are you kidding - fantastic!

Okiewan has posted the floral one with the magnificent tiny white centers that is something to behold and I feel rather pale in comparison !!! His post is what I call crisp !!...But thank you , maybe there is hope for me yet !!

Peachman & Okiewan --- congrats. welcome to the club of satisfied sigma 70-200 owners.

at the longer focal lengths, the depth-of-field at f2.8 is so shallow that I generally leave the lens at f4, just to keep an entire face in focus. A long lens at f2.8 is very demandng. For low light stuff, I open it up. This lens loves my monopod (image stabilization for $30).

Unsharpen mask is your friend.

So true.. but I will say that my "normal" sharpening actions used with most of my other lenses, are WAY too strong for everything I've shot so far with the 70-200. Example; I use CSPro to automate, even at it's lowest settings, it sharpens too much with this lens.

You have got to be kidding me... your second shot is wonderful. I am not sure what you are looking for but I don't see any sharpness issues there. Congradulations.

As far as what the pros use and why... duty cycle and MTF has everything to do with it. Unless you are cranking out hundreds of thousands of exposures.... it isn't relavent. Optically the lenses are close enough that the operator will make the difference, not the lens. Nothing wrong with buying the more expensive gear, but it is far from being required to get great shots. Cheers... and wonderfull first shots.