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06/13/2008 05:37:27 AM · #1 |
| I finally was able to replace the Bigma I was forced to sell last year. I got a good price on a used one, so I also bought a 1.4x tele-converter for it, making my 500mm approx 700mm. I am so geeked, I can hardly wait to get a chance to shoot. Too bad I had to work today. |
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06/13/2008 07:27:09 AM · #2 |
| x1.6 crop factor = 1020mm? |
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06/13/2008 07:42:10 AM · #3 |
ROFL! I thought this was going to be another religious thread! Congrats, and look out Alaskan wildlife,  ShutterPug's on the loose!
Message edited by author 2008-06-13 07:43:00. |
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06/13/2008 08:00:21 AM · #4 |
| But long lenses are a religion! |
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06/13/2008 09:05:54 AM · #5 |
Originally posted by ShutterPug:
I finally was able to replace the Bigma I was forced to sell last year. |
...and the buyer is ever so grateful you sold it to him too because he managed to take a few shots with it including this one  .
He is still practicing with it and hopes to get better with time.
Here's hoping you will soon be amazing us with tons of wonderful wildlife shots.
Ray |
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06/13/2008 04:37:34 PM · #6 |
My first totally free day is a week (both the hospital and EMS) from this Sunday. It's going to be hard to wait that long. I heard there are some grizzly bears hanging around at the Eagle River Nature Center that I am dying to go shoot....as long as I find them before they find me. :P Note, these are wild bears, not fed or maintained by the park. However, there are a pretty pair of swans not far from my home.
Message edited by author 2008-06-13 16:38:15. |
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06/13/2008 04:41:27 PM · #7 |
Congrats!!!!!!
Hoping to get a Bigma myself in the next few months.
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06/13/2008 05:47:45 PM · #8 |
| Did you use a teleconverter with it last time? I'll be interested to know how that works for you. |
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06/14/2008 03:25:48 AM · #9 |
Originally posted by glad2badad:
Did you use a teleconverter with it last time? I'll be interested to know how that works for you. |
No, I did not own the teleconverter at that time. I recently purchased it. The one problem I noticed is that it is not auto-focusing with the teleconverter on it. Not sure why, other than the lens is the non-DG version, and the teleconverter is DG. I was under the impression that the DG only meant the lens had the anti-glare and anti-ghosting coating to it. Maybe I am wrong on this. I'd like to know if any other owners of the Bigma have used the teleconverter and achieved autofocus. |
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06/16/2008 11:36:53 AM · #10 |
Originally posted by ShutterPug:
I'd like to know if any other owners of the Bigma have used the teleconverter and achieved autofocus. |
Max aperture is too small to AF with the converter on it would be my guess... You lose the one stop with the 1.4x on there.
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06/16/2008 11:59:28 AM · #11 |
Any aperture smaller than 5.6 won't allow AF with the TC attached.
With the TC attached, at max focal length, the max aperture is 9 (1 stop over 6.3). |
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