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tikkathree
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 Posted: Sun Aug 15, 2010 7:32 am Post subject: Recent acquisition: Sigma 200 f/3.5 |
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tikkathree wrote:
I recently took ownership of a lovely Sigma 200 f/3.5 close focus lens from CarbonR here.
It took me a week to work out that the slight/y bulky push-on lens cap is, in fact, the reversed lens hood with the lens cap attached.  So, having been a tad frustrated by flare I'm starting again.
Here in the meantime are a few images so far. I need to see how it sharpens up when stopped down and I must find the time to grab the tripod and my other 200mm lenses and do a back-to-back comparison. All in all though it's a very pleasing lens to handle and use, particularly because I quite like big chunky kit.
Actually I'm feeling guilty for not posting in a while.....
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Big Dawg
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| Posted: Sun Aug 15, 2010 9:36 pm Post subject: |
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Big Dawg wrote:
Looks like a good one to me. Do you have photos of the lens itself?
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tikkathree
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| Posted: Sun Aug 15, 2010 9:40 pm Post subject: |
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tikkathree wrote:
| Big Dawg wrote: |
| Looks like a good one to me. Do you have photos of the lens itself? |
That's something else I need to do. There was a photo link through CarbonR's profile but appropriately that's no longer there.
Tomorrow, sir.
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I used to think digital was fun but then I discovered film, then I found old lenses and then, eventually I found rangefinders.
EOS 5DII, loadsalenses
Canon G9 IR conv,
MF: TLR, 645 and folders
35mm: Oly OM Pro bodies 1, 2, 3 and 4; Soviet RF kit |
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revers
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| Posted: Sun Aug 15, 2010 10:47 pm Post subject: |
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revers wrote:
They all look a little soft to me. However, that is pleasing to some whereas I like tack sharp.
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tikkathree
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| Posted: Mon Aug 16, 2010 5:14 am Post subject: |
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tikkathree wrote:
| revers wrote: |
| They all look a little soft to me. However, that is pleasing to some whereas I like tack sharp. |
And too much time spent with Canon L lenses and at certain other fora where tack sharp is virtually an entry requirement has affected the way I think too. That's partly why I play with MF lenses, to remind myself that there's more to an image than sharpness.
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EOS 5DII, loadsalenses
Canon G9 IR conv,
MF: TLR, 645 and folders
35mm: Oly OM Pro bodies 1, 2, 3 and 4; Soviet RF kit |
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NikonD
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| Posted: Tue Aug 17, 2010 8:03 pm Post subject: |
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NikonD wrote:
| tikkathree wrote: |
| That's partly why I play with MF lenses, to remind myself that there's more to an image than sharpness. |
+1 |
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CarbonR
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| Posted: Tue Aug 17, 2010 8:52 pm Post subject: |
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CarbonR wrote:
| tikkathree wrote: |
| Big Dawg wrote: |
| Looks like a good one to me. Do you have photos of the lens itself? |
That's something else I need to do. There was a photo link through CarbonR's profile but appropriately that's no longer there.
Tomorrow, sir. |
It is no longer in my sign, as the lens has been sold, but the topic is still in the marketplace 
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Big Dawg
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Big Dawg wrote:
| tikkathree wrote: |
| revers wrote: |
| They all look a little soft to me. However, that is pleasing to some whereas I like tack sharp. |
And too much time spent with Canon L lenses and at certain other fora where tack sharp is virtually an entry requirement has affected the way I think too. That's partly why I play with MF lenses, to remind myself that there's more to an image than sharpness. |
I agree 100%.
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