ITT photography

[Bioture]

The Sigma is for my digital SLR. And Nikon and Pentax have different mounts, anyway.

But I really want that extra 2mm on the wide end--it's amazing the difference it can make.

From experience the extra 2mm (actually it's 8mm, since the 12mm on the other lens is multiplied by 1.5) does give you a better edge for super landscape shots, however you pay for it with a lot of vignetting at the edges. This doesn't happen in the 12-24 because of the 1.5 crop factor. I did a few comparison shots and found the 12-24 to be slightly sharper. But otherwise if you're just going to use it exclusively on your dslr, go for the 10-20mm. I like film sometimes, so any lens that doesn't give me full frame is out of the question.

I'm not much of a landscape photographer. I think the 24mm is about as wide as I go 95% of the time since I focus primarily on nature, nature macro, and portraits.

[Saturn V]

Hold off on the sigma 10-20mm. Especially if you want compatability with your film camera. The Sigma's 10-20mm only comes in the DC flavor, meaning that it has the 1.5x crop for digital slrs. I made the same mistake of getting that to compliment my 24-70 and 70-200 f2.8s, however on my minolta 9 it only gives you this circular exposure on the film! The solution is to get the 12-24, which is full frame, but costs a bit more.

The Sigma is for my digital SLR. And Nikon and Pentax have different mounts, anyway.

But I really want that extra 2mm on the wide end--it's amazing the difference it can make.

[SEAL]

Curaçao


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[SEAL]

Amsterdam


What a surprise, it's grey weather in holland!
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Note: The picture is taken horizontal. It's the houses that all bend out of shape

[MirrorriM]

wow, really cool pics

[Bioture]

and one more that is cropped. I took this one by pure luck, actually. The ladybug takes a fraction of a second to take off, and there is a .2 second shutter lag from my a700. So just being able to get this (and having it be sharp) is amazing.




Here's another uncropped picture of "betsy" positioning herself to take off. RIP. After it took off betsy landed in a lamp and ended her life.

[Bioture]

here's a few macros I recently put up (but quality of photos got lost when I uploaded them) besides resizing, these photos have not been cropped in any way.


These tiny ants raid these small blossoms because of the dew forming on the pedals, and becoming a sort of sugar water.



blue zinfindels


This is the inside of a waterlily about the size of gatorade cap.

Equipment: sony a700, vgrip, tamron 90mm ld di macro, sony twin flash with diffusers

[Bioture]

My equipment list hasn't grown considerably, but I've since gotten a 50mm f/1.8 lens and I'm about to order the Sigma 10-20mm. I've also obtained an old Pentax K1000 (with a 40mm f/2.8)--my first fully manual film camera.

Hold off on the sigma 10-20mm. Especially if you want compatability with your film camera. The Sigma's 10-20mm only comes in the DC flavor, meaning that it has the 1.5x crop for digital slrs. I made the same mistake of getting that to compliment my 24-70 and 70-200 f2.8s, however on my minolta 9 it only gives you this circular exposure on the film! The solution is to get the 12-24, which is full frame, but costs a bit more.

[MirrorriM]

Can non-professionals participate? I have some cool pics to share:


Not photoshopped.

One of my favorites.



I really like the cow pic

[Vatican Assassin]

NEW WORLD ORDER MUCH?

[Necromotic]

inspiring cow

[Saturn V]

(as well as the equipment list) has grown considerably

My equipment list hasn't grown considerably, but I've since gotten a 50mm f/1.8 lens and I'm about to order the Sigma 10-20mm. I've also obtained an old Pentax K1000 (with a 40mm f/2.8)--my first fully manual film camera.

[Saturn V]

Flickr (I have a pro account--only $24/year). My JPGs are usually ~2.5-5 MB, and I think Flickr has a 10 MB limit per photo.

[Bioture]

I really like the hot rod one!

My interest in the hobby (as well as the equipment list) has grown considerably since the thread I made awhile ago... I'll post some of my greatest when I have a chance - btw what image hosting service do you use that lets you retain (for the most part) the quality of a post-processed jpeg?

[Saturn V]