I got a sigma 105mm macro lense. I am a huge fan of Sony because my first camera ever was a Sony (Alpha 57).
Now I am mostly shooting with a Sony Alpha 7 Mark3 and a Sony Alpha 7S Mark 2. I only have the kit-lense and a 1.8 85mm lense.
I understimate the prices of a full frame lense for those kind of cameras 😅😅😅
as for me, I never used a sony but I was run thru a demonstration made by my friend @bambuka (we share the same city of St.Petersburg) and I was impressed and enchanted... if only I would venture into the trade from the scratch, I definitely would go after Sony full-frame... but I am already made my connections with Canon arsenal and it wont let me go so eaily, haha. I am actually very poor and cannot put my family budget into photo-hobby, all of my lens and cameras (except of the 1st Canon 350D) were second-handed, dated, and cheap.
Sigma 105mm is a decent gadget! I actually thinking maybe I made a wrong decision going after 150 instead of 90-100, for macro... I just could not invest my little money into what I really wanted (Canon 1002.8L is the top, but the prices are meh... my triple salary).
PS. speaking of the fest -- there will happen the 2-nd Hive virtual festival, in case you are not in the know. Dont miss it! Once in a lifetime -- !BEER
I see. Tbh my very first camera is still my favourite. Even with cheaper gear you are able to take awesome shots. And as far as I can tell you do a hell of a job!
I never had a lense with such a focal length so I can't tell if you made a mistake. But for me you have a nice blurry background and the subjects are nice and sharp! So I would not call it a mistake :)
Ah, thanks for letting me know! I will try to attend it :)
heh.. yes and no. before I used it .. you never know, right? it is my fave! before that for years 50mm 1.4 was my fave. recently I enlarged my arsenal, and finally have got the top wide angle 16-35mm and a manual soviet 16mm fish-eye, all of them in a way are my faves. BUT, getting 150mm macro still was slightly a wrong decision - now having it I cant plan to change to smth else. actually: the minus is its too heavy, more tripod-intended, and the long 150mm focus means I cant do short timings from hands.. well, I do but anything less then 1/125 can be very questionable, for macro that is always a problem. so all in all thats a great lense, I am a fan of using it for street photos and doing paparazzi job, it has a pleasurable bokeh and light-power, the 'pro's are obvious. but still it has some 'contras' too. thats all for me today. no more !BEER left probably - time to go sleep :P
thanks for conversation, and acquaintance! laters.
oh, you are a macro-addict, that cool! what have you got, if I may ask? just curious.
(personally, I posess Sigma 150mm and Tamron 60mm)
and I would say: !PIZZA is never enough 👍
I got a sigma 105mm macro lense. I am a huge fan of Sony because my first camera ever was a Sony (Alpha 57).
Now I am mostly shooting with a Sony Alpha 7 Mark3 and a Sony Alpha 7S Mark 2. I only have the kit-lense and a 1.8 85mm lense.
I understimate the prices of a full frame lense for those kind of cameras 😅😅😅
Let's have a pizza fest hahaha
!PIZZA
as for me, I never used a sony but I was run thru a demonstration made by my friend @bambuka (we share the same city of St.Petersburg) and I was impressed and enchanted... if only I would venture into the trade from the scratch, I definitely would go after Sony full-frame... but I am already made my connections with Canon arsenal and it wont let me go so eaily, haha. I am actually very poor and cannot put my family budget into photo-hobby, all of my lens and cameras (except of the 1st Canon 350D) were second-handed, dated, and cheap.
Sigma 105mm is a decent gadget! I actually thinking maybe I made a wrong decision going after 150 instead of 90-100, for macro... I just could not invest my little money into what I really wanted (Canon 1002.8L is the top, but the prices are meh... my triple salary).
PS. speaking of the fest -- there will happen the 2-nd Hive virtual festival, in case you are not in the know. Dont miss it! Once in a lifetime -- !BEER
I see. Tbh my very first camera is still my favourite. Even with cheaper gear you are able to take awesome shots. And as far as I can tell you do a hell of a job!
I never had a lense with such a focal length so I can't tell if you made a mistake. But for me you have a nice blurry background and the subjects are nice and sharp! So I would not call it a mistake :)
Ah, thanks for letting me know! I will try to attend it :)
heh.. yes and no. before I used it .. you never know, right? it is my fave! before that for years 50mm 1.4 was my fave. recently I enlarged my arsenal, and finally have got the top wide angle 16-35mm and a manual soviet 16mm fish-eye, all of them in a way are my faves. BUT, getting 150mm macro still was slightly a wrong decision - now having it I cant plan to change to smth else. actually: the minus is its too heavy, more tripod-intended, and the long 150mm focus means I cant do short timings from hands.. well, I do but anything less then 1/125 can be very questionable, for macro that is always a problem. so all in all thats a great lense, I am a fan of using it for street photos and doing paparazzi job, it has a pleasurable bokeh and light-power, the 'pro's are obvious. but still it has some 'contras' too. thats all for me today. no more !BEER left probably - time to go sleep :P
thanks for conversation, and acquaintance! laters.