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It could be worse! You could be one of those fools using the screw driven Sigma 135-400MM,to take pictures of aircraft!! Wait a second.....!
just need to practice with itOriginally Posted by TheAnimus
yup, got to love the 16-500
The sigma is a bloody beast, at 1.8kgs..... Any shake of any kind is so damned noticable at 500mm. The OS 1 or 2, or Body just aren't enough, it makes kinematic exercises fun by comparison.
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Yeah, I took it with me last time I was down in Cornwall, but the weather was just so damned foul I didn't want to risk taking the lens out of the car! I nearly bought their 50-500mm which is often touted as the ultimate travel lens, but then I realised it has no damned WR sealing, so I'd still be bringing something in the 50-150mm space which was WR.just need to practice with it
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Sorry that just sunk in. 16-500?
F2.8?
Typo. 16-50mmSorry that just sunk in. 16-500?
F2.8?
the 150-500mm is just the standard sigma.
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Haha! Was gonna say that must have set you back a few quid, or you killed for it!Typo. 16-50mm
the 150-500mm is just the standard sigma.
Plastic bin bag and gaffer tape. I took my 135-400MM to Farnborough this and it was tipping down.Lens was fine.
Of course you could buy yourself a lens cover:
http://www.wexphotographic.com/search/?q=lens%20cover
binbag is probably more reliable and trustworthy if taped.
I guess I'm just not trusting of it. My 16-50mm I've used under a waterfall with no issues, but the build of it is great. The sigma, not so great if I'm honest!
If your not going anything Cat, go to nam for Tet, there were some flights for £500, return, direct to Saigon.
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It did thanks buddy. Collected it from the Post Office this morning. Will try to report back in Jan and let people know if it's worth its premium!
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If its protecting you're after I suggest going for a hood instead. There are loads of threads out there suggesting that filters are uneccessary
doesn't stop salt spray hitting your lens though if you're by the coast. Still need a filter IMO
I would say its a 'depends'.
Myself, I normally use both. Not just because most of my lenses have hoods (in fact its only my fish eye which doesn't) but because a hood is a good thing!
I've found just by judging the dirt and such on my filters, somewhere like Cornwall on the coast path the filter is really needed, they also get sticky, really sticky. Salt + Damp.
In the desert however, one of the best things is a bit of old stocking, around the barel of a zoom lens. The filter out there didn't pick up any dirt, in fact some of the fine Sharan sand managed to get underneeth, despite me only changing filter inside a car. A rocket blower when back in the UK cleaned out most of that.
When somewhere like Saigon, with the humidity and the pollution. A filter is really essential. The change from the airconditioned world where you had an ice cream to the street outside creates such moisture build up, you must always be careful not to put your filter on in a too humid place, I try to only change them inside a dry (Air Conditioned) place if possible. If I can't, I make sure as to not change the tempurate quickly on them. I also, where possible keep my kit outside of the AC, if overnight I'll lock it up in a packsafe back, hidden on the inside of a balcony etc.
There is something to be said for slapping a peice of £60 kit on a £1,000 lens. But at the end of the day in a lot of the circumstances its not noticeable. I've used (and still have) bargan basement UV filters. These often provide green alien highlight effect. The Hoya PRO and B+W do not do this.
tl;dr: Not all UV filters are the same, a hood is no substitute, think about where you are travelling and what your doing, you can take them off when need be.
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