Photo Pete

This is obviously the camera's way of telling you to get rid of the 100-300 f4 and get a 1.4xTC to go with your 70-200 f2.8 instead. It will significantly lighten your load and free up bag space...

.... if something better hits the market or my shooting style changes. It is only the lenses in our eyes that are indispensible.   I had thought my 70-200 would be a keeper, but along came the...

Assuming you don't need longer than 200mm then you are at least five lenses short!Macro lensMid range f2.8 zoom (24-70 or similar)Superzoom walkaround lensPerspective Control, shift lens14-24 f2.8...

I hope you are wrong about this. If this lens suffers from significant sample variation at £2500 then Nikon deserve to go under.Nikon's reputation has been built on the back of their robust and...

There's a big difference between 18mm and 14mm. The 18-35 serves a different purpose to the 14-24 so I'd work out which focal length you want most.The 16-35 I found ok, but distortion and fall off...

Have you viewed them at 800% yet LOL!Enjoy your Softma... sorry, Sogma... sorry, Sigma. (darned iphone... keep pressing the wrong keys)!

Yes there is a bit of light fall off at the extreme corners with the lens at 400mm wide open, but not anywhere near as much as appears in the photos I've posted. The majority of the darkening was...

Me! I've started another thread with my examples on. These were one off shots, hand held. I could possibly have tweaked a bit more quality out of it if I'd tried a couple more shots, but I really...

I have been using this lens for quite a while now but have not posted any sample images until I was sure what I was seeing from the lens was truly representative. I am now sure. The lens is a...

I'll give that a try. If I get any feedback I'll post it here.--Have FunPhoto Pete

It still doesn't make sense to me. If it is due to insufficient time to recentre the element and then adjust for movement this would also impact on shots longer than 1/500 second and that is not...

Rather It can't cope with a vibration frequency higher than 500Hz. Why does that equate to a shutter speed of 1/500 sec? I doubt hand held vibrations exceed 500hz and so they would be correctly...

I see what you've done there. Very clever. Added a bit to someone else's post to change its meaning.Very clever. Bravo. Bravo.In answer to the OP... yes you will see a difference. The 70-200 lenses...

The sensor is very unlikely to be damaged. It just needs cleaning. Take it to a local camera store for them to clean it if you feel unconfident about doing it yourself, although modern cleaning...

That focus mode uses your selected focus point, but also uses the surrounding points to assist if the subject moves off your chosen point. For a subject like in the OP where there are different...

I fully agree with the review with one caveat. The lens is stunning and brings a smile to my face in use and a bigger smile when post processing the images.My one caveat... the wibbly wobbly tripod...

There must definitely be something wrong with your lens. Image quality can be affected by so many factors (technique, AF fine tune, VR etc etc) which make a definitive answer of whether the lens is...

I wouldn't read too much into that comparison. I'd do your own ... but fine tune the lenses, use a sensible AF mode and also use VR as it is meant to be used.I believe that if you follow advice to...

The price should come down eventually, although personally I'm pretty impressed with the lens for the price it is now. The combination of wide open image quality, focus speed and excellent VR is...

I suspect the subject and camera settings could be the problem.AFC 9 point will more often than not mean the camera is focusing somewhere other than you think. Try afc single point..The pigeons are...