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Photos and experience with the 105mm OS macro lens

Started Sep 9, 2021 | Discussions thread
mike earussi Veteran Member • Posts: 9,440
Re: Photos and experience with the 105mm OS macro lens

danski0224 wrote:

You had your lenses and camera calibrated together at a Sigma service center?

I hadn't really used my SD1M much because it misses focus so much. It beeps, but it's off. I kinda dusted it off to do some IR stuff, which I find difficult but rewarding when it "works", and then tried more "regular" picture taking with it.

I would be really happy with the Merrill sensor from the DP series cameras stuck into a sdQ body. The sdQ and DPXM cameras don't miss focus, unless it's a gross error. They aren't perfect, but are much better than my SD1M focusing experience.

It does take a lot of work to get the AF adjusted correctly with the SD1M but it can be done. I have two settings for each lens, one for full daylight and another for IR (they're very different).

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Sigma SD1 Merrill Sigma 105mm F2.8 EX DG Macro Sigma 17-50mm F2.8 EX DC OS HSM Sigma 50mm F1.4 DG HSM | A Sigma 24-35mm F2 DG HSM Art +2 more
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