Nov 18
So
Before anyone says that there’s not enough contrast, I would like to say that it was one of those un-contrasty days. A cold day after a warm one, so the landscape was covered in frost and fog.
But I finally did some shooting with the Sigma 150mm f2.8 macro, not just this building (the Loosgruvan museum) but also some genuine test shots. Sort of. I’m waaaayyyy too lazy to properly test lenses, so I just half-heartedly shoot something that approximates a test image and it all really comes down to, “ok it’s impossible say if this is the sharpest lens ever made, but is it sharp enough for me?” It is. I think so. I’m too lazy to return the lens anyway. But seriously, it will work for me. I hope so.
2 comments
You have some snow there, I’m jealous! The reason I do some pixel peeping is, that there’s nothing to shoot here at the moment
What comes to lenses and their quality, it really doesn’t matter that much. The idea is way more important! I can shoot technically perfect complete nonsense as can most of the others. Only thing that counts is the inner being of the picture.
Have a look: http://birds.kuvat.fi/kuvat/viikot-weeks/
I had time to watch 4 (!) films this weekend so it’s not like I didn’t have time to shoot proper test pictures… it really is a shame, because honestly I can’t say at the moment if the Sigma is sharp in the corners or not. So I’m really just hoping that it’s ok, and then of course there’s the fact that I very rarely – never – need sharp corners at f2.8. If I’m shooting wide open, I’m doing it because I want short DOF. By f8 the corners are fine for sure. But is this is a 1st class lens? Some pixel peeping wouldn’t hurt…