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If you cannot get a tripod to it mate then the focusing rail will be useless. I only use it for the studio stuff. and its best to have a cable release to avoid shanke...if at all possible...

 

speedgraphic sells them..

any chance of seeing some pics charley,, with the sigma.. wondered what it was like against [canon lenses] using the focusing rail and cable release..

 

 

maybe one day charlie......i will be getting a canon macro so it will be good to compare......

 

I will let you know charlie..

 

But, i will say for macro, flash is essential for good pics...JMHO>...JD

 

 

I did try the Canon MP-E 65mm 2.8 1-5x Macro...Very good, But very expensive, Hence why I "Tried" it, I find the sigma equally as good though against canon equivalents.

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If you cannot get a tripod to it mate then the focusing rail will be useless. I only use it for the studio stuff. and its best to have a cable release to avoid shanke...if at all possible...

 

speedgraphic sells them..

any chance of seeing some pics charley,, with the sigma.. wondered what it was like against [canon lenses] using the focusing rail and cable release..

 

 

maybe one day charlie......i will be getting a canon macro so it will be good to compare......

 

I will let you know charlie..

 

But, i will say for macro, flash is essential for good pics...JMHO>...JD

 

 

I did try the Canon MP-E 65mm 2.8 1-5x Macro...Very good, But very expensive, Hence why I "Tried" it, I find the sigma equally as good though against canon equivalents.

 

Hi FF. i dont think you can compare the two really. The canon lens can reproduce up to 5 times lifesize, but it is a specialist tool with only a limited use to the right people. A twin flash is recomended to get anything even resembling a decent pic. I should imagine the DOF is terrible!! I will be getting one for next spring i think.

 

Although i only try to use canon lens's i must say the Sigma i have here is very sharp. For most of my freehand macro i use a flash set on 1/16th power and the F rating high... Even with that F rating i sometimes struggle with DOF. Experimenting with the flash has changed my photography technique. Hopefully more experimenting will produce better bird photos next spring.

 

Its a bloody hard game to get the shots ytou require, and i think people are shocked when they go into Dixons, pick up a Digital SLR in its box, take it out and try to get the photos!! They end up with a blurred "dot" that you really cant tell if it is an animal of some dirt on the mirror!!! :clapper:

 

 

FF, why didnt you like the M65??? Or did you think it would be of limited use??? Cheers ...JD

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If you cannot get a tripod to it mate then the focusing rail will be useless. I only use it for the studio stuff. and its best to have a cable release to avoid shanke...if at all possible...

 

speedgraphic sells them..

any chance of seeing some pics charley,, with the sigma.. wondered what it was like against [canon lenses] using the focusing rail and cable release..

 

 

maybe one day charlie......i will be getting a canon macro so it will be good to compare......

 

I will let you know charlie..

 

But, i will say for macro, flash is essential for good pics...JMHO>...JD

 

 

I did try the Canon MP-E 65mm 2.8 1-5x Macro...Very good, But very expensive, Hence why I "Tried" it, I find the sigma equally as good though against canon equivalents.

 

Hi FF. i dont think you can compare the two really. The canon lens can reproduce up to 5 times lifesize, but it is a specialist tool with only a limited use to the right people. A twin flash is recomended to get anything even resembling a decent pic. I should imagine the DOF is terrible!! I will be getting one for next spring i think.

 

Although i only try to use canon lens's i must say the Sigma i have here is very sharp. For most of my freehand macro i use a flash set on 1/16th power and the F rating high... Even with that F rating i sometimes struggle with DOF. Experimenting with the flash has changed my photography technique. Hopefully more experimenting will produce better bird photos next spring.

 

Its a bloody hard game to get the shots ytou require, and i think people are shocked when they go into Dixons, pick up a Digital SLR in its box, take it out and try to get the photos!! They end up with a blurred "dot" that you really cant tell if it is an animal of some dirt on the mirror!!! :clapper:

 

 

FF, why didnt you like the M65??? Or did you think it would be of limited use??? Cheers ...JD

 

I ment that I didnt find a whole lot of difference in the general Canon / Sigmam macro equivalents,...The M65 is a whole different ball game as you have said, Even breathing shifts the focus, its an an amazing lens as are a lot of the Canons, especially L primes!

 

There was a time when I would have taken the M65 even if it was for something specialist, But nowadays I try to make the best use of what I have rather chasing gear all the time, I find especially since digital a lot of people, And I am a culprit myself, get caught up in the chasing of lenses and pixels rather than taking pictures!

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