Sorry for waiting, my JBP pics are here.

ninelives · 17th February 2002

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Free to comments.

Darren · 17th February 2002

Great closeup shots - courtesy of your 50-500 i guess - it looks to be a really good lens judging from your shots.

Especially like the first bird (dunno the name - perhaps Ed can help here...) - the bird really stands out against the background.

The toucan (or is it a hornbill?) seems a little overprocessed - my guess is it was underexposed and tried to correct in Photoshop?

Shadus · 17th February 2002

Looks like a fantastic lens afterall!!!
Can't tell difference from here to those 'pro' lens...

Jed · 17th February 2002

It's defintely a member of the heron/bittern family, but I've been trying to find out exactly what for some time now seeing as I've also got a shot of one when I went to Australia:

YSLee · 17th February 2002

nine, did you apply a wee bit too much unsharp mask in some of the photos?

kongg · 17th February 2002

hmmmmmmm 9lives, the 50-500 seem to live up to expectations...........any more shots to post???

Violett · 17th February 2002

Nice shots Nine... hope to see more soon..

ninelives · 17th February 2002

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Originally posted by kongg
hmmmmmmm 9lives, the 50-500 seem to live up to expectations...........any more shots to post???

kongg, unless you buy me a scanner, the pictures were scanned by bluestrike with his scanner.

darren, the cornbill appears overexposed on the slide, therefore it was my fault. probably i was forcusing on the black feather.

ys, the size of the picture were very big, they were around 2.5 MB, so i have to redeuce the size. Once I reduce, they will appear very blur, so I need to use unsharp mask. But on the slide, they were really sharp, fandee and bluestrike can be the witnesses.

willyfoo · 17th February 2002

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Originally posted by Jed
It's defintely a member of the heron/bittern family, but I've been trying to find out exactly what for some time now seeing as I've also got a shot of one when I went to Australia:

It's either a little heron or a night heron... I'll try to refer to my birding books later..

Any info I can refer to on the specs of the 50-500?? I might be intererested...

Fundee · 17th February 2002

i have seen his slide of the picture above...the slides are better...the 50-500 lense is not bad after-all...

ninelives · 17th February 2002

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Originally posted by willyfoo

It's either a little heron or a night heron... I'll try to refer to my birding books later..

Any info I can refer to on the specs of the 50-500?? I might be intererested...

http://www.sigmaphoto.com/html/pages/50_500_EX.HTM

willyfoo · 17th February 2002

Is there image stabilisation?
How much did u get the lens for?? Looks interesting... hmmm

kongg · 17th February 2002

Yo Fundee.........maybe we can buy the bazooka together??? *wink* *wink*

Simon · 17th February 2002

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Originally posted by kongg
Yo Fundee.........maybe we can buy the bazooka together??? *wink* *wink*

Yes BUY BUY BUY.....

Adam Goi · 17th February 2002

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Originally posted by willyfoo
Is there image stabilisation?

Let me answer that on 9lives' behalf

Nope!

ninelives · 17th February 2002

willy the lens is selling @ $1.6k

Shadus · 17th February 2002

This is real value for money!
And the money saved can be used to pursue this hobby to further places!!!

erwinx · 17th February 2002

looks like sigma has done the impossible and produced a good 10x zoom lens (i.e. 50-500 is 10x)

nice photos by the way

Edmund · 18th February 2002

The bird is a Nankeen Night Heron, I have some photos of it as well.

Hmmm... i think its time to go to the bird park again.... perhaps i'll organise a photo session there once all the CNY stuff is out of the way...

megaweb · 18th February 2002

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Originally posted by willyfoo
Is there image stabilisation?
How much did u get the lens for?? Looks interesting... hmmm

I guess 500mm is not enough for you ... try this lens ..

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Darren ClubSNAP Admin Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: ClubSNAP HQ Posts: 7,483	Great closeup shots - courtesy of your 50-500 i guess - it looks to be a really good lens judging from your shots. Especially like the first bird (dunno the name - perhaps Ed can help here...) - the bird really stands out against the background. The toucan (or is it a hornbill?) seems a little overprocessed - my guess is it was underexposed and tried to correct in Photoshop?

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Shadus Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: HWZ? Posts: 920	Looks like a fantastic lens afterall!!! Can't tell difference from here to those 'pro' lens...

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Jed Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: UK Posts: 3,389	It's defintely a member of the heron/bittern family, but I've been trying to find out exactly what for some time now seeing as I've also got a shot of one when I went to Australia:

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YSLee Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 2,327	nine, did you apply a wee bit too much unsharp mask in some of the photos?

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kongg Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Ang Mo Kio outskirts Posts: 784	hmmmmmmm 9lives, the 50-500 seem to live up to expectations...........any more shots to post???

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Violett Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: North Posts: 316	Nice shots Nine... hope to see more soon..

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Fundee Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: UP NORTH Posts: 714	i have seen his slide of the picture above...the slides are better...the 50-500 lense is not bad after-all...

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erwinx Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 2,492	looks like sigma has done the impossible and produced a good 10x zoom lens (i.e. 50-500 is 10x) nice photos by the way

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Edmund ClubSNAP Admin Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: ClubSNAP Posts: 2,065	The bird is a Nankeen Night Heron, I have some photos of it as well. Hmmm... i think its time to go to the bird park again.... perhaps i'll organise a photo session there once all the CNY stuff is out of the way...