Civilian Aviation

Trying out the new Sigma lens!

EI-DES - Airbus A320-214 - Aer Lingus by Chris Howe, on Flickr

G-CIVP - Boeing 747-436 - British Airways by Chris Howe, on Flickr

G-CIVP - Boeing 747-436 - British Airways by Chris Howe, on Flickr

G-CIVP - Boeing 747-436 - British Airways by Chris Howe, on Flickr

G-CIVP - Boeing 747-436 - British Airways by Chris Howe, on Flickr

G-VIIE - Boeing 777-236(ER) - British Airways by Chris Howe, on Flickr

A7-BEK - Boeing 777-3DZER - Qatar Airways by Chris Howe, on Flickr

G-ZBJA - Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner - British Airways by Chris Howe, on Flickr

G-ZBJA - Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner - British Airways by Chris Howe, on Flickr

N641UA - Boeing 767-322(ER) - United Airlines by Chris Howe, on Flickr

G-EUXJ - Airbus A320-231 - British Airways by Chris Howe, on Flickr

G-YMML - Boeing 777-236(ER) - British Airways by Chris Howe, on Flickr

G-YMML - Boeing 777-236(ER) - British Airways by Chris Howe, on Flickr

LN-RPA - Boeing 737-683 - Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) by Chris Howe, on Flickr

G-XLEF - Airbus A380-841 - British Airways by Chris Howe, on Flickr

G-XLEF - Airbus A380-841 - British Airways by Chris Howe, on Flickr

G-XLEF - Airbus A380-841 - British Airways by Chris Howe, on Flickr

4R-ALO - Airbus A330-343 - SriLankan Airlines by Chris Howe, on Flickr

A nice set, how did you find the Sigma in action?

Mike

Polehill wrote:A nice set, how did you find the Sigma in action?

Mike

Loved it, it's going to take some getting used to, first 300mm+ lens I've owned, wasn't initially prepared for the weight of it. It's a lot crisper than my 70-300mm and the images that I got yesterday were much better than what I usually get.

The only thing I found, which isn't a deal breaker it's just something that you need to get used to is being careful of the positioning of your hands. Even in AF mode if you move the focus ring it will manually change the focus. Because of the positioning of the focus ring I found I was accidentally turning it whilst zooming in/out and so some shots were a bit fuzzy. Nothing that a bit of practice won't fix though!

Thanks for the info Chris. I'm looking to get a 400mm + lens this year.

I went for the Sigma 50-500mm APO HSM I think its great, best bang for buck.

London Camera Exchange is where I got mine £1099 and if you don't want to spend it all out straight away they do some really good finance options