XC Pictorial
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Advertisement Category: Want To Sell (WTS)
Equipment Type: Lens
Equipment Brand: Sigma (NikonMount)
Equipment Model: 170-500mm f/5-6.3 RF APO
Price (S$): stated below
Description:
4. Sigma 170-500mm f/5-6.3 RF APO
Sample galleries of images taken by this lens are available here:
http://www.pbase.com/cameras/sigma/170-500_5-63_rf_apo
http://www.flickr.com/groups/sigma170-500
Reviews by others online:
" My experience has been a bit different than most others here, as I find this lens to produce very sharp images. I use it on a Nikon D70, and shoot RAW files. I've shot mostly in the focal length range of 400mm to 500mm, still good and sharp.
It does suffer from chromatic aberration (CA) in high-contrast situations of very bright (overexposed) backgrounds with darker foreground objects, had that happen when shooting birds in trees a few times, but under most conditions, CA is negligible-to-non existent. I've used this lens mainly for nature stuff, but have also shot a couple college football games with it, and it worked great for that, sharp, great contrast, no CA.
It does demand that your technique be almost flawless. It definitely requires a sturdy tripod or monopod and ideally an f/stop in the range or f/8 to f/11 for the sharpest results. For the money, I am very happy with this lens.
Strengths:
Sharp images, reasonable price
Weaknesses:
Very unforgiving of less-than-perfect technique, zoom creep if the lens is pointed downward, CA in certain situations with overexposed or very bright background with darker foreground objects."
Definitely not the sharpness lens around... but the 500mm and the weight is very attractive. It is even lighter than the bigma 50-500mm and offers the same f6.3 aperture at 500mm. Selling this away as i am not trying to force myself to walk around with the huge 6KG 600mm F4. This lens would be great for beginners wanting to try out super teles without breaking the bank. CA is abit of problem, but hey.. it can be fixed in post processing, in newer DSLR, D5000, D90, D300, D700, D3, D3x, there is even auto CA correction when shot in jpeg.
Images taken with lens:
Lens in mint condition. Selling at only $700.
If keen pls call 91120589 i do not have internet access all the time.
If you want to view and not confirm buying, pls make arrangement, come to my place at my convenience.
Have been selling away quite a bit of my collection already. Buy with confidence.
Those who sms me using foreign number will not get replies. Either email or pm if you dont have a +65 (singapore number)
Real Name: xc
Contact Number: 91120589
Condition of Item (as per guidelines): 10
Warranty Status: test on the spot
Equipment Type: Lens
Equipment Brand: Sigma (NikonMount)
Equipment Model: 170-500mm f/5-6.3 RF APO
Price (S$): stated below
Description:
4. Sigma 170-500mm f/5-6.3 RF APO
Sample galleries of images taken by this lens are available here:
http://www.pbase.com/cameras/sigma/170-500_5-63_rf_apo
http://www.flickr.com/groups/sigma170-500
Reviews by others online:
" My experience has been a bit different than most others here, as I find this lens to produce very sharp images. I use it on a Nikon D70, and shoot RAW files. I've shot mostly in the focal length range of 400mm to 500mm, still good and sharp.
It does suffer from chromatic aberration (CA) in high-contrast situations of very bright (overexposed) backgrounds with darker foreground objects, had that happen when shooting birds in trees a few times, but under most conditions, CA is negligible-to-non existent. I've used this lens mainly for nature stuff, but have also shot a couple college football games with it, and it worked great for that, sharp, great contrast, no CA.
It does demand that your technique be almost flawless. It definitely requires a sturdy tripod or monopod and ideally an f/stop in the range or f/8 to f/11 for the sharpest results. For the money, I am very happy with this lens.
Strengths:
Sharp images, reasonable price
Weaknesses:
Very unforgiving of less-than-perfect technique, zoom creep if the lens is pointed downward, CA in certain situations with overexposed or very bright background with darker foreground objects."
Definitely not the sharpness lens around... but the 500mm and the weight is very attractive. It is even lighter than the bigma 50-500mm and offers the same f6.3 aperture at 500mm. Selling this away as i am not trying to force myself to walk around with the huge 6KG 600mm F4. This lens would be great for beginners wanting to try out super teles without breaking the bank. CA is abit of problem, but hey.. it can be fixed in post processing, in newer DSLR, D5000, D90, D300, D700, D3, D3x, there is even auto CA correction when shot in jpeg.
Images taken with lens:
Lens in mint condition. Selling at only $700.
If keen pls call 91120589 i do not have internet access all the time.
If you want to view and not confirm buying, pls make arrangement, come to my place at my convenience.
Have been selling away quite a bit of my collection already. Buy with confidence.
Those who sms me using foreign number will not get replies. Either email or pm if you dont have a +65 (singapore number)
Real Name: xc
Contact Number: 91120589
Condition of Item (as per guidelines): 10
Warranty Status: test on the spot
