An original point of view
The summary of my amateur test with a Sigma 150-600mm DG OS Contemporary lens and two teleconverters TC-1401 and TC-2001 includes the astrophotography section. I wanted to check this lens in terms of its ability to capture celestial objects. The fundamental difference between celestial objects and terrestrial objects is, that these first are in motion, … Read more
The Sigma 150-600mm DG OS HSM f/5 – 6.3 + teleconverter kit TC-1401 bundle wasn’t enough for me. I just wanted to see, what the world looks like through the maximum telephoto lens, affordable for many of us at once. The difference in price between the 150-600mm C (or 150-600mm S) + TC-2001 combination and … Read more
The TC1401 teleconverter is a good magnifier for some Sigma lenses, bringing your object by 1.4x closer than Sigma focal length can for you. If you are buying the Sigma 150-600mm f/5 – 6.3 DG OS HSM Contemporary lens, it comes quite often with it as a bundle (Pic. 1). It’s a quite good bargain … Read more
My dream about a long telephoto lens finally came through. After a few weeks’s consideration, I bought the Sigma 150-600mm f/5-6.3 DG OS HSM Contemporary lens for my Nikon D5300 camera, which also included the TC1401 1.4x teleconverter, especially for this lens. Before I start the presentation on this teleconverter as well as the other … Read more
Finally, I decided to buy this lens after a very long contemplation. It was the longest deal with my DSLR purchase ever, which lasted more than 2 years frankly. The reason, why this optic was so desired by myself was driven by the common problem in DSLR photography – “the lack of field”. The majority … Read more
Noise is a ubiquitous feature for all images, which we take. It’s expressed by random speckles present on our image, which we can compare to the film grain for analog cameras. Unfortunately, noise can seriously deteriorate the quality of our image. It is only one side, where the noise can play a positive role – … Read more
Everyone, who owns the DSLR camera, knows the pain. There is no universal lens, which would cover all our needs. Even if you pick up the most versatile kit, you might suffer some inconveniences caused by faulty manufacturing. It will result in not enough sharpness at the extremal enlargement or vignetting, aberration, etc. The sad … Read more
I am describing the final lens, that I got after my bumpy ride with Nikkor 18-55mm f3.5-5.6 and other kit lenses. I bought it in January and I am very happy with it. The Sigma 18-35mm f1.8 Art is not a kit lens, although can be used on a day-to-day basis. The lens is quite … Read more
Today I will bring you information about one of the best kit lenses for Nikon – Sigma 17-70mm f2.8-4.5 DC Macro. This lens is called “a good lens for a good price”. This is obviously true because this lens example brings us the finest balance between price and quality. However, in my point, it can … Read more
When I gave the Nikkor 18-105mm lens back to the CEX shop I decided to buy something different. Coming across many lenses and different producers I found one, tailor-made for me at first glance. I have ordered through the webuy.com website the used Sigma 17-70mm F2.8 – 4.5 Macro lenses. Unfortunately, the lens, that I … Read more
My adventure with Nikkor 18-105mm began when I was rushing to buy a new kit lens for my Nikon D5300 camera. It was around 2 weeks ago. A day earlier my wife hit the Nikkor 18-55mm f3.5-5.6 VR II accidentally making it diagonal on the front part of the lens. In effect, I was not … Read more
Here, in this short article, I would like to summarize my whole test, which I have been doing step by step for the last year. I bought my new DSLR camera D5300 over 12 months ago. As you may have noticed from time to time I used to share with you the facilities of this … Read more
The Nikon AF-S DX Nikkor 55-300mm f/4.5-5.6G ED VR is a telephoto zoom lens designed to complete the 18-55mm kit zoom, that comes bundled with many Nikon DSLR cameras. In this article, I used some 18-55mm photo compilations to compare how it works all together in the 18-300mm range. The Nikkor 55-300mm VR lens features … Read more
The AF-S DX Nikkor 18-55mm f3.5-5/6G VR II is a standard kit lens for many Nikon DSLR cameras. It contains 11 optical elements in 8 groups and 7 rounded diaphragm blades. The lens is also equipped with a Silent Vawe Motor, which provides smooth and quiet auto-focus, and a minimum focus to a distance of … Read more
Previously I wrote about night photography in the Nikon D5300, where I mentioned ISO sensitivity, long-time exposure, and exposure compensation. The Nikon D5300 gives you many options with exposure. Basically, you can take photos with 30sec time exposure, however, the camera is equipped with the Bulb mode, which allows you to make much longer exposures. … Read more
In one of the last tests of my camera, I would like to share with you the night photography possibilities in this tool. Night photography is very important especially during the time, when you are on a trip or you are facing some curious situation (e.g. weather, sport, etc), which is difficult to capture because … Read more
This is the first camera, which gives me the possibility to run the RAW process. Nikon has his own filename extension for RAW files – NEF images. A camera RAW image file contains minimally processed data from the image sensor of the digital camera. RAW files are named so because they are not processed yet. … Read more
I have been using a new camera for over 2 months. As I was writing previously the NIKON D5300 digital single-lens reflex camera has many options to make quaint photos. In this article, I would like to show you what can you do with non-RAW images saved in your camera. You will learn how to create … Read more
I have been taking photos for 10 years. Exactly 10 years and 5 days ago my mother bought me my first camera Canon Powershot A540. I was very, very happy. I use to use that model for over 5 years till November 2011, when finally the camera was down after 84,5k shoots. Sounds impressive, however, … Read more
