Astrophotography with Sigma 150-600mm DG OS Contemporary and dedicated teleconverters

Moon Sigma 150-600 Contemporary Nikon

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

Teleconverter 2x (TC-2001) for the 150-600mm f/5-6.3 Contemporary and other Sigma lenses

Sigma teleconverter TC-2001

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

Teleconverter 1.4x (TC-1401) for the 150-600mm f/5-6.3 Contemporary and other Sigma lenses

Sigma 150-600 contemporaty and TC-1401

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

Sigma 150-600mm f/5-6.3 DG OS HSM Contemporary – a fantastic choice for distant landscape photography

Sigma 150-600mm Contemporary for Nikon

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

Making a good decision with the DSLR lens purchase

Nikkor Lenses DxOmark

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

Sigma 17-70mm f2.8-4.5 DC Macro one of the best kit lenses for Nikon

Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4.0 for Nikon

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

Brief look on Sigma 24-70mm F2.8 EX DG Macro lens

Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 for Nikon

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