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The question is, what is your non-bank-breaking number? If it's $600 there are several options: Minolta APO 100-400 zoom, Minolta 500mm reflex, Sigma 400 APO Macro (insist on the "Macro" - the other Sigma APO is not worth buying) and I'm sure a lot of others. If your number is more like $4...

Very nice shots all. I guess the bridge is my favorite - technically excellent and nice composition.

hiccup!

Continuing the Tanzania trip: the African Pygmy Kingfisher was a tough shot. We couldn't get very close, so it's highly cropped. The best way to get the water-loving kingfishers is in a boat, the quieter the better, but in a boat they don't scare so easily - I've come up within a few feet of many. T...

[quote="Greg Beetham"] ... the Sunbird is very nice indeed it’s very similar in style too ours but completely different in colour scheme. There are a two bird families where there are dozens of species but only one has made it down to Oz: sunbirds and bee-eaters. They're all gorgeous. In A...

Like Tom, I use a DOS batch file to copy from SD card to hard drive. I use a different batch file for each camera, copying each camera's photos into a different folder. That way the duplicate problem doesn't arise *yet*. I thought it would be a problem in Lightroom, but LR allows duplicate file name...

I'm with mvanrheenen - "ordinary" Black Cockatoos indeed. My life's ambition is to swap homes for 6 months with an Australian just so I could get down and dirty with the wildlife there.... Anyway, here are another 3 photos from Tanzania. The Wood-Owl was perched high and with a sunny backg...

Thank you Dennis. Well, I guess I should jump into this thread. I got back from Tanzania two weeks ago and we saw over 400 bird species in three weeks. Oh yeah, there were lions and cheetahs and stuff too, but who cares? :lol: The Vulturine Guineafowl was a pet at our first lodge, so it can't go on ...

I am trying to upload but cannot get it done. I can select the file from my computer, and the Upload bars move prettily, but when it's all done there is no file uploaded. I've looked in the UCP for "my attachments" and some old ones are there but not today's attempt. The FAQ doesn't go thr...

Agree - not much of an upgrade, or even much of a change. But I gotta say I have turned off the GPS in my a55. It's just not fast enough to lock on. The only way to get close to usefulness is to leave the camera on all day to feed the GPS, and that ruins battery life. I've gone to a GPS logger inste...

Well, just now received my a580 and the Sigma 400 works perfectly on this body.

Jcoffin, if I read you correctly, that 'spin' algorithm would focus incorrectly, but wouldn't the two phase detectors *still* have an OOF situation? Seems to me that this kind of error would force never-ending search for focus. What happens in my case is that the camera believes it has focus lock an...

Can anyone explain exactly what the problem is with this (these?) Sigmas? My layman's mind cannot understand why the SLTs have a focusing problem. Isn't focus determined by analysis of the image? As long as the sensor can see the image, why does it lock at an out-of-focus position? I can understand ...

I use the Tamron 17-50 on the a55 and on rare occasions notice the focusing noise. I took it on a trip to Bangkok and video'd some dancing, with a large silent room and the musicians 30-40 feet away. The only issue I had with focus searching when the dancers moved was the *visual* effect - much more...

Welp, Sigma just confirmed the bad news. The 400 is too old - no parts, no shoes, no service, no SLTs. In a way this makes my decision between an a65 and an a580 a no-brainer. I ordered an a580 yesterday. It's a shame that a really good piece of glass is now semi-obsolete. You'd think they could sel...

Oy. I thought I had beaten the rap there - it *did* work, and now the problem changes a bit every time I try, but basically, it won't AF. Question - is this lens similarly incompatible with the other SLTs? I'm looking for a second body, and if any one of them works with this lens, it would make a bi...