Backyard Today, courtesy of Joe Marques.....

Well, I for one am GLAD he went and did what he did. This morning FedEx arrived, and in, of all things a B&H box, I find a 70-200 VR. So, being the obedient husband that I am I claim that I need a break from my yard work and take some time for a lens test :lol: . First thing, I'd best read the book regarding how the VR works, because just switching between the two modes caused me no end of confusion :? :?

However, all in all, a big Thank You Joe :!:

These were all handheld, the D2H with the TC14E atttached.

Do you think Joe ripped me off :?: :?: :?: :wink:

European Starling:


OK, it's not a bird, but I like the water drops and this is at minimum focus distance:


Pine Siskin, I was at 2.5m from this bird, minimum set on focus limiter:


Group Dining, focus was on bird on the left, yellow bits:

 

Thanks, Keith, and I'm sure those slaves will treat you well. You can use them for all sorts of things you know, but they aren't worth a darn for carrying your heavy camera equipment around......

Funny how someone can turn that little word "slave" around, ain't it :?: :?: :?: :lol: :lol:

 

Joe, the check is in the mail, but it is coming by slow-boat via Eastern Nowheresville, so if I were you I wouldn't hold my breath :lol: :lol:

On a serious note, however, thank you very much.

Thanks for the VR tip, but which is Mode 1? I haven't read the manual yet, but on the lens I see Normal and Active. Is Mode 1 Normal?

 

Thanks, Bryan. It is really cool being back in a place where we can set feeders out again.

By the way, why do you have 2 first names, anyway??? :wink:

 

Well, Gordon and Frank, I've been telling you how good the Sigma is as well, right :?: :?:

Heck I'm just the nut that pushes the buttons :lol:

Thanks, and having less weight than the 80-200 is nice as well.

 

I can't believe how short-sighted (and lensed) you are. I want a 1-1500mm f1.0 AFS DX VR G ED BQ Y lens. Since it will be G and DX they can keep it nice and small and priced at $1500. Quite being a piker Frank. If you are going to dream, dream BIG :lol: :lol:

Given that those shots are from a 10 minute test, I'm pretty impressed. This probably means that next 20,000 will be fuzzy as pussy-willows :wink:

 

Sounds like a VERY good idea to me, Neil. Let's see 125000.00 sounds quite reasonable to me. You can pay via Paypal and I will ship right away to your confirmed address. Then I can by a 24-120VR and be all ste, right????

Thanks, Neil.....