ianhargraves1066 Loc: NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Florida

I shoot very few macro pics but always wish I owned one . Cannot justify spending a fortune on one, but since my dreams have been somewhat shattered, can now maybe afford a cheapy.

Any one had any experience with this lens. At the price it would seem to be a bargain!

http://www.adorama.com/SG70300DLNKA.html?utm_term=Other&utm_medium=Shopping%20Site&utm_ca...

Ian

hangman45 Loc: Hueytown Alabama

I have that lens in Pentax it will do 1:2 or 1/2 size macro does a decent job good for butter flies and larger insects my daughter loves it for flowers.

derek dirty knees

That Sigma 70-300mm lens is of high quality and focuses to half-life size when at the 300mm seting. I have used mine for several years now. It's my prefered lens for all of my nature photography. Recently, I was using it to photograph butterflys and large bees on flowers. You'll have lots of fun with it.

madcapmagishion

Get it Ian ... if you end up not liking it you can always sell it. :mrgreen:

hangman45 Loc: Hueytown Alabama

Put it on my K-5 and went out and got you a couple of test shots these were hand held at 300mm these are not cropped so you can see what kind of magnification you get.

ianhargraves1066 Loc: NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Florida

Thanks so much everyone for your answers. I appreciate it and will go ahead with it. Seems it might even make a good general purpose lens.

Ian

P.S. the various photographs were very good, Thanks

ianhargraves1066 Loc: NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Florida

They tell me the St.Johns is the only river that flows north. Cant believe it, is it really true?

Ian

hangman45 Loc: Hueytown Alabama

My daughter uses it for her everything lens and I bought the Tamron equivalent for my other daughter to use they like the fact they can use it for distant shots then also get pics of flowers.

madcapmagishion

Below is a partial list of rivers (length listed when known) that flow north.

Athabasca - Alberta, Canada, 765 miles
Bann - Northern Ireland
Bighorn - Wyoming and Montana, USA, 336 miles
Cauca - Colombia, 597 miles
Deschutes - Oregon, USA, 250 miles
Eel - Northern California, USA, 78 miles
Erne - Ireland and Northern Ireland, 60 miles
Essequibo - Guyana, 600 miles
Fox - Wisconsin, USA, 200 miles
Genesee - New York, USA, 144 miles
Jordan - Utah, USA, 45 miles
Lena - Russian Federation, 2735 miles
Little Bighorn - Wyoming and Montana, USA, 80 miles
Magdalena - Colombia, 1062 miles
Mojave - Southern California, USA, 100 miles
Monongahela- Eastern USA, 128 miles
New - Virginia and West Virginia, USA, 255 miles
Niagara - Lake Erie to Lake Ontario, 39 miles.
Nile - Africa, 4150 miles
Ob- Russian Federation, 2289 miles
Oswego - New York, USA, 24 miles
Otter Creek - Vermont, USA, 75 miles
Pend - Oreille Washington, USA, 62 miles
Red - Minnesota, North Dakota 318 miles
Richelieu - Quebec, Canada, 208 miles
Saginaw - Michigan, USA, 20 miles.
Saint Johns - Florida, USA, 275 miles
San Pedro - Mexico (into Arizona), 142 miles
Shennandoah - Virginia and West Virginia, USA, 55 miles
Wilamette - Oregon, USA, 188 miles
Wallkill - New Jersey, USA, length unknown
Yenisey - Russian Federation, 2548 miles
Youghiogheny - Eastern USA, 151 miles

madcapmagishion

This is a photo of the St Johns River behind my house at sunrise. here the river is 1.2 miles wide, but further south it is almost 3 miles wide in spots.

ianhargraves1066 Loc: NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Florida

Thanks for such a complex answer. I never beieved it could be true since theres no physical reason.

I appreciate your time and am jealous of the amazing view from your back garden!

Ian

People say your "Lucky" but I am sure you worked very hard to get "So Lucky"

Ian

madcapmagishion

Main reason that rivers flow north, south, east or west, it's all gravity. Rivers always flow downhill no matter how much or how little grade there is.

alf85 Loc: Northumberland, UK.

Hi, i have this lens for both my Nikon and Canon, it is a great all round lens and cheap at the price, i have inclosed a photo taken on my Nikon.
Alf.

dlwhawaii Loc: Sunny Wailuku, Hawaii

That plus the Nile. :)

dlwhawaii Loc: Sunny Wailuku, Hawaii

That plus the Nile. :) Sorry didn't read a previous post.