Take with my new to me Sigma 400/5.6 lens
May 17, 2013 08:58:47 #
I just got the lens in the mail yesterday. It is an old 400mm sigma lens. I think I am going to like it. I am using it on my D200. I think I am starting to see a theme in my equipment. All old second hand but it fits my budget. :)
We used to farm like this also. Old second hand equipment. When the bottom fell out in the 80's we were some of the few that got to keep the farm because we weren't mortgaged over our heads.
We used to farm like this also. Old second hand equipment. When the bottom fell out in the 80's we were some of the few that got to keep the farm because we weren't mortgaged over our heads.
Oscar the cat
May 17, 2013 09:10:12 #
Country's Mama wrote:
I just got the lens in the mail yesterday. It is an old 400mm sigma lens. I think I am going to like it. I am using it on my D200. I think I am starting to see a theme in my equipment. All old second hand but it fits my budget. :)
We used to farm like this also. Old second hand equipment. When the bottom fell out in the 80's we were some of the few that got to keep the farm because we weren't mortgaged over our heads.
We used to farm like this also. Old second hand equipment. When the bottom fell out in the 80's we were some of the few that got to keep the farm because we weren't mortgaged over our heads.
Wow a very nice shot of the cat.
May 17, 2013 09:11:11 #
Congrats! You're stepping up in the bird world. Looking forward to seeing pics. Enjoy
May 17, 2013 09:33:07 #
Country's Mama wrote:
I just got the lens in the mail yesterday. It is an old 400mm sigma lens. I think I am going to like it. I am using it on my D200. I think I am starting to see a theme in my equipment. All old second hand but it fits my budget. :)
We used to farm like this also. Old second hand equipment. When the bottom fell out in the 80's we were some of the few that got to keep the farm because we weren't mortgaged over our heads.
We used to farm like this also. Old second hand equipment. When the bottom fell out in the 80's we were some of the few that got to keep the farm because we weren't mortgaged over our heads.
Hey good for you,
Now you can really roll up your sleeves and go to work
Have a ball!
Nice to hear too that you were able to keep your farm.
Pierre
May 17, 2013 12:40:48 #
May 17, 2013 12:41:56 #
naturepics43 wrote:
Congrats! You're stepping up in the bird world. Looking forward to seeing pics. Enjoy
That is if I can get the cat to get away from the bird feeder. He was sitting under it in this picture. The birds are pretty much on to him though and clear out when he is around.
May 17, 2013 12:46:21 #
PierreH wrote:
Hey good for you,
Now you can really roll up your sleeves and go to work
Have a ball!
Nice to hear too that you were able to keep your farm.
Pierre
Now you can really roll up your sleeves and go to work
Have a ball!
Nice to hear too that you were able to keep your farm.
Pierre
We will see how I do once I learn this lens. No matter what it is all fun.
I am glad we still have the farm also. It was a bit scary in the 80's with them going under right and left. When we married it was the plan for me to farm full time until we were doing well enough that my husband could quit his job and farm full time also. He never quit his job, but for 25 years he worked full time off the farm and farmed full time after work. It was a good way to raise the kids, though he is much happier now renting the land out and not worrying about the crops.
May 17, 2013 12:58:36 #
Very nice shot Judy, enjoy your new lens. Happy shooting!! :D :D :thumbup: :thumbup:
May 17, 2013 13:12:48 #
moriti wrote:
Very nice shot Judy, enjoy your new lens. Happy shooting!! :D :D :thumbup: :thumbup:
Thank you.
May 17, 2013 13:14:26 #
Nice!
That lens got a 9.1 rating on Fred Miranda...they were right!
Oh...and you helped a bit too :)
That lens got a 9.1 rating on Fred Miranda...they were right!
Oh...and you helped a bit too :)
May 17, 2013 13:17:55 #
I am glad you got your lens and bet it will be an asset to you. I also understand about your farm experience as I was raised on a farm /ranch in west central Texas. Starting in 1948 we were in a severe drouth . I was a teenage so I did most of the farm work while my dad worked a job. We struggled hanging on til 1953 and the drouth got more severe each year so my dad said that is it so sold out.
May 17, 2013 13:22:28 #
rpavich wrote:
Nice!
That lens got a 9.1 rating on Fred Miranda...they were right!
Oh...and you helped a bit too :)
That lens got a 9.1 rating on Fred Miranda...they were right!
Oh...and you helped a bit too :)
The newer version of this lens is the one on Fred Miranda, the one with 77mm filter threads...I've bought this same lens off of another UHH'r. Waiting for the big brown truck to arrive now...
May 17, 2013 13:26:52 #
Great shot.
Even greater attitude toward quality of life and the essentials. nc
Even greater attitude toward quality of life and the essentials. nc
May 17, 2013 13:31:42 #
Love Oscar! He is one handsome cat.....and you are doing a great job with your new lens!
May 17, 2013 15:53:08 #
rpavich wrote:
Nice!
That lens got a 9.1 rating on Fred Miranda...they were right!
Oh...and you helped a bit too :)
That lens got a 9.1 rating on Fred Miranda...they were right!
Oh...and you helped a bit too :)
Too bad I didn't have the money to buy that lens. Maybe in a few years.
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