Sigma 150-600mm Sport doing what it was MADE to do!
Dec 27, 2014 18:18:04 #
This new lens from Sigma is more expensive than their upcoming "Contemporary" model for one BIG reason. It is designed fully weather sealed for the wildlife photographer who doesn't put his gear away when the weather turns bad.
Shot this morning at about 6:50 AM near Pebble Creek in Yellowstone Park. Moderate snowfall since midnite, oh and the current air temp was -16 degrees. The Sigma performed flawlessly! It did want to search just a little bit in the very low light, the sun was not up yet but the scene had a luminescence from the clouds and the snowfall. The snow was probably the reason it hunted, but the issue was not bad at all and to be expected!
(When I test a lens I TEST a lens! LOL)
About 50 minutes outside the truck was all I could handle at that temp. A loud truck drove by and scared the moose away about that time anyhow. I had hoped she would come closer to me but there was no forage between us.
Would I use the Tamron 150-600mm out in these conditions? Well, maybe one time only, its not weather sealed.
Shot this morning at about 6:50 AM near Pebble Creek in Yellowstone Park. Moderate snowfall since midnite, oh and the current air temp was -16 degrees. The Sigma performed flawlessly! It did want to search just a little bit in the very low light, the sun was not up yet but the scene had a luminescence from the clouds and the snowfall. The snow was probably the reason it hunted, but the issue was not bad at all and to be expected!
(When I test a lens I TEST a lens! LOL)
About 50 minutes outside the truck was all I could handle at that temp. A loud truck drove by and scared the moose away about that time anyhow. I had hoped she would come closer to me but there was no forage between us.
Would I use the Tamron 150-600mm out in these conditions? Well, maybe one time only, its not weather sealed.
Sigma in the snow
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-16 degrees
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Snowflakes reflect the signal
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The subject, could not hardly even see her in the available light
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One other try, have not done any processing on these yet
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Dec 27, 2014 18:28:29 #
Dec 27, 2014 18:38:43 #
Well I guess I should quit complaining about 47 deg & rain in Indiana. Great pictures.
Dec 27, 2014 18:38:46 #
Dec 27, 2014 18:42:27 #
ebbote wrote:
Them meeses look cold, looks like the lens is a winner MT.
From the looks of all the fat and fur on her, I am sure she was more comfortable than I was at the time!
Dec 27, 2014 18:48:20 #
MT Shooter wrote:
This new lens from Sigma is more expensive than th... (show quote)
Send a copy to Sigma. They may want to use it as a promotional shot. Very well done. I hope your hands have thawed out by now.
Dec 27, 2014 18:48:24 #
MT Shooter wrote:
This new lens from Sigma is more expensive than th... (show quote)
What process do you use when you go back to a warmer temperature after cold and snow like that?
Dec 27, 2014 18:50:20 #
It is seemed to me the lens tested you
:-D :D
MT Shooter wrote:
This new lens from Sigma is more expensive than th... (show quote)
:-D :D
Dec 27, 2014 18:53:14 #
gsconsolvo wrote:
What process do you use when you go back to a warmer temperature after cold and snow like that?
Process for what? Me or the camera??
For the camera, it stays outside and the cards and batteries come inside. When the gear is ready to come inside, it does do in their respective weather-proof cases. I use Tundra cases for most my gear, and long lenses all have their own cases. Everything spends a few hours by the back door where it is cooler before coming to the inner part of the house to warm for another hour before cases are opened. Never any condensate issues that way.
As for warming me? A good bourbon usually does the trick! ;-)
Dec 27, 2014 18:55:07 #
MMC wrote:
It is seemed to me the lens tested you
:-D :D
:-D :D
I test me whenever I test a lens. Each has to be capable of complementing the other. :thumbup:
Unfortunately these extreme conditions never result in good images, but the thrill of the chase, and the memories of the moment are always worth more than the photographs anyway!
Dec 27, 2014 18:56:32 #
I have to admire a man who suffers for his art, his business and maybe just because that's the way he is. Way to go MT! I, too, am interested in how you reverse the process when you reacclimatize (I looked it up, it is a word)the lens to "normal" conditions.
Dec 27, 2014 18:57:29 #
I just ran that last moose shot through ACR, couldn't do much with it. But I didn't expect to.
To be quite honest, when I saw something moving out there I thought it was a Bison until I took the first shot and saw it was a moose on my LCD screen.
To be quite honest, when I saw something moving out there I thought it was a Bison until I took the first shot and saw it was a moose on my LCD screen.
Dec 27, 2014 18:59:50 #
Mr PC wrote:
I have to admire a man who suffers for his art, his business and maybe just because that's the way he is. Way to go MT! I, too, am interested in how you reverse the process when you reacclimatize (I looked it up, it is a word)the lens to "normal" conditions.
Thank you.
I prefer not to warm up the gear more than absolutely necessary in the winter. That's why I don't bring my gear inside until I know I won't be using it for awhile. I only bring in the batteries and the cards regularly.
Dec 27, 2014 19:05:26 #
MT Shooter wrote:
I just ran that last moose shot through ACR, couldn't do much with it. But I didn't expect to.
To be quite honest, when I saw something moving out there I thought it was a Bison until I took the first shot and saw it was a moose on my LCD screen.
To be quite honest, when I saw something moving out there I thought it was a Bison until I took the first shot and saw it was a moose on my LCD screen.
Amazing. Which tripod do you use for that rig?
Dec 27, 2014 19:05:44 #
Even the Bison are sticking to areas where they know they can find some forage. Snow is between 2 and 3 feet deep depending on where you go in the Park right now.
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