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Old 09/01/2006, 03:52 PM   #1
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Tank pics with my new macro lens

My open brain


New Acan


New mushrooms gotta love the colour (this is not photoshopped i swear)


Porcelin Crab



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Old 09/01/2006, 05:45 PM   #2
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nice pix


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Old 09/01/2006, 08:07 PM   #3
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Details what camera, what lens?


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Old 09/01/2006, 08:38 PM   #4
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great shots... anything diferent when useing that macro lens?


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Old 09/02/2006, 05:49 AM   #5
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Its a D70 with a Sigma 105mm F2.8 DG

xtrm suv what do you mean anything different ?


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Old 09/02/2006, 12:18 PM   #6
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Snowsurfer, nice photos, but your WB is off. What spectrum lighting are you using and what WB setting?


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Old 09/02/2006, 04:09 PM   #7
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Its under Actinics, and its left on auto WB


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Old 09/02/2006, 06:07 PM   #8
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yeah sweet pics!


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Old 09/04/2006, 08:26 PM   #9
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That crab pic is the best!

This is a lens I have been on the fence about. Seems like a great lends though! Of course we have different bodies. Ive got a Pentax IST DL.


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Old 09/05/2006, 03:23 AM   #10
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That crab pic is the best!

This is a lens I have been on the fence about. Seems like a great lends though! Of course we have different bodies. Ive got a Pentax IST DL.
Yea i was worried about it, id hear mixed reviews. But the nikon equivilent was a lot more so i took the risk, and its worth it i love it.


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Old 09/05/2006, 08:53 AM   #11
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Exellent shots,Snowsurfer.

If I would have one complaint it would've been the DOF. I have the same lens, BTW, and usually smaller apertures( f8-f11) produce reasonable DOF.


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