Squirrel eating - testing video with 150 - 500mm sigma lens on pentax k-x

[infrabasse]

What's that tapping noise we can hear? If it's SR shouldn't you have that turned off since the lens is stabilised?

[uoo22boo]

@infrabasse -- i am using a monopod on my wood deck.. I hear that tapping a lot, and more so on dirt with stones... that any slight movement will go right into the camera body. A tripod is best, but it's rare that i use it, especially hiking ... I just got the lens and this is one of my first video with it..

[infrabasse]

@uoo22boo

No complaints, the video is lovely. I just wanna make sure you're not forgetting to turn off Shake Reduction on the camera as it should be turned off when you're using a lens which is already stabilised like this 150-500.

[PalmFace93]

im thinking bout getting this lens. do you recommend it? hows the focus speed? and noise? what do you mainly use this lens for?

[uoo22boo]

@PalmFace93 -- No, I would not recommend, if you are going to spend ~$1k or so... The video seem to be of nice quality, as you see, but for photos, it fails at the 500mm down to 400mm or more... depending on your object/distance... slow focus, very hard to catch moving ... it is a nice paper weight, that is used in rare situations...

[PalmFace93]

@uoo22boo oh ok can you recommend a lens in the same price range? sorry to be a bother just finding it hard to find a lens

[kentuckyfriedmeat96]

@PalmFace93 nikon or canon or pentax etc. nikon id reccomend the nikon 80-400mm vr excellent lens and i think its about the same price

[uoo22boo]

@PalmFace93 -- Hmm, I'm not a test lab w/multitude of lens, so difficult to answer a general/generic question. Your eqpt/situation/conditions you want to shoot would help to narrow things.. Selecting a lens may suit one person but not another.. I.E. -If you had the sigma 150-500, it may be perfect catching sports, but shooting birds, you may not like the details ( or lack of). I would recommend looking at F2.8 ... Ask a more specific q and would be happy to help in any way.Good luck.

[emicadic]

@PalmFace93 I have this lens since 2009 and I have been using it quite a lot for wild life photography. I DO recommend this lens - I used it on a Nikon D5000 and now on D7000. It is sharp, focus is fast enough and quiet and OS works very good. The Nikon 80-400mm VR is over 50% more expensive and offers only 400mm maximum focal length but at 400 it is faster. The 150-500 is the only non-Nikon lens I have - I'm not against Nikon at all but they don't offer anything competitive at this price.

[Smogfox]

nice