Greetings to all, thought I would roll the dice and today I picked up the Sigma 85mm, no post processing all hand held and wide open.


Except the last few taken after sunset, with ISO 1600 and a few other variations for your perusal.


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Beautiful ex-supermodel, that puts up with me and my obsessions.(that ain't no model that's my long suffering wife)


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F1.4 1/1600 ISO100


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Metal monkey a bit over exposed but creamy background.


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These two were included just to show the bokeh, the thin little flower and the metal brolga are about a 3 feet from each other.


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Now a different slant F5.6 1/320 ISO100


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And finally F1.4 1/80 ISO1600


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All hand held walking around my garden, a couple of hours after buying the lens. The one just above is in there just to show ISO 1600 on the 7D.


The 85mm is a handfull, looks impressive, the AF is a little noisy. The AF is faster than an 85 1.2, but slower than the 50 1.2. Cost in Australia is about $1050 as opposed to $2400 for the 1.2.


Bit of a learning curve with this lens, but I'm on a steep learning curve myself.


Hope you enjoyed,


Regards,


Steve