{"id":613,"date":"2007-08-12T08:37:09","date_gmt":"2007-08-12T13:37:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2007\/08\/12\/camilles-birthday-with-pleasant-sigma-30mmf14-results"},"modified":"2007-08-12T08:37:13","modified_gmt":"2007-08-12T13:37:13","slug":"camilles-birthday-with-pleasant-sigma-30mmf14-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2007\/08\/12\/camilles-birthday-with-pleasant-sigma-30mmf14-results","title":{"rendered":"Camille&#8217;s birthday, with pleasant Sigma 30mm\/f1.4 results"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last night was Camille&#8217;s 25th Birthday Party and I only went out with my new Sigma 30mm\/f1.4 lens. A pretty bold move, not carrying any backup lenses (I usually am with the 50\/1.4 and 17-40\/4L). Results, were fantastic. I can heartily recommend the Sigma lens. And on a 1.6x crop camera, you&#8217;re getting sweet results for not just facial portraits, but more life-sized\/body-sized portraits.<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/byte\/1091238569\/\" title=\"Photo Sharing\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1433\/1091238569_514b848256_m.jpg?resize=240%2C160\" alt=\"Camille's 25th Birthday Drinks\" height=\"160\" width=\"240\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><i><b>Camille, the birthday girl<\/b><\/i><\/div>\n<p>Surprisingly, most of the time, cranking up to ISO800 or ISO1600 wasn&#8217;t required. Above was shot at ISO400, not as sharp as I&#8217;d have expected, but the light was poor, and as with non-still-life objects, there&#8217;s always movement. Check out the rest of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/byte\/sets\/72157601392544067\/\">set<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Next task, visit the Eureka Tower. Shot it in the dark last night (the view from Transport&#8217;s 2nd floor chilled-out-couches-area balcony was amazing), with not enough gear ;-)<\/p>\n<p>Technorati Tags: <a class=\"performancingtags\" href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/photography\" rel=\"tag\">photography<\/a>, <a class=\"performancingtags\" href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/sigma\" rel=\"tag\">sigma<\/a>, <a class=\"performancingtags\" href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/30mmf14\" rel=\"tag\">30mmf14<\/a>, <a class=\"performancingtags\" href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/30\/1.4\" rel=\"tag\">30\/1.4<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Camille%27s%20birthday%2C%20with%20pleasant%20Sigma%2030mm%2Ff1.4%20results&body=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bytebot.net%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2007%2F08%2F12%2Fcamilles-birthday-with-pleasant-sigma-30mmf14-results&share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email a link to a friend\" data-email-share-error-title=\"Do you have email set up?\" data-email-share-error-text=\"If you&#039;re having problems sharing via email, you might not have email set up for your browser. 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