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Old 12-03-2005   #1
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Default A couple of birds at 800 mm
1. Indigo-Banded Kingfisher (a Philippine endemic), 350D + Sigmonster (Sigma 300-800 DG),* 800 mm, f/9, ISO 200, 0.6 sec, with MLU, manual exposure


2. Blue-throated Bee-eater, 350D + Sigmonster (Sigma 300-800 DG),* 800, f/10, ISO 200, 1/160 sec, manual exposure


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The sharpness is fantastic, nice lens and great captures!
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Nice example of what the big lens will do. Good job!
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Nice birdies. Too bad they were 1 mile away, and you had to use the pretty good Sigmonster.

In case you wondered (got $6000 US?), LiquidStone posted a great review of the SigMonster here:
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Great colours and bokeh. Well done.
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Awesome color!
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Beautiful work


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