The lens is mightier than the pen is mightier than the sword.

TLC
Technique: SSSEFL or 1/fl.
Again, here's a very good read:
Heavy Lenses, Steady Shots! by Joseph LaQuiere

Leverage and Carbohydrates:
means I have to eat more and learn how to wield this beast properly to get good results.
Nothing comes free anymore. I have to do my homework!

Bigma - this lens needs TLC
Technique
Leverage
and Carbohydrates!

Drove around with Bigma today

It was the winter solstice today at 1409H and I was stuck in the traffic :P

The monkeys showed up at SBMA

Birding fulfilled :P

Lucky shot?

Fiesta!

Bigma+low light+little luck

FF (w/PP) 100%crop

FF(w/PP) 100%crop

It is heavy
...but it's very promising!

Hiro was right.

Images are not borrowed.

Image borrowed from the-digital-picture

Hiro: My name is Hiro Nakamura and I have a message for dogears.
Tell him he will meet Bigma tomorrow.

Bigma @
fredmiranda|vividlight
the-digital-picture|lonestardigital|
dyxum
dpreview|photographyreview
creationview|wrotniak

Heavy Lenses, Steady Shots! @ creationview

Spiderboy requested me to take a pic of Hercules and I obliged...

ConvergenceMinolta Maxxum 7 with Super Takumar 28/3.5
The sky is wonderfully blue on Decembers :)

Early morning drizzle... could have been some snow :D
week50|7/7
done

Geminids Meteor Shower

It's like a lottery, 127 shots and I only got this very minor consolation prize :D

^just right there.......

week50mm6/7

The Early Morning Venus Show
week50prime 5/7

First time for me... two pics in one issue :))

Week50Prime 4/7

DPP 17 Reader's Gallery: Water

Decisions... headache... decisions...
Tamron 28-75/2.8
overall ratings: 4,59
sharpness rating: 4,63
color rating: 4,80
build rating: 4,27
distortion rating: 4,60
flare control: 4,67
total: 15 reviews
it was hard to let go of this fast constant aperture FF lens...
but I have to... in chess, it's called a sacrifice...
and you don't get a migraine from a chess sacrifice.
[week50prime 3/7]what should be gained from this gambit:
CZ 16-80/3.5-4.5DT
overall ratings: 4,68
sharpness rating: 4,90
color rating: 4,97
build rating: 4,26
distortion rating: 4,40
flare control: 4,89
total: 35 reviews

the future should look brighter...

Good thing my youngest son woke us up early today :)day2/7
week50

Week50Prime is onnoPP|noCrop|drat!:D

Helios 44M-5 58mm/f2 Zenit MC
[taken with MinAF24-50(O)]

On a recent trip to the local camera gear shops, a guy offered me Helios 44M-5 58/2 for only P500|USD12. After checking the glass, I said to myself - what the heck (yes, in English :D)

Sample|No PP