Recent content by duncolm

I've used the Sigma 120-300 for hockey for about 8 years and absolutely recommend it. When I bought it, I found I'd get about 75% more usable shots than with my old fixed 300 thanks to the zoom range. It's particularly a thought if you're shooting hockey, where top-half-of-player shots aren't...

Zero football, unless you count American football. About 100 hockey games, which is my main earner. Expecting to do 25 or so international games over the summer before the club season comes back, though those won't pay well.

I switched from a 300mm Nikon to the Sigma 120-300 a few years ago and haven't regretted it. The versatility of the zoom makes a big difference on the number of usable shots you can get. At 120mm, even on a cropped sensor body, the action gets quite close to you before it's too close. I have a...

I can't comment on the bodies you're asking about but my experience is with a cropped D500 and an older full frame D3s. The D500 has a 21mp sensor but I tend to use it in medium quality RAW mode, so effectively at about the same 12mp as the D3s. And my answer is my cameras are about equally good...

Welcome to hockey photography Dan. You've noticed the game's fast and you've described some of the difficulties very well. Slower sports like football or rugby are probably easier to start with. I don't think you can expect to get a shot that tells the full story of a goal very often. I don't...

Agree with a lot of what's been said about my specialty - hockey. The game's played with the players bent over so you have to sit down to get more faces and less backs in your shots, especially if it's school sized people. My favourite position is on the sideline level with the top of the...

I've been using the Sigma for about 6 months on a D300s (or a D700 when the light fades). I bought it to replace a very old 300 2.8, thought it might be a bit lighter but it isn't. I couldn't use it for long without a monopod. I'd been used to using a 300 and 70-200 combination on two bodies...

Two days of Rugby League - The Commonwealth Nines tournament

I bought a new 120-300 recently to replace a 300 and I'm really pleased with it. What I found after the first games with it was that, thanks to the zoom, I took about 40% more shots. The 70-200 doesn't get much use now, when it was away for repair for a couple of weeks I put a 28-70 on the...

I can't be bothered with British football either. However, I've got an Australian Rules Football tournament all day Saturday, two games of American Football on Sunday.

For those of us still with BT, as BT is disassociating itself from Yahoo! "later in the year" I suspect all of us who had 'pro' accounts through BT will find ourselves with the adverts.

Australian Rules Footy Tri-Nations tournament

Schools Rugby League finals at Broadwood on Thursday, various age group hockey internationals on Friday to Sunday. Maybe give the British Road Race Championships a look on Sunday too.

You guys leave our Danny alone, he'll do a great job! :D Must try to remember about the Huddersfield paper once the Scotland warm-up games come round.