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Ganton Gunner

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hi all quick little introduction
had a little cheap compact maybe 9-10 years ago used it for about 20 pictures and went in a drawer
had some friends comment for years on the lack of quality with my phone pictures of things so decided 3 months ago to do something about it.
i went out and didn't want to spend much so got myself a Polaroid ix5038 bridge camera 50x zoom 20mp and i suddenly noticed i started taking loads of pictures :)
i soon noticed that it was lacking in quality and was too slow i.e. when i pressed the shutter button it could take up to 1 second before it even took the picture.
after chatting with a couple of online friends a month ago i got myself a Nikon D7000 and Sigma 18-250mm lens and hoya uv filter i then bought a manfrotto backpack bag for it.
very soon after the mrs had been out with me as well and decided she did not like the polaroid so i bought her a cheap Nikon D3100 with Nikon 18-55mm kit lens.
over the last few days we have been on the cliffs and beaches etc. and i have realised i do not have enough reach for a lot of the pictures i want and the mrs was also having the same problem with her 18-55.
the quick instant cure is i am giving her my Sigma 18-250mm lens and have bought a cheap tamron 70-300 lens as i dont mind swapping and she does.
the reason for the purchase was simply due to funds as christmas is not a cheap time of year :(
now in the new year i am going to save up and get a better lens i am tempted by the Sigma 50-500mm (OS version not the cheaper non OS one)
also after saying to myself i was not going to spend fortunes on it as it's just a little hobby for me and the mrs to pop out and have a walk and take some snaps i am now also looking at getting the D500 in the new year :D

anyway that's me and my situation sorry if i have whittled on a little

p.s. i am just starting to play with RAW mode too :)
 
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Hi Peter, happy New Year and a warm welcome to TP...
Hope you enjoy yourself here (y)
 
Welcome aboard. My dad was from Scarborough and we spend every one of my younger years there on holiday.

Any questions feel free to ask, we are a friendly lot :thumbs:

Cheers.
 
Hi there Peter :welcome: to the forum

Nice intro (y)
 
Hi Peter, And welcome aboard TP."Enjoy".
 
Now thats a user name I recognise. Are you the same Ganton Gunner that i've seen on STB? Suspect NEFTA will mean something to you? :-)
 
im doing ok thanks planning a new lens for me as gave the mrs the sigma 18-250 which means i now have to save for a new lens :D
how about yourself
 
Yeah, good thanks. My backs still kaput so my FT/HFT days look to be over hence the impulse purchase of the 80D. Let me know how you got on with the Sigma will ya? Spent way too long look at lens reviews on youtube and am now totally stumped on Canon vs Sigma vs Tamron....Leaning towards the Canon 70-200 f2.8 is but really not sure if there is that much to be had between that and the Sigma/Tamron equivalents and given they are quite a bit cheaper it does seem the way to go :-)
 
i gave the mrs the sigma but it was a bloody good lens very good at tracking birds in flight too etc.
i am planning on a bigger lens for myself and am between the sigma 150-600 or the nikon 200-500 at the moment

i think i will be selling 1 of my FT setups to fund a couple of new lenses or maybe a lens and body
 
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