Happy Sunday!

I can’t believe it’s been 15 days since I’ve posted a blog.  I’ve been taking pictures but none that I can show on the blog.  Some corporate head shots and fun snapshots of events.

Something I’ve wanted for a long time but just couldn’t make myself pull the trigger on arrived this past Thursday.

My friend Burt, who shoots a lot of eagles and wildlife images purchased one about 5 years ago and that is when I started thinking about one.

I purchased the Sigma 500mm f4.0 lens first because if was significantly less money.  When it arrived I did some extensive shooting with it and many of the images were soft.  They were static images and I was on a tripod but they were just soft.

So I sent it back and got the Nikon 500mm F4.0G ED VR AF-SWM Super Telephoto.  I put it through the same test shots that I did the Sigma and not one soft image in the bunch.  So it is a keeper.  🙂

This beast weighs in at 8.55 pounds so it needs to be on a tripod even though it has image stabilization.

Hope to be able to show you some images from this lens in the near future.

Enjoy your day and be careful.