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27 January 2021
Grat Value
Can't go wrong for the price. Same value as a set of walkie talkies (which FRS/GMRS frequencies can be programmed. Easy to program. I pick up 2m nets from 20mi away but can't transmit that far. Easy to prgram with CHIRP and a cable. I now have 6 of these for the whole family. We keep it on the FRS channels for just us as I'm the only licensed HAM. I wish they were water ight. I bought a waterproof version BF-A58 but cannot get the thing to program with CHIRP so UV-5R's it is.
31 January 2018
Great Lens
1 of 1 found this helpful I am a novice when it comes to camera equipment. My camera is a Canon XTi and the lens is a standard Canon 75-300mm F5.6. I can take decent pictures but don't know anything about f stops, shutter speeds and lighting calculations. I just move the little dial to "sports" when I'm taking pictures of something moving and move it to "flower" when I'm taking pictures of something up close....etc.
Well, my girls have been in gymnastics for a couple of years and just started entering meets. Due to the fact that you can't use a flash, 90% of my pictures were blurry (even when they were standing still) So, I did some online investigations and found that I need a lens with a lower f-stop. I have no idea how to calculate what I need but there were suggestions that it would need to be in the f2 to f3 range. I found this lens at a really great price (compared to all others in the 200mm+ range) and with great reviews.
I haven't taken it to a meet yet but I took it to practice last week under similar circumstances. The lens allowed me to capture my daughter on the trampoline in mid-air like she was frozen with nearly zero blur and good lighting. I've included what my pictures looked like with my old 300mm lens vs what they look like with this 200mm Sigma.
I was utterly shocked when I received it as I was expecting something smaller than my 300mm. This thing looks like it was engineered vs the standard Canon lens that looks like it was just put together. Its a beast. I couldn't be more happy.