New Nikkor 300mm f4 lens (新レンズ：ニコン300mmf4))

I recently sold my bigma and have just bought its replacement: a nikon 300mm f4 prime lens. I haven't had much chance to use it yet, but my first impressions are good. It is much faster to lock on to the subject than the bigma, takes beautifully sharp photos, and with an extra couple of stops of light than the bigma will give me better opportunities in low light. Here are a couple of pics using this lens. Keep an eye on my website www.michaelhelbigphotography.com from time to time to see more photos from this lens.

最近、シグマの50-500mmレンズを売って、新しいレンズを買った。ニコンの300mmf4。まだ使う機会は少なく、この写真しか撮れてない。最初の印象は、このレンズはシグマよりピントを合わすのが早く、しかもより奇麗な写真が撮れる。このレンズを使うのを楽しみにしてる。このレンズを使って撮る写真を私のウェブサイトに載せるので時々www.michaelhelbigphotography.com見てね。

Egret with Bigma (鷺と新しいレンズ)

I recently bought myself a second hand lens known as the "Bigma". It's a Sigma 50-500mm, and is a big bugger! It weighs about 2kg and coupled with my new D300 is about 3 kg to lug about! Anyway, I have heard that it takes quite some getting used to, especially if used hand-held, so I took it out on the weekend for an hour or two in Kyoto. My arm was aching after, but I was very happy with the results. Here is a one of the shots I got of it.

最近シグマの50−500mmを中古で買った。2kgでとっても重くて、撮り終わったら腕が痛くなってた！（笑！）この鷺の写真は結構満足した一枚になる。今からこのレンズを使うのはとても楽しみだな！