A walkabout @ 10mm.

[starriderrick]

A walk about before Christmas dinner.Fantastic weather in the Bay Area. Happy Holidays to all.

Yeah!! I just by accident(really) figured out how to get exposure/metering correct with the Non-Nikkor lense. Sigma 10-20 lense. A~ priority mode. This is RAW. No adjustments.
Your thoughts ??

Rick

[starriderrick]

A piece of art at the entrance to the complex.Stainless steel.

[Greg McCary]

Merry Christmas right back at you Rick and you nailed the exposure..
Greg

[Photo-John]

That's a sweet photo, Rick - great exposure and an excellent composition. There's some obvious vignetting in the corners. If you stop down a couple of stops you should be able to eliminate that.

Merry Christmas! I just came back from a nice ride and I will confirm that the weather is great. It's not supposed to be so good tomorrow, though. So I had to get in some pedaling before the trails all turn into mud bogs.

[Chunk]

That's a sweet photo, Rick - great exposure and an excellent composition. There's some obvious vignetting in the corners. If you stop down a couple of stops you should be able to eliminate that.

I agree with that assessment. I love the reflections of the building in th the artwork.
John, I didn't realize that stopping down would reduce the falloff toward the edges of a WA. Can you point me to an explanation of why that helps?

[another view]

Fun lens, isn't it? Actually it looks a little darker than what you probably would have had on an auto mode, but that doesn't mean auto mode is correct (hardly, of course). I like it as is. Curious, what camera body are you using this lens with where you don't get metering?

[starriderrick]

Thanks Guys.!!
Hey John,Just got back from Hollister SVRA ~ Mud heaven
It will take me a week to wash the jeep

I'm using a Nikon D80. In auto mode this camera body underexposes when used with the Sigma 10-20. It's the infamous matrix metering. Maybe a firmware fix down the road ?? With a Nikkor lense the exposure is correct in auto mode. I like manual mode(s) for abstract work.

This was taken in manual ~A~ hand held with shutter delay.AF/AE lock, this is the result. I grabbed a bunch of pics.while I was here.Stay tuned.

Happy Holidays,
Rick