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I had a Nikon AF Sigma 70-200mm D f3.5 APO HSM EX and Sigma updated its software which improved its performance dramatically - it cost very litle as well to have that done.



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chrisbet wrote:
I had a Nikon AF Sigma 70-200mm D f3.5 APO HSM EX and Sigma updated its software which improved its performance dramatically - it cost very litle as well to have that done.
Was it not possible to do this yourself? Or does lens have to be attached to a Sigma? camera, like Nikon?



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I am currently awaiting a response from Sigma on their lens firmware in a Nikon camera

 




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Here's what the Sigma rep told me:-

The firmware for the Nikon D600 that related to distortion control will only be relevant to Nikkor lens and not Sigma brand lenses, this is why that section of the camera menu will be greyed out.
We do have some firmware updates for the Sigma 70-200mm APO DG OS lens but this is related to an AF selection issue when Nikon changed the firmware in their cameras circa 2013.
So, if the AF is working and the AF and MF setting on the camera’s lcd screen does not flicker between the two then it should not need an update.’’

I shall have to be patient.

 




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If you want faster or more accurate AF you need to move to D850 or D810 or even the D3/D4/D5/D6  for full frame cameras. The D500 has fast AF but it is APS-C.

Once you move to the Z series cameras the AF accuracy improves with the Z6iii, Z8 and Z9 being as the best.



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Eric wrote:
Was it not possible to do this yourself? Or does lens have to be attached to a Sigma? camera, like Nikon?
I believe only the most recent F mount lenses from Sigma which have a dock allow you to update firmware as an end user. All other have to go back to Sigma UK to be updated.



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Bob wrote:
Here's what the Sigma rep told me:-

The firmware for the Nikon D600 that related to distortion control will only be relevant to Nikkor lens and not Sigma brand lenses, this is why that section of the camera menu will be greyed out.
We do have some firmware updates for the Sigma 70-200mm APO DG OS lens but this is related to an AF selection issue when Nikon changed the firmware in their cameras circa 2013.
So, if the AF is working and the AF and MF setting on the camera’s lcd screen does not flicker between the two then it should not need an update.’’

I shall have to be patient.


Pretty much what I expected.
Have you been using it for motorsport? Have you been dissatisfied with its performance?
Would like to see some images you've taken with the combo, if you are so inclined.



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Eric wrote:
Pretty much what I expected.
Have you been using it for motorsport? Have you been dissatisfied with its performance?
Would like to see some images you've taken with the combo, if you are so inclined.

here's one I took today. I had it on full zoom ie 200mm, the lens on manual, no OS, the camera on manual, with Aperture priority auto. er...... I keep getting a corrupted image message - I've tried using blue cross but I only get a fraction of the .jpg which is 2.8MB
Any suggestions?




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Eric wrote:
Pretty much what I expected.
Have you been using it for motorsport? Have you been dissatisfied with its performance?
Would like to see some images you've taken with the combo, if you are so inclined.

This is the photo - I had used GIMP on the rejected pictures, but I used Photos or some thing Windows  offered. Anyway it has worked.

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Re uploads - mystery! The files had uploaded correctly onto the server and they pasted into your post using with no problem for me....



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