[07-11-2024] Various forum updates made.
Quote from: N@Nd0 on August 26, 2008, 03:21:07 PMWow you would think with the price of airline tickets you would be able to afford a little paint.
Here.... I found a cool pic that was taken with the Sigma 500mm.
I want to take pic's like this..
http://www.jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=6336463
Quote from: Realbigtaco on April 19, 2010, 10:01:48 AM
Well you say "new" so they may have fixed some of there issues over the older version...But I rented one for my Sony camera last year and was not impressed in the least bit. The lens was very, very week at the +400mm range, and those shots were just very soft and not sharp at all. Sometimes I did get lucky and get some good shots, but they were very rare. There are a few others here who have or have rented the lens and Sigma time and time again does not have good long range lenses (IMHO).
I was in the same boat as you, I was looking for my first "Big" lens and of course the Sigma line was one that I looked very hard at. In particular I looked at the 120-400mm and the 50-500mm. Both got relatively good reviews from dpReview, and users on Amazon. So I rented the lens, and didn't like it, and that's when I found many other negative reviews from "aviation photographers" I think it gets bad hits from us, because we spend most of our time taking shots of planes at the long end of the focal length, Sigma's weak spot. Don't get me wrong I did get some really clean shots at the other end of the spectrum of 50mm. But these were all static shots, which I had to back up quite a bit (luckily it was media day and I could do that). The only thing I really got out of the Bigma was it's huge focal range...but what do you want, A huge focal length range, or sharper images? I choose the later.
In the end I ponied up the extra $500 for the higher end Sony brand 70-400mm, which so far is very solid at the 400mm range.. a lot better then the Sigma. But you know as many people have said in the past, you get what you pay for.
Quote from: Phil Myers on May 07, 2010, 05:00:17 PM
Thanks for the feedback....I took it out again today, and seems like I am getting used to shooting it...
Phil
Quote from: SkyBaby on April 19, 2010, 08:19:37 AMWell you say "new" so they may have fixed some of there issues over the older version...But I rented one for my Sony camera last year and was not impressed in the least bit. The lens was very, very week at the +400mm range, and those shots were just very soft and not sharp at all. Sometimes I did get lucky and get some good shots, but they were very rare. There are a few others here who have or have rented the lens and Sigma time and time again does not have good long range lenses (IMHO).
http://www.dpreview.com/news/1002/10022010sigma50mm500mm.asp
The new Bigma, aka Stigma. I want this lens for my Canon 50D. I hear it's about on par with Canon's 100-400mm L in terms of image quality.
Quote from: SkyBaby on April 19, 2010, 08:19:37 AM
http://www.dpreview.com/news/1002/10022010sigma50mm500mm.asp
The new Bigma, aka Stigma. I want this lens for my Canon 50D. I hear it's about on par with Canon's 100-400mm L in terms of image quality.
Quote from: Fernando Sedeno on August 27, 2008, 02:59:16 AM
It seems like is very good. I've been researching around and I'm likeing that lens more and more....