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New Sigma

  • 31-01-2008 10:59am
    #1
    Paulw
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,381 ✭✭✭✭


    So, Sigma have released some new lenses -

    200-500mm f/2.8 Sounds impressive. Add their extender, and you have 400-1000mm f/5.6

    http://www.dpreview.com/news/0801/08013101sigma250500.asp

    Anyone tempted?


Comments

  • #2
    CraggyIslander
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 640 ✭✭✭CraggyIslander


    Paulw wrote: »
    Anyone tempted?

    Only if it comes with a forklift (or a donkey)

    Looks awesome though, wonder what the pricetag will be like..... so I can get one when I win the lottery on Saturday :)


  • #3
    rymus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,819 ✭✭✭rymus


    leave the euro millions out of it now.. that €130m is mine :D

    500 2.8 is nice, but perhaps a little impractical unless you've got a range rover to mount it on. I wonder if there's going to be a custom made gimbal head for it? on a custom made tripod... and you can only setup that lot after your application for planning permission is successful...

    That 150-500 OS looks like a nice bit of kit though.


  • #4
    Thirdfox
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,110 ✭✭✭Thirdfox


    Remember this?
    http://www.dpreview.com/news/0610/06100101zeiss1700f4.asp

    IMG_0919.jpg
    256kg and yes that is a MF hasselblad mounted on the end of it


  • #5
    rymus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,819 ✭✭✭rymus


    yeah..but you're hardly gonna bring that to to zoo, are ya?


  • #6
    Borderfox
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,263 ✭✭✭✭Borderfox


    Last thing looks like a boat???


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  • #7
    Thirdfox
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,110 ✭✭✭Thirdfox


    rymus wrote: »
    yeah..but you're hardly gonna bring that to to zoo, are ya?

    Funnily enough it is made for a rich Sheikh who wants to shoot wildlife...in a preserve (which is kinda like a big zoo...)


  • #8
    missingtime
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,942 ✭✭✭missingtime


    It looks like it could take out a tank!


  • #9
    Borderfox
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,263 ✭✭✭✭Borderfox


    Sigma looks nice in green now !! :)


  • #10
    Thirdfox
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,110 ✭✭✭Thirdfox


    Borderfox wrote: »
    Last thing looks like a boat???

    You'd probably want to re-mortgage your house to buy it and the land rover/tank to mount it on.

    It looks pretty good - kinda like a whale in my eyes :confused:


  • #11
    rymus
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    Borderfox wrote: »
    Sigma looks nice in green now !! :)

    Was thinking the exact opposite really :D Looks as if some child with a bad infection threw up all over it. I'm quite surprised they didnt make it white to help with the ol heat reflection and all that.


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  • #12
    GristlyEnd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,063 ✭✭✭GristlyEnd


    They announced the same lens in March 07 :confused:

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055063081


  • #13
    Oriel
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,154 ✭✭✭Oriel


    What's the Zeiss lens looking at? :)


  • #14
    Thirdfox
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,110 ✭✭✭Thirdfox


    The roof of the PMA showroom I think (from 2006?)


  • #15
    nilhg
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,185 ✭✭✭nilhg


    Good news for me if not for my bank balance.:D


  • #16
    Borderfox
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,263 ✭✭✭✭Borderfox


    Very handy nilhg


  • #17
    quilmore
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,037 ✭✭✭quilmore


    Canon's 5200mm Mirror Lens
    canon_5200.jpg

    can you see the camera attached to it?
    and the view finder?


  • #18
    Paulw
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,381 ✭✭✭✭Paulw


    Now ... you could use that for .... err ..... stellar photography? It certainly wouldn't be used for sports or wildlife. Maybe for taking a photo of someone who's 4 miles away. :D

    Interesting glass though.


  • #19
    duffarama
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 609 ✭✭✭duffarama


    nilhg wrote: »
    Good news for me if not for my bank balance.:D

    You're probably still better off with the 11-22 from Olympus.

    Or wait for the consumer 8-16mm :)

    could be a long wait though


  • #20
    nilhg
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,185 ✭✭✭nilhg


    duffarama wrote: »
    You're probably still better off with the 11-22 from Olympus.

    Or wait for the consumer 8-16mm :)

    could be a long wait though

    I'm happy enough with the 14-42 but would like to go wider, I'll just have to stay with Autostitch.


  • #21
    PixelTrawler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,300 ✭✭✭PixelTrawler


    This lens looks interesting
    A little slow but might make a decent zoom lens

    http://www.dpreview.com/news/0801/08013102sigma150500.asp


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