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your toughts on this lens please...

  • 22-01-2009 6:21pm
    #1
    conair01
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 197 ✭✭


    ive come across this lens --Sigma 50-500mm F4-6.3 Apo DG HSM. its £439 on this website.http://www.ukcamera.com/ffordes/usednikon.htm i need a lens that will suit sport etc but cant stretch the budget to far??


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  • #2
    soccerc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,107 ✭✭✭soccerc


    conair01 wrote: »
    ive come across this lens --Sigma 50-500mm F4-6.3 Apo DG HSM. its £439 on this website.http://www.ukcamera.com/ffordes/usednikon.htm i need a lens that will suit sport etc but cant stretch the budget to far??


    In short for sport No.

    We could enter a debate again but at f6.3 you'd be stretching it on anything other than days with quality light.


  • #3
    conair01
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 197 ✭✭conair01


    i was thinking at 300 would the lens not have f4.5 or so?


  • #4
    soccerc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,107 ✭✭✭soccerc


    conair01 wrote: »
    i was thinking at 300 would the lens not have f4.5 or so?

    This is from a review on testfreaks.com

    The Sigma 50-500mm f/4-6.3 EX DG HSM Lens is decently sharp wide open in the center at 50mm through 200mm but degrades rapidly to soft at 300mm and beyond. Corners are not as sharp as centers (not unusual), but are not bad wide open until the longer focal lengths. 200mm seems to be a sweet spot for this lens. Stopping down 1 and especially 2 stops makes a big difference in the results.

    However, stopping down an already slow lens with no image stabilization means you need a lot of light or high ISO settings to stop subject motion. To handhold this lens at the longer focal lengths, you need a lot of light, high ISO settings or a support such as a tripod - and a relatively still subject. The Sigma 50-500mm f/4-6.3 EX DG HSM Lens' 9-blade aperture gets narrow fast - going from f/4 @ 50mm to f/4.5 at 57mm to f/5.0 at 72mm to f/5.6 at 116mm to f/6.3 at 417mm.


  • #5
    bmcgrath
    Closed Accounts Posts: 230 ✭✭bmcgrath


    Having used this for sports it's woeful.

    However! If you're into wildlife it's pretty good. Great upto about 450mm then all of a sudden it gets extremely soft. Very very heavy lens.


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


    I have used this lens for Polo and had lots of shots published, I certainly wouldnt put it off the list. Its a very versatile lens with a great range, with camera bodies they way they are people can shoot more comfortably at higher iso's.


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