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| sigma 50-500mm shots at JBP(review); lens review | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Jul 5 2008, 11:59 PM (529 Views) | |
| Mirror Slap | Jul 5 2008, 11:59 PM Post #1 |
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a fellow member asked me how is this lens, so here I am to give a simple review. The Sigma 50-500mm is a heavy lens,it weights around 1.8kg. The aperture at it minimum focus lens is F4 and maximum focus lens is f6.3. Using a study tripod is advisable since vibration and camera shake will be multiplied at longer focus length. Using a less study tripod will make vibration worst!hence, if you are into telephoto, please invest a good tripod. Will steady shot works for this lens? For me, no but for some users, yes, maybe I dont have a study hands. Also, the sony camera mirror slap/vibration is quite bad. Imaging the radio/sound wave, it goes up and down, up and down until it dies out. This applies for mirror slap(vibration), hence using high shutter speed is recommended. Another alternative is to use mirror lock up ( MLU for short). For photographers like myself who prefer manual focus, you can pull down the focus ring to switch to MF, to switch back to AF, just push the focus ring upward. This lens also built-in with a tripod collars, you can rotate it to switch to vertical or horizontal. Finally, below are some sample taken by me, some old, some new. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
Edited by Mirror Slap, Jul 6 2008, 02:19 PM.
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| jasahchun | Jul 6 2008, 12:20 AM Post #2 |
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路人甲
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this lens is not big at all..![]() surprisingly it's until 500mm!!
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| Birder | Jul 6 2008, 12:48 AM Post #3 |
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Alpha Master Jedi Mita Memori-san ’¹‚Ì’j clkoh
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Nice details of the birds.. |
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| tankm | Jul 6 2008, 02:03 PM Post #4 |
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Always Newbie
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good details at wide open
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| mahojazz | Jul 6 2008, 03:51 PM Post #5 |
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gd lens. not bad for shooting bird. |
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| ayukawa | Jul 6 2008, 04:51 PM Post #6 |
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nice details and sharpness |
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| yannh | Jul 8 2008, 06:39 PM Post #7 |
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Now I'm a bit poisoned....
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| yktan9 | Jul 8 2008, 09:39 PM Post #8 |
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darned cute Sharp!Is the 500mm end hard to control? If it were me, i'd bet only 0.1% of the shots can be used. |
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| Light | Jul 8 2008, 09:44 PM Post #9 |
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wow.. excellent detail |
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| ongl | Jul 8 2008, 10:06 PM Post #10 |
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surprising clear a clear picture for such a short-supertele range. Any idea what's the price of the lens and how do you feel of the quality for short range? e.g. up to 300mm |
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Sharp!
10:07 PM Jul 11