Sigma 50 - 500mm lens

canon400dcanon400d Banned Posts: 2,826 Major grins
edited August 8, 2007 in Cameras
I have a Canon 400D and I was thinking of getting a Sigma 50 - 500mm lens as I live near the foreshore of the Solway Firth, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland. Can anyone give me any comments on this lens. Your replys will be more than appreciated.
Bob
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  • gusgus Registered Users Posts: 16,209 Major grins
    edited August 5, 2007
    canon400d wrote:
    I have a Canon 400D and I was thinking of getting a Sigma 50 - 500mm lens as I live near the foreshore of the Solway Firth, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland. Can anyone give me any comments on this lens. Your replys will be more than appreciated.
    Bob
    bjskiddaw@aol.com
    G'day bob...just search under the word 'bigma'. Great lens with plenty of fans & discussion on this site.
  • canon400dcanon400d Banned Posts: 2,826 Major grins
    edited August 5, 2007
    gus wrote:
    G'day bob...just search under the word 'bigma'. Great lens with plenty of fans & discussion on this site.

    Thanks Gus I will go and look under 'Bigma'
    Have a great day the weather here in Scotland is awful rain rain and more rain.
    Cheers the Nooooooooooooooooo
    Bob
    Dumfries & Galloway
    Scotland
  • canon400dcanon400d Banned Posts: 2,826 Major grins
    edited August 5, 2007
    canon400d wrote:
    Thanks Gus I will go and look under 'Bigma'
    Have a great day the weather here in Scotland is awful rain rain and more rain.
    Cheers the Nooooooooooooooooo
    Bob
    Dumfries & Galloway
    Scotland

    I have looked up 'Bigma' on Google and there is a lot of good reading about this lens. It has certainly made my mind up and can't wait to get my hands on it.
    Thanks again
    Bob
  • dbaker1221dbaker1221 Registered Users Posts: 4,482 Major grins
    edited August 6, 2007
    there are several of us using the bigma....It works good for sports & wildlife..it is a tad heavy & it is a f6.3 so you need good light , but like all lens's you get used to how it shoots & adjust to it.

    nikon d50, Bigma at 500mm ..heavy crop

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  • TelecorderTelecorder Registered Users Posts: 73 Big grins
    edited August 7, 2007
    Good lens for good light circumstances
    ...but poor light will be problematic for shutter speed due to the f/6.3. Given the right conditions, though, its a lot of bang for the buck...

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  • zackerzacker Registered Users Posts: 451 Major grins
    edited August 7, 2007
    I dont have one but know a few who do and the one thing they all say.... USE A TRIPOD!!! I guess its a bit heavy.. but i have seen alot of great images from the Bigma!

    Also a worthy contender is the Sigma 80-400 OS lens.. i know a guy who uses one on his 10D and constantly turns out razor sharp images.
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  • StormdancingStormdancing Registered Users Posts: 917 Major grins
    edited August 7, 2007
    Telecorder wrote:
    ...but poor light will be problematic for shutter speed due to the f/6.3.

    Poor light? If you can crank the ISO to get your shutter speed up you can catch things like this. I love my Bigma. Haven't had much time to shoot with it because it's always late when I get home. Mine is the Non-DG version.



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  • BigAlBigAl Registered Users Posts: 2,294 Major grins
    edited August 8, 2007
    Here's a kingfisher taken from this Bigma thread.

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  • TelecorderTelecorder Registered Users Posts: 73 Big grins
    edited August 8, 2007
    Auto-ISO is norm for me
    Stormdancing wrote:
    Poor light? If you can crank the ISO to get your shutter speed up you can catch things like this. I love my Bigma. Haven't had much time to shoot with it because it's always late when I get home. Mine is the Non-DG version.

    Mine is the non-DG version, as well. I typically shoot S-priority at 1/640-sec or higher and use Auto ISO, as well (hand held).

    My comment about 'poor light' was more in response to the OP's indications of living in Scotland. It seems to me that most posted critical comments about 'problematic' use of a Bigma, typically, originate from the British Isles where clouds/fog/drizzle can predominate...

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