Sigma 200-500/2.8 ...

Manfr3dManfr3d Registered Users Posts: 2,008 Major grins
edited February 4, 2008 in Cameras
... "would you like a camera with that lens"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K77UvaiHii0
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  • AugieAugie Registered Users Posts: 56 Big grins
    edited February 2, 2008
    headscratch.gif

    Kinda defeats the idea of being portable.
  • Van IsleVan Isle Registered Users Posts: 384 Major grins
    edited February 2, 2008
    .4m-1m focal length with a tc? At f/5.6? That's just silly!

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  • HauerHauer Registered Users Posts: 550 Major grins
    edited February 2, 2008
    Wow... this thing doesen't need a tripod but a stretcher!
    With a weight of 16kg, I think this monster lens falls in the Schwarzenegger catagory... good for some simultaneos weightlifting! Laughing.gif

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  • jwwjww Registered Users Posts: 449 Major grins
    edited February 2, 2008
    Manfr3d wrote:
    ... "would you like a camera with that lens"

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K77UvaiHii0

    ..yikes... only if it came with a Sherpa or mounted to a golf cart! mwink.gif
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  • rpcrowerpcrowe Registered Users Posts: 733 Major grins
    edited February 2, 2008
    I am waiting for...
    The primary accessory for this lens, a set of heavy duty wheels.
  • SavedByZeroSavedByZero Registered Users Posts: 226 Major grins
    edited February 3, 2008
    I'm quite sure all the tabloid supermarket rags will have 4 or 5 on order for their top paparazzi stringers to use on assignments. Because some where in the South of France or off the coast of Spain there is a sexy young celebrity sun bathing topless or nude on a yacht deck that needs to have their picture taken from the rocky cliffs miles away for the next "Guess Which Star's Cellulite Covered Bottom This Is??" cover story.

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  • dadwtwinsdadwtwins Registered Users Posts: 804 Major grins
    edited February 4, 2008
    This lens is crazy. I couldn't even imagine trying to capture a moving object with this massive lens.rolleyes1.gif
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  • gusgus Registered Users Posts: 16,209 Major grins
    edited February 4, 2008
    SavedByZero wrote:
    I'm quite sure all the tabloid supermarket rags will have 4 or 5 on order for their top paparazzi stringers to use on assignments. Because some where in the South of France or off the coast of Spain there is a sexy young celebrity sun bathing topless or nude on a yacht deck that needs to have their picture taken from the rocky cliffs miles away for the next "Guess Which Star's Cellulite Covered Bottom This Is??" cover story.

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    Not really. A $1000 bigma on a $1000 crop camera body has 800mm (1600mm with a 2x) reach & when it comes to spying logistics (hiding in bushes...running after people in the street or photoraphing from the pillion seat of a motorbike...you dont need something of that physical size.

    I am having difficulty imagining a use for it actually.
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