DocFrankenstein
24th of July 2004 (Sat), 18:13
This begins as a normal day. I get up, study for a bit, go shopping. Get bored and go to this forum to try and decide what zoom I want. It's 3:00 pm and I take on a journey downtown to harass some salespeople and compare the Canon 70-200 f2.8 L and Sigma 70-200 2.8
The plan is to see the difference between sigma 2.8 and canon 2.8, go home look at the quality and decide whether I want the sigma or the canon.
I get off at queens and go to henrys. They have neither in stock, but the cute girl tells me that they have a used sigma 70-210. It looks pretty beat up and a quite a bit scratched.
I put it on my rebel and fire a few shots. AF is slow and for 500 cad it doesn't look much of a bargain.
I get to Downtown Camera and have 20 minutes to compare the lenses. The guy doesn't mind, so I grab a tripod and test them with different zooms and at f2.8 and f8.0.
When I ask for the prices, the 70-200 L is something like 1800 cad (which is usual for toronto) and the sigma is 999. I remember it being 800 USD on the BH.com
Turns out they priced it wrong :D The guys in the warehouse put a price which is a few hundred bucks cheaper :D
I had 2 minutes to decide if I want the bargain. LOL I went for it.
Now I have 70-200
I'll soon post comparison pics between sigma and canon 70-200 2.8 You probably know the results :D
The plan is to see the difference between sigma 2.8 and canon 2.8, go home look at the quality and decide whether I want the sigma or the canon.
I get off at queens and go to henrys. They have neither in stock, but the cute girl tells me that they have a used sigma 70-210. It looks pretty beat up and a quite a bit scratched.
I put it on my rebel and fire a few shots. AF is slow and for 500 cad it doesn't look much of a bargain.
I get to Downtown Camera and have 20 minutes to compare the lenses. The guy doesn't mind, so I grab a tripod and test them with different zooms and at f2.8 and f8.0.
When I ask for the prices, the 70-200 L is something like 1800 cad (which is usual for toronto) and the sigma is 999. I remember it being 800 USD on the BH.com
Turns out they priced it wrong :D The guys in the warehouse put a price which is a few hundred bucks cheaper :D
I had 2 minutes to decide if I want the bargain. LOL I went for it.
Now I have 70-200
I'll soon post comparison pics between sigma and canon 70-200 2.8 You probably know the results :D