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muscleflex
7th of July 2005 (Thu), 10:44
I got one on eBay for £50....and it works on my 20d!!! i was expecting it to give me an Err msg or something...but it works!
Definitely need to use a tripod tho...but this would be cool to play around with and take candids on a sunny day!
Don't know how old this lens is...doesn't even say APO on it! but autofocus works and no error msg!
Michaelmjc
7th of July 2005 (Thu), 12:01
What a great deal then, 400 is pretty far so you will probably need a trip or monopod, or a REALLY steady hand.

Got any pics?
formula4speed
7th of July 2005 (Thu), 12:14
There are like 3 models of that lens, first one takes 72mm filters and isn't considered to be a very good lens. The other 2 take 77mm filters and are optically supposed to be quite good, I think the only real difference between these two is that one has a macro function and has the HSM motor.
RichardtheSane
7th of July 2005 (Thu), 12:48
I got one on eBay for £50....and it works on my 20d!!! i was expecting it to give me an Err msg or something...but it works!
Definitely need to use a tripod tho...but this would be cool to play around with and take candids on a sunny day!
Don't know how old this lens is...doesn't even say APO on it! but autofocus works and no error msg!

Excellent
Will it stop down at too?, say to F8?
condyk
7th of July 2005 (Thu), 13:37
I had this lens on my old Sigma SA5 SLR and it worked well. Took some really nice shots in Africa with it and not too heavy or cumbersome. I think I paid around £90 for it SH via ebay too, but this was maybe 4-5 years ago. Sounds like a decent buy.
muscleflex
7th of July 2005 (Thu), 13:51
no pics yet..just received it today! been looking out the window with it tho...and boy - the reach!!! it's like a binocular! (or a monocular!) heh!
Simon Spiers
7th of July 2005 (Thu), 14:55
Think i know this lens. Is it a grey colour ? If so it was regarded as a good lens back in the olde days!
muscleflex
7th of July 2005 (Thu), 16:45
yep - it's grey! never even heard of this lens and i can't find much info on this now on the net. but it works and i'm happy! wish i had this when i went to the air show last weekend! AF is loud tho! probably the loudest of all my lenses yet...but it doesn't bother me! :-)