I found this lens in my closet

So, I was going through my closet today looking for some random stuff and found this lens. It is a Sigma APO 400mm f/5.6.

I am not quite sure where it came from, I would assume it was an ebay acquisition from back in 2003 when I first switched over to Canon.

I tossed on my 5d2 and snapped some shots. It seemed to work ok although autofocus is pretty slow.

Here is a shot I took handheld at 1/100.

Actually it is supposed to be a pretty good lens although usually there is a compatability problem in that you can only shoot it wide open. Could you step it down on your 5d?

i had one of the later models, it was a good lens. this one, however was not well regarded. i am surprised it worked on your 5d. try and use it stopped down? that a pretty good shot handheld on the glue....

I was working with such low light that I had not tried stopping it down. I will take it outside this weekend and see what happens when it is stopped down.

Maybe you should dig deeper in that closet...who know$ what el$e you may find...

Dang, an old Sigma L lens, very cool!

I had an old sigma 70-210 f2.8 that wouldn't stop down, it was only good wide open, i put it on my film rebel and it worked in all apetures...the guy at the local camera store said it was normal to only be wide open on digital bodies

pbelarge wrote in post #12488710
Maybe you should dig deeper in that closet...who know$ what el$e you may find...

Word! You found a lens just chillin' in the back of a closet??! I guess Narnia has a no questions asked return policy!

wow!!! just wow!!!! I wonder what I will find in my closet

I tried it out, it only works wide open.

dalto wrote in post #12491481
I tried it out, it only works wide open.

if you have any film eos bodies it will work full range

I found the skeletal remains of a lens in my closet once.