Review: Sigma 50-1502.8 APO EX DC OS

huntersdad wrote in post #14710572
Depends on her mood at the time. Sometimes she ignores it and sometimes she knows I'm taking pictures and wants to come see them.



Yea, now that I think back to when I had that lens, this one is much longer. It may weight more, but I think the longer body helps balance the weight better. And it focuses a whole lot faster.



Not sure about the saving $1000 part, but I'm pretty happy with where I am now. With the 1.4x and 2x included, I am covered up to 600 5.6 on crop bodies. While I need to get it out in proper light to do some testing, I was impressed with the images from the 2x around the home interior tonight.

I already have the 120-300 OS, and seeing the all-Sigma line-up you have, and knowing what you had to pay for them as opposed to the 70-200 II or 17-55 IS, it makes me wonder if ignoring the red rings and doing the same line-up you have makes more sense. Don't know if I could ever give up the 70-200 II, but you've sure got me thinking...

gocolts wrote in post #14758318
I already have the 120-300 OS, and seeing the all-Sigma line-up you have, and knowing what you had to pay for them as opposed to the 70-200 II or 17-55 IS, it makes me wonder if ignoring the red rings and doing the same line-up you have makes more sense. Don't know if I could ever give up the 70-200 II, but you've sure got me thinking...

If I still shot FF, it would still be here. But since FF, while nice, wasn't really where I thrived, everything just works better now with 2 croppers. Haven't missed the 70-200II at all.

Thanks for this review. I had pretty much made my mind up to go with a 70-200 F2.8/L until I read your post. I have a 100-400 and the more I think about there would be a lot of "overlap" with the 70-200, plus I am using a crop and it is not that wide on a crop. The 50-150 should fit nicely between my Tamron 17-50 and the 100-400. I have read everything I could about this lens and pretty much all of it is very positive. The only drawback might be that the Canon lenses should retain their value a little longer but the inital cost savings offsets that theory.

I've had mine a couple of weeks now and can't recommend it enough. I have shot portraits and sports with it and it excels at both. I have never used a Canon 70-200 IS II but I couldn't imagine it being twice as good as indicated by the price. I am very happy with it.

Has anyone used this lens with the Sigma 1.4x or 2x tele converter?

I have both TCs. 1.4x works very well stopped down 1/3 stop (just better than wide open). Not sure on the 2x as I have only used it on my 120-300 with decent results when stopped down to 6.3.