PeteD Goldmember  2,953 posts Likes: 1152 Joined Apr 2010 Location: North Carolina More info | Feb 03, 2013 19:29 | #1 I am wanting to get more serious about wildlife photography. Really want a Canon 500 or 600mm L lens. But I have no first born I can sell,,,,,LOL Just kidding. But they are currently out of my range. So I got to looking at the Sigma 150-500mm f5-6.3 APO DG OS HSM for Canon and was wondering if ti was a good lens. Would that be a good option or stick with the 400 L I have now and put on a convertor and get a 5D mak ll? They will be used on a 7D I don't suffer from insanity. I enjoy it!!
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tonylong ...winded  More info | Feb 03, 2013 22:40 | #2 I really can't give you advice there -- you might want to check in 1) the thread for that Sigma lens in the Lens Archive sub-forum: Tony
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Feb 04, 2013 03:55 | #3 PeteD wrote in post #15569058  I am wanting to get more serious about wildlife photography. Really want a Canon 500 or 600mm L lens. But I have no first born I can sell,,,,,LOL Just kidding. But they are currently out of my range. So I got to looking at the Sigma 150-500mm f5-6.3 APO DG OS HSM for Canon and was wondering if ti was a good lens. Would that be a good option or stick with the 400 L I have now and put on a convertor and get a 5D mak ll? They will be used on a 7D Thanks in advance for the help Not exactly wildlife for subjects, but these examples from a Sigma 150-500mm optical stabilizer lens suggest what the lens can accomplish.
As you've discovered, the Sigma 150-500mm is the least expensive stabilized 500mm lens. You've learned prices of other 500mm lens and have probably found that no one is likely to buy one of those lenses for you.
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tonylong ...winded More info | Feb 04, 2013 04:22 | #4 DC Fan, if the 150-500 ends up at f/6.0, does this not "block" AF for most of our cameras at full zoom? Tony
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Sirrith Cream of the Crop More info | Feb 04, 2013 05:57 | #5 tonylong wrote in post #15570023 DC Fan, if the 150-500 ends up at f/6.0, does this not "block" AF for most of our cameras at full zoom? Fortunately, no. AF continues working fine -Tom
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tzalman Fatal attraction.  13,497 posts Likes: 213 Joined Apr 2005 Location: Gesher Haziv, Israel More info | Feb 04, 2013 06:36 | #6 DC Fan, if the 150-500 ends up at f/6.0, does this not "block" AF for most of our cameras at full zoom? The lens lies to the camera, says it has a max aperture of f/5.8 when it is really f/6.3.   Elie / אלי
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20droger Cream of the Crop 14,685 posts Likes: 27 Joined Dec 2006 More info | Don't loose sleep over the fact that Sigma 150-500mm F5-6.3 APO DG OS HSM lens has a maximum aperture of f/6.3 at 500mm. It (and virtually all f/6.3 lenses) will autofocus quite well on Canon cameras with an f/5.6 autofocus limit.
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tonylong ...winded More info | Feb 04, 2013 12:54 | #8 Good to know! Tony
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