Post the most ridiculous comments you've received with a big lens on!

Splatmaster527 wrote in post #11453083
maybe thats cuz the 500mm 2.8 doesnt exist...

Oh yes it does! And Sigma makes it!

http://www.sigmaphoto.​com …500mm-f28-apo-ex-dg-sigma

OK, that's just messed up. I just tried to view the link you posted Roger and it sends me to Sigma's "mobile website", as it has detected I am using a mobile device. WTH??? I'm using my desktop, running Windows 7!! Apparently my 60+lb desktop and accessories is considered "mobile".....who knew.....

Geoff_Shawcross wrote in post #11455033
OK, that's just messed up. I just tried to view the link you posted Roger and it sends me to Sigma's "mobile website", as it has detected I am using a mobile device. WTH??? I'm using my desktop, running Windows 7!! Apparently my 60+lb desktop and accessories is considered "mobile".....who knew.....

Given a large enough forklift and there are a lot of things which become "mobile"

Wayne

Armies fly tanks around the world, if they're mobile so's your PC

tim wrote in post #11455316
Armies fly tanks around the world, if they're mobile so's your PC

To be fair, a tank that is not mobile is a building!

Michael.

Geoff_Shawcross wrote in post #11455033
OK, that's just messed up. I just tried to view the link you posted Roger and it sends me to Sigma's "mobile website", as it has detected I am using a mobile device. WTH??? I'm using my desktop, running Windows 7!! Apparently my 60+lb desktop and accessories is considered "mobile".....who knew.....

Strange. It should have been Sigma's lens site.

Try this link:

http://www.dpreview.co​m …07030805sigma20​0500mm.asp

It's dpreview's review of the lens.

In Greenland, we used a portable nuclear reactor. The condenser was only 22 tons.

20droger wrote in post #11456158
Strange. It should have been Sigma's lens site.

Try this link:

http://www.dpreview.co​m …07030805sigma20​0500mm.asp

It's dpreview's review of the lens.

Ya, I've had it happen before a few times. It's really wierd if you ask me. And I figured that was the lens you were refering to....hehe.

Geoff_Shawcross wrote in post #11456274
Ya, I've had it happen before a few times. It's really wierd if you ask me. And I figured that was the lens you were refering to....hehe.

Obviously, your computer doesn't like you.

Computers are tools of the Devil. Just think how often they make you speak strongly to the Lord!

20droger wrote in post #11456286
Obviously, your computer doesn't like you.

Computers are tools of the Devil. Just think how often they make you speak strongly to the Lord!

Hehe......Nah, this computer likes me (thus far). It was my old computer that could be considered the spawn of a demon. Thus why I sold it after I build my new one.....hehe.

WMS wrote in post #11455181
Given a large enough forklift and there are a lot of things which become "mobile"

Wayne

tim wrote in post #11455316
Armies fly tanks around the world, if they're mobile so's your PC

mij wrote in post #11455360
To be fair, a tank that is not mobile is a building!

Michael.

Anything is mobile - so long as you use enough explosive!

Yeah, I've seen pics of that Sigma, it's pretty huge, though not as long as the Canon 1200 but I think the f/2.8 makes it more "massive".

But, hey, it's "affordable" with the MSRP at $38,000 -- just the price of a new car instead of an inexpensive house like the Canon!

Reub - sadly, my shots would prob look better with a few drinks in me...

tonylong wrote in post #11456818
Yeah, I've seen pics of that Sigma, it's pretty huge, though not as long as the Canon 1200 but I think the f/2.8 makes it more "massive".

But, hey, it's "affordable" with the MSRP at $38,000 -- just the price of a new car instead of an inexpensive house like the Canon!

At B&H it's (as they say on Madison Avenue) under $29,000! A real bargain compared to the MSRP!

And you're right. It's fatter but shorter and lighter than the 1200mm. 236.5×726mm, 15.7kg, compared to 228×836mm, 16.5kg for the 1200mm.

That's 9.3×28.6 in., 34.6 lbs. compared to 9.0×32.9 in., 36.4 lbs. for the 1200mm (for those of you who are metrically impaired.

And! It's available with a Nikon mount, so that Ken Rockwell can hand-hold it (since he eschews tripods)!

I saw the public debut of this beast at PMA a couple years ago...

Trust me when I tell you that pictures don't do it justice. Yeah it's big but the thing has enormous mass as well. Consider what diameter of front element you need for 800mm @ f/2.8!

I think the tactical green is a nice touch but if anyone ever drags one of those out near an airbase, they're probably going to find themselves face down in the dirt ASAP.