Just got my New Sigma 50-500 EX DG :-)

Just got my new Sigma 50-500 EX DG this morning.
Will hopefully get a change to take a walk with it thru
the woods this weekend. I was in a rush this morning
and forgot to grap my camera and bring it to work
with me.

Just want to say I got great service and a good price from
http://www.deltaintern​ational.com who had it on sale for $870.00US
and FedEX delivery was very snappy.

I ordered it Monday morning, and it showed up this morning,
46 hours after I ordered it

--Evan

pictures!!!

Credit card!!!

Wow I'm sooo jealous... thats awesome man. 870 bucks is not too bad either.

Let's see the pics!! Good luck with the new lense.

I will post some pictures, after I go see if I can find
some more Buffalo to look at, this weekend. Now maybe
I can get some better pictures without worrying about
getting my head stomped on

Congrats mate, i just picked mine up, had some pictures posted on here, but unfortunately the thread got hijacked by a not so smart human being and is now closed.

Ohh...and hurry up with those pictures!..hehe

Khiem.

50-500 - wow! perfect for bird watching...(girls or the flying kind!)
i can only imagine how heavy that must be! permanently stuck to a monopod?

muscleflex wrote:
50-500 - wow! perfect for bird watching...(girls or the flying kind!)
i can only imagine how heavy that must be! permanently stuck to a monopod?

Considering it's focal range it is quite reasonable, it weighs in at about 1.8Kgs.

In decent sunlight it is possible to hand hold this lens, but yes, a monopod is highly reccomended for use over extended periods or in low light conditions.

Khiem.

I hope to buy this lens in a few weeks.let us know how you like it. thanks scott

You got a lucky and a good price going with that place. They don't have many reviews on www.resellerratings.co​m I just got mine at list price - $1000 because I didn't want to have any trouble with such a big purchase.

Delta International is reputable and that's been known for a long time. There's no luck involved.

Congratulations, I'm sure you will love it. I don't know if it's that bad handheld, I'm doing ok with it even though it's pretty dark here lately. That said I am shooting at 800 most the time and even 1600 a little. This lens really eats up the light. The weight of it isn't too bad as you get used to it and people say it's notbad for a 500mm lens.

My arms are killing me though after walking with it handheld for 5 hours .
I think the monopod or tripod ideas are better if your not shooting fast moving things. Hope you enjoy it as much as I am and hope to see some photos soon.

Here are some handheld 50-500
http://www.pbase.com/s​jprg/snowbirds

These were on a monopod
http://www.pbase.com …_ewards_regiona​l_preserve

sjprg wrote:
Here are some handheld 50-500
http://www.pbase.com/s​jprg/snowbirds

These were on a monopod
http://www.pbase.com …_ewards_regiona​l_preserve

I absolutely love the photo with the pelicans in the foreground in formation with the planes in formation behind them!....
some nice images all round.

Looks like you could do with a sensor clean though