Sigma 50-500 OS @ Adorama

I don't like the price of this either. I'll just dial up the shutter speed and ISO on a much cheaper lens.

DreDaze wrote in post #9736257
the 50-500mm OS is not an EX grade lens either...they only give EX to constant aperture lenses now...i don't know if the build will be much different from the bigmos

i don't know...the price seems high to me right now(at least higher than what i want to pay )...but who knows what it will settle to

INteresting. Just re-read the press release, and you are right, no mention of EX designation. THe old one definitely was:

http://www.sigmaphoto.​com …0mm-f4-63-ex-dg-hsm-sigma

Also note that the MSRP is $1450 for the non-OS bigma, so the $1599, may just be the MSRP of the new one. We know that the old bigma sells for under $1100, so I am sure that the new one will not be able to hold a $1599 price for long.

tkbslc wrote in post #9738144
INteresting. Just re-read the press release, and you are right, no mention of EX designation. THe old one definitely was:

http://www.sigmaphoto.​com …0mm-f4-63-ex-dg-hsm-sigma

Also note that the MSRP is $1450 for the non-OS bigma, so the $1599, may just be the MSRP of the new one. We know that the old bigma sells for under $1100, so I am sure that the new one will not be able to hold a $1599 price for long.

yeah, i think sigma changed the way they designate EX lenses before the bigmos came out...now it's just the constant aperture lenses...either way i still think it'll be an improvement over the bigma, so it's just a name thing...also the MSRP of the bigmos is $1479, and that goes for $900 or so

i'm still thinking bigmos is the lens for me...i shouldn't even be looking at the bigma II threads, it'll just complicate things for me...haha

looking at the lens listed on amazon for nikons it looks like the list price is $2400...i'm wondering if it really will go down anymore