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http://www.dpreview.com/news/0703/Sigma/sigma200500-front.gifPMA 2007: Sigma has today announced one massive beast of a lens; the APO 200 - 500 mm F2.8 EX DG. This lens is stated by Sigma as being the worlds first Ultra-Telephoto Zoom Lens that offers an impressively fast F2.8 maximum aperture through its range. The lens also features and LCD panel with a readout of focal length and subject distance. If 500 mm isn't enough reach a dedicated 2x Tele Converter is supplied with the lens as standard and changes it into a 400 - 1000 mm F5.6. Combine that with a typical APS-size 1.5x FOV crop on a digital SLR and you've got either 300 - 750 mm F2.8 or a 600 - 1500 mm F5.6 (better have a good tripod). No news on price, availability or weight yet.
More... (http://www.dpreview.com/news/0703/07030805sigma200500mm.asp)
Thats big.
Its good of them to include the 2x TC with the lens, but where's the donkey?
Combine that with a typical APS-size 1.5x FOV crop on a digital SLR and you've got either 300 - 750 mm F2.8 or a 600 - 1500 mm F5.6
How can a 'photo professional' write something so obviously wrong as that??
Now, thats a PROPER lens!
/adds to list
:D
shiato storm
08-03-2007, 16:39
so when that bear you've been photographing in the distance launches itself towards you you have some sort of protection...great thinking sigma!
tango charlie
16-03-2007, 23:03
wow...
hope its got IS it'll be a pig to hand hold lol
tango charlie
17-03-2007, 00:32
http://www.parkcameras.com/ProductDetails/mcs/productid/6500/
£899 ??????????
mistake???
Wile E. coyote
17-03-2007, 08:22
If its not WOW :D
click buy.
Product ID Product Name Quantity Price Subtotal Remove
6500 Sigma APO 200-500mm F2.8 EX DG - Canon Fit ( Standard ) £899.99 £899.99
Total: £899.99
Wile E. coyote
17-03-2007, 09:45
Not showing a price now.
Click add to basket and it still shows £899.99
Heres the nikon link for us darksiders http://www.parkcameras.com/ProductDetails/mcs/productID/6501/groupID/14/categoryID/69/v/42d1cb72-cf14-466e-8b18-d255e3b93a43
Has to be a mistake, someone try ordering one, see if they get it for the price
Monster! If that price is right they'll sell like hot cakes.
Yup, I'll certainly be getting one ;)
But.. we all know it ownt be the price, more likely to be 8 grand
Just looking at the sheer diameter of that thing makes me wonder if any current gimbal heads will accommodate it? Using it with a ball head would be interesting to say the least! :thinking:
Dan Leach
17-03-2007, 10:14
Surely if you're going up to that kinda size then you might as well go for a telescope. OK you would lose the ability to zoom, but you can use it without a camera for looking at things :D
antonroland
18-03-2007, 15:02
Wonder what they will be going for down here...:thinking: :suspect:
click buy.
Product ID Product Name Quantity Price Subtotal Remove
6500 Sigma APO 200-500mm F2.8 EX DG - Canon Fit ( Standard ) £899.99 £899.99
Total: £899.99
being that it says they are taking pre-orders for supply sometime in 2007, I'd say that's 10% of their guess on the full price.
Oh well, stick with the canon 300 for now I s'pose.:lol:
Yeah, I e-mailed them regarding the price and they said they had to put up a price, but it's not confirmed. You're probally looking at 9k
tango charlie
12-04-2007, 22:24
oh well...
just had another look and its now 10k...
and without IS
still, i had 2 weeks of hope lol
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