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Matt L

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Borrowing a 50-500 off a friend for a few weeks to take away with me on holiday and i have only had a brief play with it and im in love with it :lol: apart from the fact its pretty weighty i love how quiet it is and obviously the fact it goes to 500mm.

It has made me decide i either want one of these or a 70-200 (obviously totally different kettle of fish that lens) but it would probably be a better choice for me to get the 70-200 2.8.

anyway sorry for the slightly pointless thread... and im off to play with it some more.
 
I'm renting a 70-200 2.8 for a mate's wedding, absolutely dreading it cos I know I'll never want to give it back :D
 
Is that the bigma? How's the IQ on that thing? I'd much rather a 70-200 myself, I'm built like a stick and can barely handle a 450D and a 10-20.
 
I think its the bigma (its sodding huge) just taking the pics off the camea now to check the iq although tbh im not expecting great things as its one of the first few trys at panning so im expecting lots of blur :lol:

I've had a very brief play (indoors so not great) with jamie p (off here) 70-200l and i loved that dread to have a proper play with it, was close to getting one mpb had the other day but i couldnt afford it without going into my savings lol.
 
From your subject i thought you dropped a lens that you borrowed :)
 
trencheel303 said:
Is that the bigma? How's the IQ on that thing?
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Pretty damn good even at max zoom wide open.

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EXIF:

Camera: Canon EOS 450D
Exposure: 0.006 sec (1/160)
Aperture: f/10.0
Focal Length: 500 mm

That was taken handheld, no monopod so it's certainly pretty easy to get decent shots handheld with it. I've got arms like pipe cleaners.

It can be a touch slow to focus(especially in poor light), although that's probably 50% down to the body anyway as I use it on a 450D at the moment.

The only other lenses I think you need to consider are the 100-400 L, and the 150-500 OS, but you don't need the OS for motorsports work IMO.
 
a lender nor a borrower be...it can be costly on both sides of the road
 
Jesus Christ Matt you gave me a heart attack, I read this title and thought S***E he's dropped it and broke it lmao.

Glad you're enjoying it, you could of used my 70-200 outdoors if it didn't throw it down :(
 
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