Picking up my new lens tomorrow

optical quality glass of that sort of focal length at f2.8 is very very expensive to produce, which is why the Canon 1200mm prime is about £ 100,000 secondhand. Makes the Sigma seem a bit of a bargain doesn't it...
 
ill have two please just in case. ooh and ill have the canon as back up. only new though!!!1
 
andrewc said:
optical quality glass of that sort of focal length at f2.8 is very very expensive to produce, which is why the Canon 1200mm prime is about £ 100,000 secondhand. Makes the Sigma seem a bit of a bargain doesn't it...
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gulp! :naughty:
 
Have you seen the weight of the thing as well. 15.7kg thats nearly 2.5 stone to us oldies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
YIKES :eek:

I remember when that first came out.
Oh we had some laughs...!!!

Check out this picture of it attached to a camera:



LOL!
 
wonder how long before you got shot photographing the planes taking off at heathrow !
 
donutagain said:
wonder how long before you got shot photographing the planes taking off at heathrow !
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You would probably be able to see the rivets holding it together at 30,000 ft :eek:
Allan
 
It is a monster, even down to having its own rechargable batteries to power the AF, I think my 5d's batteries would last less than ten mins powering that thing ! :)
 
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