Sigma 120-400

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Well, i was going to treat myself to a Nikon 70-300Vr Lens, its like £400-ish which is all i wanted to spend really, but...........

I've just got a letter from work with £300 capital bonds long service award ..... :cool:

And now the Sigma 120-400mm f/4.5-5.6 DG OS HSM is in my sights ...

This is whats selling it to me: http://www.pixel-peeper.com/lenses/?lens=1093&p=6

Those are with it strapped to a D90 and i'd be quite happy with those...

Anyone got one or had dealings with one ?

Cheers
 
Not sure how helpful I can be as I am a canon user but I have this lens and I think it's brilliant and well worth the money! It's very heavy but once you get used to it the pictures I've taken have been really good.

Hope this helps :thumbs:
 
I have one fitted with the all evil Pentax mount.....:nuts:

Good lens for the money, yes there's sharper about (for a lot more cash) and on occasional times the autofocus has had a bit of a wobbly hunting around to decide what it should focus on. For the £500 mine cost me, more than happy with it.

and it's a big lenses, which bolted to a big camera, makes you a photography God right??????? :lol: (according to Mr. J. Public!)

Think the only difference between the Pentax and The Nikon (other than the really obvious) is that Nikon has IS/OS built into the lens, whereas Pentax has it built into the body........
 
Lynton said:
and it's a big lenses, which bolted to a big camera, makes you a photography God right??????? :lol:
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Photography God........... I like that !!! :lol:

Thanks for the help, the image stabilising is in the lens so it'll be ok on the Nikon.

I used a Nikon 80-400 last year and that was on the heavy side but wasnt a problem.
But at £1200 its a bit steep for the use i'd give it...

Cheers
 
Really really considering one of these myself...

Got my first outing with the 70-200mm 2.8 Sigma next weekend for Rallying, going to see how that performs, but my nature Photography is busier than rallying so not sure whether to sell the 70-200mm and look into a 120-400mm hehe
 
I use this lens on a D300 and D200 I have had it since sept 09. The only issue I have had was faulty OS. The lens was replaced and I have had no problem with it.

A good lens for the money.
 
djaphoto said:
What do you use it for mainly Iain? Widlife?
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Yes, here is one from the other day.

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I had a play with the 120 - 400 at the Sigma stand at Focus on Imaging a couple of weeks ago and I think it was love (lust?) at first touch! I loved the way it felt to hold (I really am trying to keep this clean but I can't! :lol:) - looks/feel aside, I also hooked it up to my D300s and fired a few test shots and I must say, I was pretty impressed, although never having used such a big lens before, I did initially struggle to get any sharp shots.

I was also quite surprised that for such a large lens, it wasn't actually as heavy as I had anticipated it to be, so that was a definite plus point.

A few people have said to me that at f4.5, it's not the fastest lens around (bleeding obvious!) and that it's also a bit soft at 400mm, but if I do get one, I am likely to use it in day light conditions so I am not sure if f4.5 would be that much of an issue.

Keep us posted if you do get one and what you think.
 
Hi,i'm new to talk photography joined today.Have just sold a sigma EX 70-200 f2.8 and have also been looking at the sigma 120-400 os or the 150-500 os for bird photography not sure which of the two is the better optically.
 
I've not used a 120-400 but the 150-500 is a great birding lens even with a 2X added to take you to 1000mm :)

1/250 (down 1/3 stop from wide open) ISO3200
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My shot of the bank vole was taken at 400 f7.1 1/400 hand held.

At f5.6 at the long end the shots are ok but a 1/3 of a stop (6.3) does make a difference.
 
Thats very good quality picture Ken for 1000mm wow i'm impressed.What make converter are you using.
 
Iain was that shot taken with the 120-400 or the 150 -500 it looks very sharp for a handheld shot taken at 400mm.Thanks.
 
Sorry to keep asking questions Ken, but i have read a lot of negative things about the 2 times converters, so is there any trick to getting good results with one.Ps thanks for your time in answering these question as i'm fairly new to dslr photography i've got alot to learn but the hobby has really got me,cheers.:thumbs:
 
I've only recently got it but I would say the most important thing is keep the darn thing steady :D You will need good light as you will be losing two stops, but with cameras like the 7D where you don't need to be afraid to shoot at 1600 or 3200 ISO to keep your ******* speeds up.
 
If anyone lives near me you are more than welcome to try mine:thumbs: if you want, I use it for almost everything, more wildlife than anything and was thinking of getting something just for that extra reach if anyone can help me there please.
 
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I have had my 120-400 since October and have been very pleased with it.You do need good light,but what can you expect for around £600 for 400mm.The attached photo was at f5.6 iso 200 1/800sec at 400mm.Hand held.
 
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