Sigma 150 Macro
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I'd say so, yes.
I have one and like it. The HSM is nice and allows full time manual focus and it has a nice removable collar and can double as a general purpose longish lens. I use mine mainly for flower shots and love it.
I have one and like it. The HSM is nice and allows full time manual focus and it has a nice removable collar and can double as a general purpose longish lens. I use mine mainly for flower shots and love it.
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I've had 3 
even sold one to get a Nikon 60mm AFD then sold that the day after to get another Sig 150mm .....
Cracker of a lens ( Althou mine was a Nikon fit) well worth it, a little bit heavy but a cracker - did I say that already
There is a review from a Canon user in the reviews section for this lens....Sig 150mm review
Go for it if you can afford it....
even sold one to get a Nikon 60mm AFD then sold that the day after to get another Sig 150mm .....Cracker of a lens ( Althou mine was a Nikon fit) well worth it, a little bit heavy but a cracker - did I say that already
There is a review from a Canon user in the reviews section for this lens....Sig 150mm review
Go for it if you can afford it....
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I wrote up a quick review here:
http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=252447&highlight=sigma+150mm+review
It's a superb lens.
Sigma are releasing a new version with OS sometime in the future, which might be worth looking out for, but it'll likely cost a lot more than the current version on release.
http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=252447&highlight=sigma+150mm+review
It's a superb lens.
Sigma are releasing a new version with OS sometime in the future, which might be worth looking out for, but it'll likely cost a lot more than the current version on release.
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Think I see a price tag of around £750 for a Canon when I looked - but then again that might have been estimated until release thou... But have seen 1 or 2 for
£1k - but none for Nikon yet, which seems weird 
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It's recommended price on release for the 150OS is going to be $1600 or ~£1000
That's into 180L territory, but the RRP for the 'old' 150mm was £730, and I never saw anywhere selling it for that much.
The 100L is another superb lens. Probably sharper than the 150mm wide open (maybe relevant for general use, but you won't be opening wider then f/5.6ish for macro), and with an excellent IS system. The IS loses effectiveness at higher magnification, and a tripod or a flash setup is probably more useful, but a stabilised viewfinder might be very useful for fine focussing handheld.
I expect the 100L is also lighter (thanks to a special plastic body instead of metal, and being a smaller lens), and it probably focuses quicker.
The 100L arguably has more use as a portrait lens and general purpose medium telephoto, as well as being easier to handhold, but the 150mm is cheaper and has a better working distance (and will produce a more diffuse background blur).
You've just got to weigh up which strengths are more useful to you.
I bought mine specifically for insect macro, so the working distance was key. If you look second hand, you can also pick up a good deal on the also excellent sigma 180mm macro. It's even bigger and heavier, and a bit slower (f/3.5), so even less useful as a general purpose lens, but you get even more working distance and even more diffuse backgrounds. It does move even further out of hand-holdable territory though. The 180mm is now discontinued in favour of the 150mm, but this is only due to it being less popular, it has the same great optical performance.
Other users say the 150mm/180mm also take a 1.4x TC or 2x TC very well (especially if it's for macro since you'll be at small apertures).
This guy even got very usable results from stacking 1.4x and 2x TC's on the 180mm, a mark of how well these lenses perform
http://www.juzaforum.com/forum-en/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=7
That's into 180L territory, but the RRP for the 'old' 150mm was £730, and I never saw anywhere selling it for that much.
The 100L is another superb lens. Probably sharper than the 150mm wide open (maybe relevant for general use, but you won't be opening wider then f/5.6ish for macro), and with an excellent IS system. The IS loses effectiveness at higher magnification, and a tripod or a flash setup is probably more useful, but a stabilised viewfinder might be very useful for fine focussing handheld.
I expect the 100L is also lighter (thanks to a special plastic body instead of metal, and being a smaller lens), and it probably focuses quicker.
The 100L arguably has more use as a portrait lens and general purpose medium telephoto, as well as being easier to handhold, but the 150mm is cheaper and has a better working distance (and will produce a more diffuse background blur).
You've just got to weigh up which strengths are more useful to you.
I bought mine specifically for insect macro, so the working distance was key. If you look second hand, you can also pick up a good deal on the also excellent sigma 180mm macro. It's even bigger and heavier, and a bit slower (f/3.5), so even less useful as a general purpose lens, but you get even more working distance and even more diffuse backgrounds. It does move even further out of hand-holdable territory though. The 180mm is now discontinued in favour of the 150mm, but this is only due to it being less popular, it has the same great optical performance.
Other users say the 150mm/180mm also take a 1.4x TC or 2x TC very well (especially if it's for macro since you'll be at small apertures).
This guy even got very usable results from stacking 1.4x and 2x TC's on the 180mm, a mark of how well these lenses perform
http://www.juzaforum.com/forum-en/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=7
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