I'm wondering about getting a Bigma but when looking I see there are several different variants: 50-500, 150-500, 170-500 and maybe more for all I know.
It's only the long end I need so which is the best one to go for please ?
The 170-500 is quite old and I've only shot with it on Canon. Its reasonable.
The Bigma 50-500 I used recently and it was a lot better than I remembered.
I've not been impressed with anything I've seen out of the 150-500, even web images seem to be desperately over-sharpened. Most folks reckon the older 50-500 is better optically.
If it was my money, the only one I'd consider would be the 50-500.
Hi there ive got the sigma 150-500mm apo dg os for sale in the classifieds section on here, there are some shots that have been taken with this len's on the link.......
Hi there ive got the sigma 150-500mm apo dg os for sale in the classifieds section on here, there are some shots that have been taken with this len's on the link.......
My £0.02 worth - I had a 50-500mm BIGMA ....once! Far too soft across the range for what I wanted it for - which at the end of the day was sharp pictures of sports as players moved up and down the field of play. I am now on the prime path for both footy and cricket - using a second body with a 70-200mm or 24-105mm telephoto depending on where I am and what I am shooting. In my very humble opinion, the BIGMA was not big on image quality.
I took ages deciding whether to buy one and finally Jessops had it on sale + I had some vouchers to use and was afraid they'd go bankrupt first...
I'd had the same question and found some good comparisons (you might like to try searching a range of photography forums). The consensus seemed to be the 50-500 was on average a bit sharper than the 150-500, but more expensive and without OS.
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