Sigma 745101 150 - 600 mm F5 - 6.3 DG OS HSM Contemporary Canon Mount Lens, Black

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Well, 300mm is most recommended for sports, i.e. F/4L. It is considered the best focal length that helps you capture great shots from far distances. If you want to do wildlife photography, then Canon 300mm is a good option. Conclusion World's only 60-600mm zoom. Just like the Canon 100-400mmLISII, it does enough that if you don't mind the Sigma's jumbo size it can be the only lens you need to carry in addition to a wide zoom.

As you can see, the Contemporary is actually faster than the Sport version from 313 to 389mm, which would be a pretty normal focal length to shoot with this lens.

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I prefer and own camera brand lenses, but if you really need the broader zoom range of this lens, it works extremely well. My biggest concern is that you can get the real Nikon or Canon lenses for the same price. It's been this way for 50 years: off-brand lenses have always offered better on-paper specifications for less money than name brands, but their mechanical, optical and future compatibility are what you're losing in exchange. Today optical quality has advanced to the point that this lens performs extremely well, but it's not built as well nor can it focus as fast as the Canon 100-400mmLISII, and it costs more than the Nikon 200-500mm which has about the same optical quality. The lens is priced at 1399 EUR / 1499 USD / 1199 GBP and so far only available for Sony E-mount and Leica L-mount. But I’m pretty sure Sigma is working on Z- and RF-mount versions of their lenses too. Hey Jim, Just curious… if you were buying a landscape/wildlife lens to take on an Alaskan Cruise, would you go with the Sigma 150-600, or the Canon 100-400 F4.5 – 5.6 II. I realize that the lenses are over a 1,000 dollars difference, but I want the best glass and most usable focal lengths. I will be using the Canon 7d mkII as the body, so the 1.6 crop would give me 160 to 640 on the Canon and a whopping 240 to 960 on the Sigma.. Is that approaching too long? Would the incremental stops of light be worth the difference? I missed countless shots that week when I'd pull over and see a fox in the snow that only gave me a few seconds to shoot it before it ran away. I think the answer to this question is a resounding “yes!”I have tried many different inexpensive superzooms over the last 5 years that I have been reviewing lenses professionally here on ImprovePhotography.com.

This Sigma is as expensive as camera-brand lenses but offers a greater zoom range. Its zoom range is so broad that if you don't mind hauling it everywhere (I do), that it replaces both a 70-200 and a 200-600mm lens — so then it's not that expensive anymore. One factor to consider, however, is that supertelephoto lenses are the most common type of lens to have issues with dust, humidity, or other elements getting in the lens. When looking at both Sigma 150-600mm and Tamron 150-600mm, the build quality of the two lenses is pretty similar and I cannot say if one is drastically better than the other overall. However, there is one area where the Tamron stands out for me personally and that’s the focus ring. The Sigma 150-600mm has a very flimsy focus ring that is both very thin and choppy when focusing manually. It feels like Sigma just did not care about giving the ability to manually focus with this ring, which I understand since the lens is designed to be primarily used with autofocus. However, Sigma should understand that photographers often resort to manual focus override, particularly when a subject is still. When carrying your camera with a large lens such as these 150-600mm lenses, it’s best to hold them by the lens rather than your camera. These lenses weigh much more than your camera and can put a lot of stress on the lens mount if carried by the camera. Likewise, when mounting on a tripod, always use the tripod collar to reduce stress on your camera’s lens mount (it is better balanced using the collar and won’t be front heavy). Conclusion I am waiting for your response to this problem which leaves me partly unsatisfied with this excellent lens.With its 4x zoom the Sigma 150-600 DN covers a broader range than the 3x zoom of the Sony 200-600 or the 3.3x zoom of the Tamron 150-500mm. On the short end the Sigma 150-600 DN has an angle of view of 16 degrees, compared to 12.5 degrees of the Sony 200-600mm. At the long end the Sigma 150-600 DN reaches 20% further than the Tamron 150-500.

On the other hand I do not see the necessity of the standard option since in the position C OFF and OS in position OS1 we have the OS in Standard mode! OFF: Only use this if you're on a very sturdy tripod, or if you're making exposures longer than about a second. With care, it is possible to take sharp images hand held using the image stabiliser at shutter speeds as low as 1/80sec, around half the time. This is roughly three stops slower than the usual rule of thumb for shooting hand held will allow. Sigma 150-600mm f/5-6.3 DG OS HSM C PerformanceC: Sigma’s “Contemporary” series. Basically, it distinguishes it from its “Art” and “Sports” ranges. Overall, the Contemporary series lenses are more designed for general everyday photography, with their own combination of price, optical performance, speed, portability, and versatility. The Art series leans more heavily on optical performance and is less worried about things like focusing speed. While the Sports series aims for, well, sports, but also nature and wildlife photography. The categories are more useful in marketing than in practice, but when there’s overlap in the focal lengths, the Art and Sports options tend to be more expensive, with the Contemporary series aiming more for the enthusiast end of the market.

I can't see any as shot on my Canon 5DS/R or EOSR, which correct them automatically with the profiles which miraculously are available. So when it comes right down to it, after hours of testing and reviewing many many many photos, the sharpness is almost identical between the two lenses. This is an all-around excellent lens that's absolutely worth the money for E-mount and L-mount users. See our full Sigma 150-600mm f/5-6.3 DG DN OS Sports review. 150-600mm lens alternatives The Sigma 150-600mm f5-6.3 DG DN OS Sports is a long telephoto zoom designed for full-frame mirrorless cameras with Sony E and Leica L-mounts. Announced in July 2021, it complements Sigma’s 100-400mm f5-6.3 DG DN OS Contemporary for those who need more reach.

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The Sigma 60-600mm is a typical big consumer lens, mostly made of plastic with a metal tripod mount and rearmost barrel. Again, with an APS-C camera body, distortion with this super-telephoto is not seen. Full-frame cameras will likely have a little bit of pin cushion distortion, but I wouldn't expect enough to cause a hit to image quality when adjusted in post-processing. I shoot in pretty rough environments–especially when I'm shooting wildlife with a long lens like this one. The Sport version is later described as having “dust and splashproof construction” while the Contemporary is only described as having a “dust and splashproof mount.” Macro performance is excellent. It's sharp wide-open and gets even sharper stopped down. It gets closest at the shorter focal lengths, but doesn't focus as close at 600mm. Thus the largest image is had at the 200mm setting where you still can get very close and have a reasonably long focal length.