New 200-500mm F/2.8 lens from Sigma

http://www.sigma-photo.co.jp/english...200_500_28.htm

Has everyone seen this? This really redefines the bigma!

And the price is...
....if you have to ask, you cannot afford it.
http://www.sigma-photo.co.jp/english...200_500_28.htm

On Mar 8, 2:26 am, "default" wrote:
http://www.sigma-photo.co.jp/english...200_500_28.htm

Has everyone seen this? This really redefines the bigma!

The Japanese page says that the price is undecided as of yet:
http://www.sigma-photo.co.jp/news/200_500_28.htm


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oups.com...
And the price is...
...if you have to ask, you cannot afford it.
http://www.sigma-photo.co.jp/english...200_500_28.htm

On Mar 8, 2:26 am, "default" wrote:
http://www.sigma-photo.co.jp/english...200_500_28.htm

Has everyone seen this? This really redefines the bigma!

default wrote:
http://www.sigma-photo.co.jp/english...200_500_28.htm

Has everyone seen this? This really redefines the bigma!

But where is the image stabilization? :-)

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Joseph Meehan

Dia 's Muire duit

Joseph Meehan wrote:
default wrote:
http://www.sigma-photo.co.jp/english...200_500_28.htm

Has everyone seen this? This really redefines the bigma!

But where is the image stabilization? :-)

In the camera?

David

"Joseph Meehan" wrote in message
...
default wrote:
http://www.sigma-photo.co.jp/english...200_500_28.htm

Has everyone seen this? This really redefines the bigma!

But where is the image stabilization? :-)


You don't need image stabilization when you have to use an anti-aircraft gun
carriage for a tripod in the first place

On Thu, 8 Mar 2007 01:26:20 -0800, default wrote
(in article 0FQHh.1263548$1T2.901163@pd7urf2no):

http://www.sigma-photo.co.jp/english...200_500_28.htm

Wow. Comes with its own dedicated 2x teleconverter, too, for 400-1000mm zoom.
I hope it comes in pieces so a couple burley guys can schlep it around for
me.

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Waddling Eagle
World Famous Flight Instructor

DPreview has an article this morning along with some more pictures:
http://www.dpreview.com/news/0703/07...ma200500mm.asp

The LCD readout is pretty cool.


"default" wrote in message
news:0FQHh.1263548$1T2.901163@pd7urf2no...
http://www.sigma-photo.co.jp/english...200_500_28.htm

Has everyone seen this? This really redefines the bigma!

In article m, C J
Campbell wrote:

On Thu, 8 Mar 2007 01:26:20 -0800, default wrote
(in article 0FQHh.1263548$1T2.901163@pd7urf2no):

http://www.sigma-photo.co.jp/english...200_500_28.htm

Wow. Comes with its own dedicated 2x teleconverter, too, for 400-1000mm zoom.
I hope it comes in pieces so a couple burley guys can schlep it around for
me.

That is OBHL [One Big Honkin' Lens]!. Look how it dwarfs the camera :^)

It'll be interesting to see the quality of images from it.

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reputation as a dangerous citizen these days is to go about repeating
the very phrases which our founding fathers used in the struggle for
independence.
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Fred Garvin, Male Prostitute wrote:
In message news:0FQHh.1263548$1T2.901163@pd7urf2no, default sprach forth
the following:

http://www.sigma-photo.co.jp/english...200_500_28.htm

Sholy hucking fit!

Well, it's REALLY a 133-333 2.8 when you take out the DX FF :-)

Goes the other way around. The focal length is a physical
part of the lens and is always quoted directly. It is really
a 200-500mm lens. With the "supplied" 2x teleconverter it is
a 400-1000mm lens. With a Canon and the 1.6 "crop factor" it
is the equivalent in some sense of a 320-800mm lens or a
640-1600mm lens.

I wonder how many pounds "light weight" means?

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--- Paul J. Gans