What was Sigma thinking?

D-Mac wrote:
"Mark²" mjmorgan(lowest even number wrote in message
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Eric Miller wrote:
After letting the image of the new Sigma behemoth sink in, I just
can't get past the question of why Sigma would produce a lens like
this. It must weigh a lot more than most will want to
carry anywhere.

The following image really puts its size in perspective:
http://www.dpreview.com/articles/pma...a/IMG_5383.jpg

No thanks...

Mark²


I guess you'd have trouble using the pop up flash then?

My main camera doesn't have a pop-up flash...

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"Mark²" mjmorgan(lowest even number wrote in message
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nospam wrote:
In article , Mark²
wrote:

Eric Miller wrote:
After letting the image of the new Sigma behemoth sink in, I just
can't get past the question of why Sigma would produce a lens like
this. It must weigh a lot more than most will want to
carry anywhere.

The following image really puts its size in perspective:
http://www.dpreview.com/articles/pma...a/IMG_5383.jpg

here's a few mo
http://dc.watch.impress.co.jp/cda/st...9/pma_sigma14l.
jpg
http://www.sportsshooter.com/pix/spe...03090725607.jp
g
http://www.popphoto.com/assets/image/2007/Q1/392007111458.jpg
http://img177.imageshack.us/img177/1...gmasterbl8.jpg

The only thing wrong with that last image is that the guy's "package"
would be shriveled to the size of peas after all the years of steroids...

Instead of a tripod mount on the bottom of that lens, it should have a whole
tripod built in........

In article , William
Graham wrote:

Instead of a tripod mount on the bottom of that lens, it should have a whole
tripod built in........

one version of the lens has wheels:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v244/cnjsales123/lens.jpg

but it can be handheld too:
http://www.dangrabbit.com/photography/albums/Shares/sigzilla.jpg

"nospam" wrote in message
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In article , William
Graham wrote:

Instead of a tripod mount on the bottom of that lens, it should have a
whole
tripod built in........

one version of the lens has wheels:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v244/cnjsales123/lens.jpg


LOL!~ - But you should have let half the air out of the tires before you
took the picture of the Jeep......

"Mark²" mjmorgan(lowest even number wrote in message
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: D-Mac wrote:
: "Mark²" mjmorgan(lowest even number wrote in message
: ...
: Eric Miller wrote:
: After letting the image of the new Sigma behemoth sink in, I just
: can't get past the question of why Sigma would produce a lens like
: this. It must weigh a lot more than most will want to
: carry anywhere.
:
: The following image really puts its size in perspective:
: http://www.dpreview.com/articles/pma...a/IMG_5383.jpg
:
: No thanks...
:
: Mark²
:
:
: I guess you'd have trouble using the pop up flash then?
:
: My main camera doesn't have a pop-up flash...
:
: --
: Images (Plus Snaps & Grabs) by Mark² at:
: www.pbase.com/markuson
:
:
The one on that lens does.

D-Mac wrote:
"Mark²" mjmorgan(lowest even number wrote in message
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D-Mac wrote:
"Mark²" mjmorgan(lowest even number wrote in
message ...
Eric Miller wrote:
After letting the image of the new Sigma behemoth sink in, I just
can't get past the question of why Sigma would produce a lens like
this. It must weigh a lot more than most will want to
carry anywhere.

The following image really puts its size in perspective:
http://www.dpreview.com/articles/pma...a/IMG_5383.jpg

No thanks...

Mark²


I guess you'd have trouble using the pop up flash then?

My main camera doesn't have a pop-up flash...

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Images (Plus Snaps & Grabs) by Mark² at:
www.pbase.com/markuson


The one on that lens does.

That's Sigma for ya... Always "thinkin..."

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nospam wrote:

here's a few mo
http://dc.watch.impress.co.jp/cda/st...9/pma_sigma14l.
jpg
http://www.sportsshooter.com/pix/spe...03090725607.jp
g
http://www.popphoto.com/assets/image/2007/Q1/392007111458.jpg
http://img177.imageshack.us/img177/1048/sigmasterbl8.jpg

http://i19.tinypic.com/333y6bp.jpg

Mark² wrote:

That's Sigma for ya... Always "thinkin..."

typo: Always "stinkin..."

On Mar 11, 12:38 am, Alan Browne
wrote:
nospam wrote:
here's a few mo
http://dc.watch.impress.co.jp/cda/st...9/pma_sigma14l.
jpg
http://www.sportsshooter.com/pix/spe...03090725607.jp
g
http://www.popphoto.com/assets/image/2007/Q1/392007111458.jpg
http://img177.imageshack.us/img177/1048/sigmasterbl8.jpg

http://i19.tinypic.com/333y6bp.jpg


ROFL!

"Eric Miller" wrote in message
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After letting the image of the new Sigma behemoth sink in, I just can't
get past the question of why Sigma would produce a lens like this. Why not
produce a 500 f/5.6 lens, one that would autofocus on most consumer
DSLR's? How about a 400 f/4 that is cheaper than the DO Canon lens or even
a 400 f/5.6 with OS? In other words, why not fill a gap in supertelephotos
instead of producing a monster like a 200-500 f/2.8? Granted, it has no
competition, but who is going to want one of these? It must weigh a lot
more than most will want to carry anywhere.

Eric Miller
www.dyesscreek.com

I have a feeling it was/is an engineering excursive, much like the famed,
and fabled, Canon 1200 mm f5.6. It basically says, "Hey, look what we can
do!"

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