Comments on: Sigma 50-500mm F4.5-6.3 APO DG OS HSM review

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By: Tobias Hjorth

Tobias Hjorth — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 14:24:47 +0000

Hej Poli

Selv tak.
Let me know how it goes with your purchase. I hope you will share it with the others readers on this site. Thanks!

Tobias

By: Poli

Poli — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 19:53:02 +0000

Hej Tobias

Tack så mycket för ditt svar. Considering my budget, practical things and also after reading you reply, I can stick on my plan to combine 7D with that Sigma.

Bästa hälsningar,

Poli

By: Tobias Hjorth

Tobias Hjorth — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 20:07:01 +0000

Hi Poli

Thank you very much for the look and question. I really appreciate the feedback!
A Canon 7D combined with the Sigma 50-500mm OS HSM would be a very effective wildlife and occasionally landscape lens! You might want to supply it with a wide-angle lens and I recon you´re good to go.

Tobias

By: Poli

Poli — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 12:18:06 +0000

Hi Tobias,
Very informative review about this serial of Sigma. I used to lay with manual camera Nikon FM2N and EOS 5000 long time. Since it is very difficult to process negative and diapositive film in Indonesia, I am thinking to start with digital SLR. As my main object is wildlife and sometime landscape and portrait, I am thinking to combine EOS 7D with this SIGMA. What do you think and any suggestion?

By: Zack

Zack — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 18:18:47 +0000

Hi Tobias
Thanks for the reply. Yes I did read but I was not sure about the focus speed, but anyway I think I am going to pick one up.
Regards
Zack

By: Tobias Hjorth

Tobias Hjorth — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 16:45:59 +0000

Hi Zack

Thank you for the good question.
Did you read the part just above the Heron?

“For a F6.3 at 500mm zoom lens the first thing that surprised me was the focus speed. It´s not lightning fast as a 500mm prime but despite the lack of focus limiter it´s quite good. Slower than Sigma´s own 100-300mm F4 it´s probably close to the 70-200mm and remember this is a 10x zoom lens. Highly impressive if you ask me but since I´m using a 1d series body so expect slower speeds on consumer orientated bodies. Either way it boggles me that Sigma didn´t went all the way and added a focus limiter. – Perhaps some day this would be a built in function on a camera body?..
The photo above of the yelling coot wasn´t to much of a challenge for the auto focus as it tracked it nicely. – I recon the Coot was at full rudder”

In other words, yes with some birds and vise verse on others. A fast prime would be more suitable.

Tobias

By: Zack

Zack — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 10:55:39 +0000

Hi Tobias
How about the focus speed on this particular lens. Would it be fast enough to capture birds flying quite fast.

By: Tobias

Tobias — Sat, 14 May 2011 08:58:57 +0000

Mr.Marcus

I haven’t any experience with the Nikon D90, how about trying it out at your local dealer and see how it works. Let me know how it goes.

Tobias

By: Mr. Marcus

Mr. Marcus — Sat, 07 May 2011 00:05:18 +0000

I see from your photos that you use a canon. Do you have any experience using this with a Nikon D90+. I am interested in buying this lense for it but i have heard that it has some problems. Please respond soon.
Thank you